Simple Yet Effective Scheme

"I've dreamed of becoming the clan head of the Clan of Strength!"

Before Jiang Li, Tai Long spoke with genuine emotion, tears and snot streaming down his face.

As the saying went, could there really be a crown prince for thirty years?

Back when Tai Long awakened his Martial Soul at the age of six, he had been designated the young clan head of the Clan of Strength.

That was a good thing, wasn't it?

But the previous young clan head of the Clan of Strength had been none other than his father, Tai Nuo, while the clan head had always been his grandfather, Titan.

Now that he was already in his early twenties, he was still the young clan head of the Clan of Strength.

And his grandfather Titan was an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Douluo. In the future, he might even advance to become a Title Douluo. At that rate, perhaps even after his future son, who had not yet been born, was designated young clan head, his grandfather would still be the clan head.

Of course, those were merely thoughts that occasionally flashed through Tai Long's mind before being tossed aside.

But now, under Jiang Li's Soul Skill, Charm, that sliver of darkness hidden in the deepest part of Tai Long's heart had been drawn out.

It might have been fine for other Soul Masters, but for a pure strength-type Soul Master like Tai Long, who was all brawn and no brains, mental-type Soul Skills were practically his natural nemesis.

Especially during the past few years at Notting Academy, Jiang Li and Xiao Wu had often used Charm on each other during training to improve their spiritual power.

There was no helping it. Qian Renxue was not familiar with cultivating spiritual power, and he did not possess a cultivation method like Tang San's Purple Demon Eyes that could improve spiritual power.

So he could only rely on this clumsy method to slowly try to improve his spiritual power.

Even so, his spiritual power was far beyond what a strength-type Soul Master like Tai Long could compare to. Once used, the effect was naturally outstanding.

Seeing this, Jiang Li did not waste words and asked directly, "Do you know Zhao Wuji, the Immovable King?"

Tai Long wiped the tears and snot from his face, then cautiously looked at Jiang Li. "Are you talking about the Zhao Wuji who injured my second granduncle more than ten years ago?"

"That's right. That's exactly who I mean." Jiang Li continued, "Don't you want to become the clan head of the Clan of Strength? He's currently hiding in a city called Soto City in the south of the Heaven Dou Empire."

After a moment of silence, Tai Long furrowed his brow, looking as if he might wake from the Charm at any moment.

"B-but I heard that more than ten years ago, he was already a Soul Emperor above rank sixty. I'm only a rank thirty-two Soul Venerable right now."

"I... I can't beat him."

Well, who had said everyone from the Clan of Strength was a muscle-brained idiot?

Even while under Charm, he still clearly understood that he was weaker than his opponent.

Sure enough, even hypnotic Charm could not go too far against someone's instincts.

"No, you don't need to attack him." Jiang Li hurriedly said.

"In Soto City, Zhao Wuji joined an advanced Soul Master academy called Shrek Academy and became its vice principal."

"At Shrek Academy, he took in a prized disciple named Dai Mubai. That disciple was recently beaten badly and will not be able to get out of bed for several months."

"You only need to sneak into Shrek Academy and kill that fellow named Dai Mubai."

Me? Sneak in?

If he had been awake, Tai Long would definitely have stared at Jiang Li with a face full of question marks.

A pure strength-type Soul Master like him, playing at stealth infiltration and assassination?

What kind of joke was that?

This was clearly making things difficult for him!

But Tai Long was currently under Jiang Li's control, so he did not consider that problem. He was only thinking about secretly killing Zhao Wuji's disciple right under the nose of a Soul Emperor-level Zhao Wuji.

Wouldn't that be too dangerous?

Seeing the hesitation on Tai Long's face, Jiang Li used the information he had gathered in Heaven Dou City about the Clan of Strength to stir the desire in Tai Long's heart.

"Think about it. If Zhao Wuji hadn't injured your second granduncle back then and damaged his foundation, the Clan of Strength would have at least one more Soul Sage-level Soul Master by now."

"Don't you want to take revenge on the man who injured your second granduncle?"

"And it's not like I'm asking you to face Zhao Wuji directly. I'm only asking you to deal with a cripple who cannot even get out of bed. Don't tell me you're too scared to do even that?"

"Hmph!" Tai Long snorted, exhaling a puff of hot air through his nostrils. "I am Tai Long, the future clan head of the Clan of Strength. Me, scared? What would I have to be scared of?"

"Very good."

Jiang Li had just been about to praise Tai Long when he heard him say somewhat awkwardly, "But..."

Jiang Li said with a headache, "No more buts. Think about it. As long as you kill Zhao Wuji's prized disciple, then return to Heaven Dou City in triumph and announce the good news to your clansmen, are you still afraid you won't become clan head?"

"Besides, Zhao Wuji's prized disciple, Dai Mubai, is no ordinary person. He is the third prince of the Star Luo Empire's royal family, who fled the empire several years ago."

"You've probably heard how brutal the struggle for succession in the Star Luo Empire is, right?"

"As long as you help the Star Luo Empire's eldest prince, the future king of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Weisi, eliminate his rival Dai Mubai, he'll have to owe you a favor."

"Once you become the clan head of the Clan of Strength in the future, with the Star Luo Empire's help as well, are you still afraid you won't be able to lead the Clan of Strength to rise again?"

"Think of the Clan of Strength's former glory. Everything you do is to make the Clan of Strength great again!"

"To make the Clan of Strength great again?" Titan muttered in confusion upon hearing Jiang Li's words.

Then, as time passed, his gaze grew increasingly firm. "That's right. You're right. It's time to make the Clan of Strength great again!"

Seeing that he had finally brainwashed Tai Long, Jiang Li could not help wiping away a cold sweat. This was truly exhausting work.

And this was only against a simple-minded pure strength-type Soul Master. If it had been someone smarter, who knew how many brain cells he would have lost.

Then Jiang Li brought Tai Long outside.

Outside stood the fine horse he had purchased immediately after arriving in Heaven Dou City, one with a trace of Soul Beast bloodline that could travel a thousand li in a day.

"Go. Make the Clan of Strength great again!"

After saying that, Jiang Li sent Tai Long onto the horse. Without caring about Tai Long's reaction, he slapped the horse's flank and sent Tai Long galloping toward Soto City.

As for whether Tai Long could succeed?

That was not actually important. As long as Tai Long went to Shrek Academy of his own accord, that was enough.

Because while hypnotizing Tai Long just now, he had secretly poisoned him with something he had learned from Qian Renxue.

So regardless of whether Tai Long managed to assassinate Dai Mubai, he would ultimately die at Shrek Academy.

Being treated the same way as Xue Ye the Great of the Heaven Dou Empire, Tai Long could be said to have died a worthy death.

Given that strength-type Soul Masters were mostly the sort to explode at the slightest provocation, along with the Clan of Strength's bizarre habit in the original story of sending the father after someone beat the son, then sending the grandfather after someone beat the father—

As long as the Clan of Strength discovered Zhao Wuji hiding at Shrek Academy, along with their young clan head Tai Long dying there—

How could they possibly not fight?

Many people always thought schemes needed to be as complicated as possible, preferably with every single step calculated down to the finest detail.

Yet in reality, the more complex a plan was, the more likely it was to fail, because one problem in any single link could cause the entire plan to collapse.

Take Qian Renxue's infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire in the original story. She disguised herself as Crown Prince Xue Heqing for more than twenty years, but what was the final result?

In the end, she merely made a wedding dress for the seemingly most useless playboy prince, Xue Beng.

What you imagined corporate warfare to be: bribing a rival's employees, hacking their computers, paying online trolls to smear them.

What corporate warfare really was: stealing the company seal, unplugging the internet cable, pouring hot water over the rival company's money tree.

So whether a scheme was exquisite or not did not really matter. What mattered was whether it could ultimately achieve its goal.

Only after Tai Long's figure disappeared from sight did Jiang Li clap his hands, turn around, and melt into the night. "Done. This matter can be set aside for now. Next, it's time to handle my own affairs."

For example, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Yan, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and most importantly...

Immortal herbs!!!