Inside the Great Wei Heavenly Prison.
Prince Huaining no longer intended to get involved.
He had already done what he needed to do.
Whether he lived or died next, he had made his peace with it. Having won once, he was satisfied.
Yet when Xu Qingxiao spoke, Prince Huaining could not help feeling tempted.
"How would you win?"
"On the face of it, you cannot win no matter what. I am very curious-what gives you the confidence to win?"
"You do not even know who is behind this. What makes you so confident?"
Prince Huaining clearly knew more, so he did not believe Xu Qingxiao could win.
Although he had pledged allegiance to Great Wei, that did not mean he necessarily had to cooperate with Xu Qingxiao.
He had indeed done his part. His contribution might not have been indispensable to subduing the Barbarian Tribe so easily, but he certainly deserved credit.
Otherwise, the outcome would not have changed, but Great Wei would have paid for it with at least a million innocent lives.
And since Prince Huaining believed Xu Qingxiao did not even know who the mastermind was, he naturally wanted no further involvement.
"Your Highness, isn't the mastermind in Great Wei the Prince of Yongping?"
"Is there any need to guess?"
Xu Qingxiao transmitted his voice. Sitting cross-legged before Prince Huaining, he spoke calmly.
At these words, Prince Huaining showed no expression. He simply looked at Xu Qingxiao and said,
"If you say so, then so be it."
Clearly, whether or not it was the Prince of Yongping, bluffing Prince Huaining into revealing anything was impossible.
Not without concrete evidence.
"I already know who the five masterminds are: the Prince of Yongping, the Wandering Daoist, Jialan's master, Hua Xingyun, and Sage Lü."
"They want to perform a blood