"Several months ago, the heavenly secrets were completely sealed off. No one can glimpse even the slightest detail anymore. So, really, even we don't know what will happen from here on. All we can do is make preparations in advance."
"From that moment on, all our futures became uncertain."
"To put it more plainly, the Heavenly Dao abandoned us."
Even though Silver Snow's face remained expressionless, his pupils abruptly contracted at those words.
Su Jiu's gaze, however, darkened. She did not believe the man before her, but she also knew that not everything he said was false. Whatever else might be doubtful, his first statement, at least, was probably true.
The heavenly secrets could no longer be peeked into.
"So?"
The gray-clothed man smiled, but his eyes brimmed with malice. "So we can finally act ourselves without any more reservations, because you will no longer enjoy the Heavenly Dao's protection either.
"I must say, those roundabout methods we used before were utterly stupid. Not only did those idiots sometimes slip out of our control, they were so eager for quick success that they kept doing needless, foolish things."
At that moment, Su Jiu became utterly certain that the man before her knew far more than all of them combined. And she truly had been living within their schemes all along.
But... why? Why were they so determined to kill me?
These schemes seemed to have begun as soon as she entered the Sect, but she had not offended anyone back then!
And protection from the Heavenly Dao? Su Jiu thought that was a complete joke. The hardships she had suffered in this life could have killed her with a single careless misstep. Where was this supposed protection? Even if it was protecting someone, surely that someone was not her.
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