Cooperation

Chu Zhiyuan's face darkened.

There was actually such a strange thing as the Silent Blood Pill, capable of sending one's bloodline into dormancy.

He had expected the activation of the Phoenix Bloodline to cause enormous repercussions. Not only the Demon Race and Devil Race, but also the Jade Scenery Dynasty and Yuan Zhen Dynasty would react.

The Yuan Zhen Dynasty had sent people to scheme against it, only for him to ruin their plans in the end.

Yet he had never imagined that the Jade Scenery Dynasty was also seeking to sabotage it.

If they truly wanted to sabotage it, why agree to this marriage alliance in the first place?

First agreeing, then reneging, making him play the villain.

Besides, if they truly wanted to stop it, there was no need to use the Silent Blood Pill or go to such great lengths.

They could simply make him suffer Qi Deviation, leaving him unable to help her activate it.

Both methods would prevent the Phoenix Bloodline from activating, yet the Silent Blood Pill would bring endless future troubles, while his Qi Deviation would cause no great harm.

The nobles and emperor of the Jade Scenery Dynasty could not possibly fail to understand such reasoning.

Yet they still insisted on taking this path.

How could that not chill his heart?

A flash of inspiration flickered through his mind.

Thoughts surfaced one after another, then vanished one after another.

At last, enlightenment suddenly struck him.

This was actually forcing him to declare his position now—which side he would stand on.

If he refused, they would conclude that he had already betrayed the Jade Scenery Dynasty and would no longer support him.

It was foreseeable that, by then, the Supervisory Department would no longer help him.

They wanted to leave him isolated and