"Heh..." Xie Yujiao gave a cold laugh and silently lowered her head. "How ridiculous. What kind of person do you think I am? Just because you don't like me... would I kill you?"
"Sage" slowly walked over to Xie Yujiao, gently patted her shoulder, and said, "A'jiao, you've misunderstood. I know you've always respected my choices. That's precisely why I trust you so much. Erasing my past is my own choice, and I hope you'll support it too."
Seeing that Xie Yujiao said nothing more, "Sage" left her alone and began laying out an assassination plan with the Shame and Guilt Brothers instead.
"...Remember, Gorgon has to chant incantations to control any of her Sacred Objects. Steal a Silence Talisman from A-Xiang's room. It'll prove invaluable at the crucial moment."
"...Bring two extra scarves. If Gorgon reveals her true form, cover your eyes immediately. But by my reckoning... with your eyes covered, you'll definitely be no match for her. You'll need to exploit her weakness. At the crucial moment, you can threaten her with the possibility that she might accidentally hurt Du Yu."
Du Yu watched all this from the side, already all but certain of the truth.
He could say that everything in his life had been caused by "Sage." Without "Sage," his life would never have changed in the first place.
He quietly walked up to "Sage" and said, "And to think I actually joined forces with you... when you were doing everything you could to throw my life into chaos..."
The moment he finished speaking, the space around him abruptly changed.
Everyone except Du Yu began moving at incredible speed, as though someone had pressed fast-forward.
"Sage" and the Seven Outstanding Disciples of the Sage moved before Du Yu like phantom images. He had no idea how