"Then there's this Feng Shui Formation itself. To a considerable extent, it really can deepen the Gao Lineage's foundations. At the very least, its harmful effects remain hidden throughout, which is remarkably difficult to achieve."
"And those harmful effects are... under the influence of this Feng Shui Formation, no matter what the Gao Lineage does... the ultimate results are all bitter fruits, all tied to damaging the interests of Star Soul Humans."
"That is its most vicious aspect of all."
"This actually involves the unseen growth and erosion of fortune. To give a relatively vivid analogy: if Vice Principal Gao really discovered a spy in Hidden Dragon, then however blinded by greed he might be, his desires would ultimately be for power and influence, with no bearing on the greater cause. In such circumstances, his basic conscience as a citizen of the Yanwu Kingdom would still be there."
"At that point, he would try every possible means to eliminate this spy. But his act of eliminating the spy could produce two results. The first is that we had discovered this spy long ago and were using them to accomplish things. By eliminating the spy, he would instead be eliminating our eyes and ears for turning the tables on the Witch Alliance."
"And the second possible result is... he eliminates this exposed spy, but someone uses that opening to plant a more deeply concealed spy, one who is harder to deal with and far more destructive, causing the likelihood of sabotage against our side to increase rather than decrease..."
Zuo Xiaoduo said, "Put that way, do you understand?"
"Yes, completely." Ye Changqing and Li Chenglong nodded repeatedly.
In other words, however he acted, whatever he did, it was wrong!
Even good intentions were wrong!
"So, under these circumstances... every move the