Chapter 722: An Alternative Path
Huo Qingshan faced Wei Rong and apologized. “This happened due to our negligence. I ask that Sir Wei Rong doesn’t take any offense.”
Wei Rong smiled. “It’s alright.”
Huo Qingshan sized the youth up and down in a serious manner and then dismissed the surrounding people.
“Bro, why did you intentionally provoke Jake Shamus?” Wei Xin"er was confused.
Wei Rong calmly replied, “I must find something to keep Lu Yin busy with. I can’t allow him to become relaxed.”
Wei Xin"er did not really understand, but she nonetheless obediently followed her brother back to the s.p.a.ce station.
Some ways away, Jake Shamus furiously stomped up to King Zishan"s palace and immediately entered without even announcing himself.
Lu Yin was leisurely sitting in the sitting room when Jake Shamus charged up to him. “Your Highness, Royal Regent, why is Wei Rong on Zenyu Star?”
Lu Yin looked up. “Are you questioning me?”
Jake Shamus felt his mind go blank as he was confronted with Lu Yin’s frosty gaze, and he suddenly recalled that this person was not someone from the Six-Fingered Tribe. Instead, he was the future Great Eastern Alliance Leader. A single sentence from Lu Yin could reduce the Six-Fingered Tribe to a river of blood.
Jake Shamus took a deep breath and then slowly bowed. “My apologies, Your Highness. I’m the one who was too impulsive.”
Lu Yin calmly told him, “Sit.”
Jake Shamus sat down and looked at the Royal Regent. Although he had suppressed his fury, he could not pacify his emotions, especially since he was worried about what sort of agreement the Great Eastern Alliance might have come to with Armament Weave, as anything at all would be unacceptable to their Six-Fingered Tribe.
Recently, Armament Weave had absorbed an influx of various Lockbreakers. If Armament Weave indicated that it wanted to join the Great Eastern Alliance, the Six-Fingered Tribe had no confidence in being able to chase them away.
“It looks like your Six-Fingered Tribe has a poor relationship with the Wei family,” Lu Yin commented.
Jake Shamus solemnly replied, “Either we die or they do.”
Lu Yin looked at him. “If I told you that Wei Rong came here to issue a declaration of war, would you believe me?”
Jake Shamus was surprised. “A declaration of war?”
Lu Yin nodded and then casually answered, “Pretty much. He’s here to investigate the situation, and there will definitely be a great war between us in the future.”
Jake Shamus grew furious. “With just them? Your Highness, as long as you give the word, our Six-Fingered Tribe will definitely be at the vanguard, and we’ll vanquish Armament Weave’s Wei family.”
Lu Yin laughed. “There’s no rush. The Allied Forces still need to be established before we can wage war. Otherwise there’d be no meaning in establishing the Great Eastern Alliance. Don’t forget—the alliance contract states that the Great Eastern Alliance must protect all of its members. Your Six-Fingered Tribe is also a member, and if war is to be had, then the entire Great Eastern Alliance will partic.i.p.ate as well.”
Jake Shamus was delighted at these words, and he stood up to bow. “Thank you, Your Highness.”
Lu Yin acknowledged him and then said, “But before that, you will have to keep your temper in check. You can’t let Wei Rong provoke you into attacking him. If you do, you will be throwing away our Great Eastern Alliance’s face. Understand?”
Jake Shamus hurriedly replied, “I understand, Your Highness. Rest a.s.sured, I won’t.”
Lu Yin nodded and then dismissed Jake Shamus.
He had quite the headache, as just a casual action from Wei Rong was enough to sow discord, which made Lu Yin very uncomfortable. He thought about it for a moment and then called w.a.n.g Wen.
“Wei Rong is on Zenyu Star? It looks like he wants to get his own understanding of you. You’ve already entered his focus.” w.a.n.g Wen was delighted by this development, and he sounded a little happy at Lu Yin’s woes.
Lu Yin felt his headache worsen. “As soon as he left, he started causing waves. If I didn’t have some level of prestige, I wouldn’t have been able to suppress the Six-Fingered Tribe. What do you think I should do?”
“Do you want to know what Wei Rong plans to do? Let me tell you this—I don"t know. He’s only a little dumber than me and can barely be considered to be on my level, which is why it’s difficult for me to guess at what this opponent is thinking. But I can tell you one thing: divert attention,” w.a.n.g Wen explained.
“Divert attention?” Lu Yin did not get what w.a.n.g Wen was saying.
w.a.n.g Wen was pleased with himself. “Right now, Wei Rong only wishes to better understand the Great Eastern Alliance, and he’ll also think of some ways to break it up. There’s still one more day before the Alliance Conference convenes, and if you want some peace and quiet, then find something to keep him busy.”
Lu Yin’s eyes flickered. “I got it.”
He hung up and quickly started thinking about the situation. After a moment, he called Felynn. “I want to pull Sourcepeak Weave into the Great Eastern Alliance.”
Felynn was surprised, as she had not thought that Lu Yin’s first words to her would be this. “Sourcepeak Weave is a little too far from Great Eastern Alliance, isn’t it?”
Lu Yin solemnly replied, “That doesn’t matter. I need your help. Since the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society’s foundation is in Sourcepeak Weave, it’s quite feasible, but it has to be fast.”
Felynn felt that this was a difficult task.
“You can also tell Wei Rong about this matter,” Lu Yin said.
Felynn did not understand this bit. “Tell him? Aren’t you afraid that he’ll cause trouble?”
Lu Yin answered, “The more trouble, the easier it will be for Sourcepeak Weave to be pulled in. Just do as I say.” And with that, he ended the call.
Felynn was lost—what did Lu Yin mean by that? Could he be trying to probe her? She could not understand. Wait, hang on. Wei Rong’s here?
When Wei Xin"er met Felynn this time, she felt a little apprehensive, as she had learned the truth about what had occurred on Sourcepeak Planet while on her way to Planet Hydrotink.
Wei Rong and Felynn met each other by themselves afterwards. When faced with this young man, Felynn was seething. “You really have some tricks.”
Wei Rong smiled. “President Felynn, each one of us took what we needed. Aren’t you actually the president now?”
Felynn’s face normally had a gentle expression, but at this moment, her eyes were icy. “If not for Lu Yin, before I even had a chance to be appointed as president, all the Lockbreakers would have been lured over to Armament Weave by you. Unfortunately for you, your schemes were disrupted, and you ultimately lost to Lu Yin.”
Wei Rong did not mind. “I also achieved my own objectives, which is enough.”
“Do you really think that I will make an effort to teach your sister?” Felynn asked coldly.
Wei Rong maintained his smile. “You will teach her well. You are smart enough to leave an alternative path for yourself. Xin’er is precisely that path, and this is the same reason why you pulled Lu Yin into things last time.”
“I don’t need an escape route. This place is already my alternative path.” Felynn was firm.
Wei Rong shook his head with a smile. “Really? If that’s the case, then why did you still meet with me?”
Felynn fell silent.
“You should already know of Lu Yin’s character. He and I are the same kind, and we are both plotting against the Society. If you aren’t at ease with me, then you similarly won’t be at ease with him. I came here to offer you an alternate path so that you won’t be completely under Lu Yin’s control. You should be thanking me.” Wei Rong’s smile widened.
Felynn’s eyes narrowed. She was actually a Perceptive Intermediate Lockbreaker, and she was also the Interim President of the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society. However, despite her t.i.tles and power, she was trapped in the palms of others without any ability to resist. The helplessness and sullenness that she felt in her heart had already reached the maximum.
“President Felynn, I hope that you can differentiate the differences between Lu Yin and myself. Although I caused Sourcepeak Planet to crumble and plotted against you guys, I didn’t completely suppress your authority. But what about Lu Yin? He’s someone who has killed Enlighters, which means that, even if Saul returns to the Society, he might not be able to shake off that level of control,” Wei Rong explained.
“Regardless of what I say right now, you won’t believe me, but that’s alright. Take it slow, and I’ll leave you an escape route in the form of Xin’er. Take care.”
Felynn stared at Wei Rong. “Back when you said that you were willing to support me, were you already plotting against Sourcepeak Weave?”
Wei Rong’s gaze trembled. “Why do you think that?”
Felynn replied, “Lu Yin had me contact some people in the Sourcepeak Weave, as he wants to pull Sourcepeak Weave into the Great Eastern Alliance.”
Wei Rong’s face turned solemn, as he had indeed considered this possibility, which was why he had been willing to support Felynn as the interim president. It was all a part of his plan to destroy the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society. The Sourcepeak Weave had been one of his targets, but he had temporarily set that goal aside after Felynn had relocated the Society’s headquarters over to Frostwave Weave. He had not expected that Lu Yin would also be targeting the weave.
The Great Eastern Alliance was currently composed entirely of eastern weaves, but Sourcepeak Weave was in the center of the Outerverse. If Lu Yin was able to gain control of Sourcepeak Weave, it meant that he was planning on meddling in the affairs of the central weaves, which was troublesome for Wei Rong. In fact, given Lu Yin’s current influence, it was already possible for him to reach out and interfere in the central weaves’ affairs.
Wei Rong had been just thinking about how he could unite the central weaves to counter the Great Eastern Alliance, but he had not thought that Lu Yin would once again plan to walk in front of him.
“You plan on helping him?” Wei Rong looked at Felynn.
She calmly replied, “I have no choice.”
Wei Rong’s gaze flashed. “If you want the Lockbreaker Society to regain its previous status, you cannot help him.”
Felynn did not speak.
“In the past, Lockbreakers had an outstanding status in the past, partly because they did not meddle in the struggles between the various powers, which was an ironclad rule. If you break this, then when we reconnect to the Innerverse, you will be condemned by the Innerverse’s Lockbreaker Society as well as the Hall of Honor,” Wei Rong threatened.
Felynn looked at him and mockingly asked, “Are you afraid?”
Wei Rong’s face seemed indifferent.
“It seems like Lu Yin really does put a great deal of pressure on you. Rest a.s.sured, Sourcepeak Weave won’t be easily roped in, or at the least, it won’t be accomplished quickly. You still have time to make your own plans,” Felynn said.
“I hope so,” Wei Rong replied.
Lu Yin had encouraged Felynn to reveal his plan of winning over Sourcepeak Weave in hopes that it would divert Wei Rong’s attention. That way, Wei Rong would not cause any commotion during the Alliance Conference. However, Wei Rong’s conversation with Felynn had caused the woman’s thoughts to change once again. Wei Rong’s words had been effective, and Felynn decided to keep Wei Xin"er available as an alternative path, as she truly felt that Lu Yin was even scarier than Wei Rong.
As for the Sourcepeak Weave, she really did not plan on making any moves because, as she had said to Wei Rong, the Sourcepeak Weave would not be easily roped into the Great Eastern Alliance. If the Outerverse Lockbreaker Society"s headquarters had still been on Sourcepeak Planet, it would have been possible. However, now that they had moved, their influence in Sourcepeak Weave had fallen greatly.
In Ironblood Weave, due to the a.s.sistance of the various Enlighters, the different strongholds had gradually finished their restoration efforts. Their vigil towards the Primal Zone had started once again.
However, Elder Lohar had no plans of allowing the Outerverse’s Enlighters to leave. From his perspective, the Outerverse was currently calm, and it was better if these Enlighters were restrained. He also wanted to see what Lu Yin could achieve. A united Outerverse was not something that the Hall of Honor would support, but Elder Lohar hoped that it would become unified, as he was worried about the Sixth Mainland.
The Astral Beast Domain had already been invaded by the Sixth Mainland, and it would not be too long before the Outerverse faced its own invasion as well.
Near Seasons Fort, there was a defensive planet that was close to the border with large, shadowed areas. This planet was actually located behind Seasons Fort, and it was positioned rather covertly so that it typically did not have any light shining on it.
Topmist was on this planet. As an a.s.sa.s.sin, he could not be seen in the light.
In the skies above the planet, an old woman suddenly appeared, and an Enlighter’s star energy swept over the entire planet. She then vanished and reappeared in an extremely dim location on the planet. “Topmist, come out.”
“Granny Chan, I have never had any a.s.sociations with you, so what motive could you have to look for me?” Topmist’s voice came out from all directions, and even Granny Chan could not tell where he was hidden.
Granny Chan replied, “You should have also heard about what happened in the Outerverse.”
Topmist did not respond.
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