Chapter 2382: Su Mo’s Plan
Somewhere deep in the mountains, in a dark cave, there sat a man dressed in green.
This young man had a slightly long face and he looked like a knowledgeable man with a sharp mind.
He was none other than Su Mo’s avatar, holding on to Su Mo’s Ancient Dream Primordial Spirit.
“Zi Xiao, I won’t let you succeed!” Su Mo’s avatar opened his eyes, a sharp, dagger-like look pa.s.sing through them.
The avatar could not sit still while waiting for Su Mo to arrive.
Zi Xiao had Qian Xunyue as his power card, but Su Mo reckoned that he would not reveal it.
If he revealed it, they would be condemned by the public and everyone would try to get Qian Xunyue.
After all, once they got her, they would most probably be able to obtain the Ultimate Sword Art.
Thus, knowing how selfish Zi Xiao was, he would most definitely work alone, not only hiding this from others but even keeping it from people from Ultimate Supreme Being Palace.
Hence, Su Mo planned to use this fact as a key point to deal with Zi Xiao.
However, this would be a long process and the goal was not to kill Zi Xiao but rather to get back Qian Xunyue.
In fact, it would be impossible to get her back if Zi Xiao were to be killed.
As for placing Si Kongyan in Ultimate Supreme Being Palace, Su Mo had no concrete plans for him but rather, Si Kongyan would be like an extra resource that Su Mo hoped would be useful in the future.
His next plans, however, involved high risk, especially for Qian Xunyue.
Despite that, he had no choice but to take a gamble.
There was no other way because Zi Xiao, like Di Yihun, was an invincible mountain that couldn’t be overcome. Furthermore, Zi Xiao had Ultimate Supreme Being’s backing.
Shortly after, Su Mo’s avatar left the cave and flew in the direction of Ultimate Sword Domain.
At that time, the avatar’s cultivation level was only of Rank 2, and he could not fly fast. Three months later, he arrived at Sky Pool Holy Court.
At that moment, Qin Yun was a very well-known figure whom everyone talked about.
The Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword were still highly relevant, making the Superpowers hunt for Qin Yun.
Within Imperial Sky Region, in an average-sized city cl.u.s.ter, there was an elegant restaurant known for having the greatest wine in the region.
Every day, there would be a large number of customers tasting their wine while chatting over the anecdotes of Deity Plane.
“As of today, every superpower in Sky Pool will have sent many of their disciples to look for that Qin Yun!”
“Right? I heard that Ultimate Supreme Being has sent over 10,000 disciples!”
“Deity Plane might be big, but Qin Yun will be hunted down for sure.”
“It’s a sin to carry such treasures eyed by many. This kind of treasure should not be possessed by any martial artists below the level of Supreme Beings!”
“I reckon that it’s only a matter of time before even other Deity Planes start to find out about Qin Yun’s whereabouts.
There were over a hundred customers in the wide hall of the restaurant, out of which, those who had low levels of cultivation were only in the Martial Sage Realm while those of higher levels were at Rank 5 or 6 in the True G.o.d Realm.
In the big hall, the place was filled with noisy chatter, but they all had one thing in common: the chatter was all about Qin Yun.
Su Mo’s avatar was sitting by the window quietly enjoying his wine while listening to the crowd’s discussions.
The wine he was having was called ‘G.o.dly Luxury Wine’ and the varieties were sorted into various attributes, each being highly effective and beneficial to martial artists.
“Haha, gentlemen, you guys have no clue of the inside story!” The avatar announced to everyone as he raised his gla.s.s of G.o.dly Luxury Wine and finished it in one slug.
Shortly, people caught on to what he said, and everyone went silent, all eyes on him.
“Hey there pal, there’s an insiders’ story to this matter?” A bearded man asked curiously.
The others around them also had the same curious look on the face. What inside story could there possibly be?
“Of course there is, Qin Yun did not even get the Ultimate Sword Art, nor the Ultimate Holy Sword in the first place.” The avatar said, smiling.
“He didn’t?”
Everyone was stunned. Immediately, somebody laughed, “Dude, you must be kidding. Everyone knows that Qin Yun got the Ultimate Holy Sword from Great Sword Sepulcher after concurring and reaching the top of the sword mountain!”
“Yeah, that’s right! That’s why there’s not even an entrance to Ultimate Supreme Being Palace now, and they’re actually building a new Ultimate Supreme Being City!”
“Lad, you’re simply talking rubbish.”
Several people started speaking and they all took the avatar’s words as a joke.
“You guys don’t know the real story!”
The avatar shook his head, looked around, and said, “That’s the message that has been pa.s.sed around, but the truth is, there’s still a hidden story. If not, with that sort of cultivation level, how could Qin Yun safely leave Ultimate G.o.d Domain with the Ultimate Holy Sword?”
“Oh?”
This sparked suspicion among the crowd. Perhaps this young man did make some sense.
According to the rumors, word had it that Qin Yun was only of Rank 3, which meant that after obtaining the Ultimate Holy Sword, there was no way he could have escaped Ultimate Sword Domain.
One should keep in mind that, in Ultimate Supreme Being Palace, there were several Supreme Beings, not to mention that the palace master Ultimate Supreme Being was an Advanced Supreme Being.
“Little brother, tell us! What is the insiders’ story?” The same bearded man asked again with curiosity.
“Yeah, brother, don’t just stop there!”
“What happened exactly?”
Everyone started asking. There were people who were genuinely concerned and curious, while those who had nothing better to do found it even more entertaining to find out the truth as they sipped on their wine.
“Let me tell you. Qin Yun was just a scapegoat. The Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword actually has long been lying in the hands of another person!” The avatar said solemnly.
“Who?’”
“Who took it?”
“Are you for real?”
Everyone was surprised as the news had piqued their interest, disregarding whether it was real or not.
“Supreme Being Zi Xiao,” He said in a low voice.
Everyone was momentarily stunned. Zi Xiao took the two treasures? Was it possible?
“Little brother, isn’t that too much for us to believe? If Zi Xiao has the Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword, why would Ultimate Supreme Being Palace be still looking for Qin Yun’s whereabouts?”
“Yeah! You’re obviously saying nonsense!”
“The Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword originally belonged to the Ultimate Supreme Being Palace, so they wouldn’t be afraid to admit that their people had obtained them!”
Without proof, it was really a stretch for the crowd to believe the avatar as they started to discuss.
“What do you know?”
The avatar smiled, and replied, “That Qin Yun is still a close disciple of Zi Xiao. The other time when Qin Yun killed Xu Yan and three others in Ultimate Supreme Being Palace, Zi Xiao helped to cover it all up!”
“No way that’s true!” Everyone could not believe it, and their doubtful faces showed it all.
“Who knows what happened! Maybe they did not want to spread rumors about Ultimate Supreme Being Palace, or maybe Zi Xiao just wanted to pocket Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword all for himself!” The avatar shook his head.
“Does anyone have proof?” Somebody asked, surprised yet doubtful.
“Yes, according to what I know, the corpse of Qin Yun’s lover has been with Zi Xiao all along, and only Zi Xiao can save his lover!” The avatar said solemnly. After finis.h.i.+ng his words, he downed the last of his alcohol in his cup with one shot, got up, and left the restaurant.
He should not continue further, what he had said was enough to get the message across.
Walking out of the restaurant, the avatar took a deep sigh. He was not confident about rescuing Qian Xunyue; he could only take things one step at a time.
“This…!”
The departure of the avatar made everyone speechless. How could he leave his words hanging and just leave like that? He was not even done with the story.
Their suspicions grew. What if there was really something more about this matter?
After that, several people stood up and left the building too. They were going to report this new message to their own Sects.
This story might not be true, but it would still require some more research and asking around to verify the truth.
For the following days, the avatar went to several other places, repeating the same words.
News of Qin Yun being Zi Xiao’s close disciple and how Zi Xiao had obtained both the Ultimate Sword Art and Ultimate Holy Sword also started to spread like wildfire.
As the Superpowers caught on to such news, they started to look further into it.
Upon asking around, they realized that Zi Xiao was indeed suspicious.
Firstly, Qin Yun was a disciple of Ultimate Supreme Being Palace who had killed several disciples from Ultimate Supreme Being Palace. And these disciples also happened to be disciples of Zi Xiao Sword Palace.
However, it did not bring up any attention nor disputes but in fact became an incident that Zi Xiao kept buried and hidden.