Talisman Sect’s Scheme
“The only spies that I know of are Luo Feilong and Ji Wenkai,” Wu Wenxing robotically answered.
“As if. You never met each other?”
“We convene once every quarter to discuss the next steps. Having said that, we don’t meet as ourselves. That’s why we don’t know who the other Heaven Stage disciples are. Ji Wenkai and Luo Feilong are the only known spies amongst us. They’re the only ones with the name list. As for us, we merely follow their orders.”
“Won’t the two be implicated if any one of you is busted?”
“The two forged their backgrounds flawlessly. They will shift all of the blame onto us if we are caught. If you consider their status at Formation Sect, it is reasonable for Formation Sect to believe them over us.”
“How did you two find out the other was a spy, then?”
“Duan Yang and I were acquainted from the time we were at Talisman Sect.”
Hmm, Talisman Sect must be aware of all these flaws. Surely they’ve implemented measures to prevent exposing their spies if one is busted, reasoned Mu Yu. “So, if Luo Feilong and Ji Wenkai are exposed, does that mean you’re all finished?”
“Talisman Sect cast ‘deity destruction’ talisman on us. Once a spy is interrogated or controlled, the others will be notified via deity destruction talisman. They can then use the talisman to kill those two from long distances,” answered Wu Wenxing, showing a yellow talisman.
“In other words, you can kill them this second?”
“I alone cannot. We need, at least, twenty one deity destruction talismans to kill the two of them. I don’t want to take the risk of using it as it would alert everyone. The talisman would kill me as punishment once it’s known that the situation isn’t true.”
Huh, Talisman Sect has everyone checking each other. Nicely played, Mu Yu thought. “Why weren’t the rest of you restrained with a deity destruction talisman?”
“Due to its capabilities, it’s difficult to cast and tiring. They tried to save themselves the trouble,” elucidated Duan Yang.
Guess I’ll need to sneak into their next group meeting, rationalised Mu Yu. “When is the next get-together?”
“In two months’ time. We need to meet up to discuss how we will assist each other in the upcoming tournament.”
“How are you fifty-seven supposed to conquer Formation Sect when they have thousands of members?” asked Mu Yu, thinking, Surely they have something bigger to support them.
“Over a hundred of Formation Sect’s Lesser Heaven Stage disciples are our fellow disciples. They have their own group keeping those who could advance from advancing,” expounded Duan Yang.
“Surely you aren’t here just to act as gate keepers. What else have you found out about Formation Sect?”
“Our goal is to learn how to dismantle all of Formation Sect’s defensive formations and to grasp the entire sect’s terrain. We have discerned all of the flaws and weakness in Formation Sect after all these years. At the tournament, our allies will be able to storm Formation Sect without a single hurdle to overthrow Formation Sect,” Wu Wenxing excitedly revealed.
“Even though you have twice as many Greater Heaven Stage talisman masters, how will you tackle the twenty Greater Heaven Stage formation casters? You’re not going to be able to bypass them given the terrain. They could defeat all of the Heaven Stage disciples as Spirit Severing and Body Synthesis Realm cultivators. You’d have to pay a hefty price to snatch Formation Sect’s formation foundations from them.”
Wu Wenxing sniggered. “We’ve been Celestial Star Sect’s adjutant for a long time now. They’ll help us deal with those pests and Chen Tiandao.”
Mu Yu shuddered. He should’ve suspected it when Zhou Jinglin was so earnestly trying to get in Tian Budai’s good books.
Doesn’t Talisman Sect’s patriarch feel embarrassed, submitting to a sect formerly on the same level as them? I suppose they had to depend on Star Celestial Sect to surpass Formation Sect. I’m guessing this is what Zhou Jinglin meant when he said Chen Tiandao was in trouble. Why is Celestial Star Sect getting involved with Formation Sect and Talisman Sect’s conflict? Formation Sect’s formations would be useless if Celestial Star Sect knows so much about Formation Sect. You’re not telling me Celestial Star Sect is trying to conquer the entire continent, are they? How would they do that when Third Heaven Palace rules the continent with an iron fist? Does this mean Third Heaven Palace is supporting Celestial Star Sect from behind the scenes? Nah, there’s no way an authoritarian entity is going to help another group rule. What am I even thinking? Now I’m confused. I can’t just sit here and watch Celestial Star Sect run Formation Sect into the ground. I guess I have another reason to give Formation Sect a hand now.
“Give me the communication talisman, and tell me all the details of the meetings.”
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