Chapter 1309: Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

Xia Zha Family.

After returning to his family, Xia Zha Gyatso was also seething with pent-up anger.

Not only had they worked in vain, but they had also lost his right-hand man, Losang.

If not for the fact that Deji's subordinate had also perished, he would have even suspected that this time, Deji had deliberately set a trap to harm them.

But even so, Deji's final behavior was too ugly, completely disregarding their face by taking all of Pagyi Family's compensation for himself, leaving nothing for the other two families.

Xia Zha Gyatso sat in the living room with a dark expression, waving his hand to dismiss everyone else.

However, a few superhumans remained by his side. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

They didn't look particularly remarkable and were dressed like local residents of the Snowy Plateau Region.

But as soon as they spoke, their accent was clearly standard, precise Mandarin.

"Patriarch Xia Zha, you probably see it too. The current situation in the Snowy Region is quite unfavorable for you."

A man sat on the sofa to the side of Xia Zha Gyatso, speaking to him with a genial smile.

Judging by his demeanor, he respected Xia Zha Gyatso but was not afraid of him.

"If I'm not mistaken, after the Prayer Festival concludes and once you open the gate to the Demon Kingdom, the last vestiges of peace on the Snowy Plateau will completely vanish."

"By then, I'm afraid the Xia Zha Family will find it difficult to escape the fate of being destroyed by the Yasha Langtai family."

Xia Zha Gyatso glanced at the man.

He didn't need the other to say these words, he already knew them in his heart.

Over the past two years, Deji's main target had been the Pagyi Family.

With the Pagyi Family bearing the brunt of the pressure head-on, the pressure on his own family and the La Min Family had actually been much less.

And they had also been dragged along, joining forces against the Pagyi Family.

But Xia Zha Gyatso understood the principle of discarding the bow once the birds are gone.

Once Yasha Langtai dealt with the Pagyi Family, they would definitely clean up the other two families as a matter of course.

This operation showed that Deji didn't take them seriously at all.

And now, his greatest hope could only be pinned on this mysterious man before him.

They had secretly made contact as early as a year ago.

After demonstrating formidable power, the other party told him that as long as the Xia Zha Family was willing to cooperate and help them enter the Demon Kingdom.

Once the matter was accomplished, they would help the Xia Zha Family become the hegemon of the Snowy Plateau.

At the very least, they would support them and prevent them from being swallowed up by the Yasha Langtai family.

Although Xia Zha Gyatso understood that the other party wouldn't act without benefit and might harbor ulterior motives.

But now, just like Pagyi Gesang back then, he had no better choice.

The man picked up a cup of hot tea from the side, took a slow sip, and continued:

"Today you've already seen that the Pagyi Family has also found outside support. Without our help, I'm afraid your Xia Zha Family will find it difficult to survive the war between them."

Xia Zha Gyatso's breathing became somewhat heavier.

His thick right hand clenched slightly, his gaze fixed intently on the man and his subordinates behind him.

"If you take action, can you really protect my Xia Zha Family?"

The man chuckled meaningfully and said to Xia Zha Gyatso, "I wish to establish a long-term cooperation with you, Clan Leader Xia Zha."

"You should understand the significance behind this."

The man said no more. His identity and status meant he didn't need to elaborate to Xia Zha Gyatso.

Xia Zha Gyatso pondered for a moment, but helplessly realized that he and the entire Xia Zha Family had no way out left.

"Fine, I agree to cooperate with you."

When he said these words, it was as if he had made some major sacrifice.

And indeed, that was the case.

Because not everyone was like Zhang Yi, whose ambitions were relatively simple.

For the Xia Zha Family to obtain the support of powerful strength, they had to pay a sufficiently high price.

Especially when the other party was an Epsilon-level superhuman, this price had to be heavy enough indeed.

...

After that war where all four great families and the monk soldiers of Sangha Monastery took to the field, a period of peace indeed arrived.

The Prayer Festival was imminent. For the entire Snowy Plateau, this was the most important grand event.

No one dared to cause any disturbance.

In past history, even if wars were happening, they would choose to cease hostilities during this period.

It was even common to see monarchs from opposing sides attending the Prayer Festival together at Sangha Monastery, and after the event concluded, returning to continue their war.

Faith is a very powerful force, one that can even influence royal authority.

This is perhaps why, throughout Central Plains history, rulers have consistently suppressed religion.

During these past few days, Zhang Yi and the others hadn't been idle either.

Zhang Yi knew that undercurrents were surging on the Snowy Plateau.

Opponents both overt and covert were preparing themselves, building momentum.

Only after the Prayer Festival concluded and the gate to the Demon Kingdom beneath the Great Snow Mountain opened, would the true decisive battle begin.

Since Zhang Yi had come here secretly and couldn't make his presence public.

He could only contact the relatively trustworthy Deng Shentong, asking him to help investigate the superhumans they encountered that night.

However, because the engagement was relatively brief, it was difficult to precisely grasp the nature of the opponents' abilities.

Therefore, Deng Shentong also found it hard to determine who they were.

Zhang Yi then said, "That's easy to handle. Just give me all the data you have on every Epsilon-level superhuman in the world. I'll do the screening myself!"

Deng Shentong laughed, "Old Zhang, you're really greedy. These are all classified materials!"

Zhang Yi rolled his eyes, "Cut the crap. I'm a major shareholder of your Deng Family now. Send it over, quick!"

Deng Shentong shrugged.

Zhang Yi was now the backing behind the Deng Family, so naturally, he didn't dare offend him.

"Wait for me to organize it. Some data needs to be obtained from Shengjing."

Shengjing's intelligence network was undoubtedly the most comprehensive, but with the Deng Family's connections among Shengjing's upper echelons, obtaining some classified data wasn't difficult.

Soon, Deng Shentong sent the fully organized data to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi called Yang Xinxin and the others over to help brainstorm together.

After closing the door securely, Zhang Yi played the footage from that night.

He hadn't shown this recording to everyone before, probably because watching it then wouldn't have been very meaningful.

But now, he needed to meticulously analyze this sole piece of evidence, unraveling the clues to figure out exactly who these people were.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yi projected the data Deng Shentong sent onto the air.

This data contained a total of thirty-seven individuals.

In other words, excluding Zhang Yi, the Epsilon-level superhumans Deng Shentong was currently aware of worldwide numbered thirty-seven.

Zhang Yi and the others looked carefully. Among Huaxu Kingdom's Epsilon-level superhumans, Xuanwu, Li Changgong, and Han Shanzuo could basically be ruled out.

The characteristics of their abilities didn't match those of the several individuals seen that night.

Author's Note