The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 779 - 432: Elder He’s Counterattack

"Besides, the day I treated the Blood Parasol, the assassin sent to attack me had a very targeted approach, extremely covert and agile, obviously the person behind the scenes saw my performance in the secret realm through the Water Moon Mirror and realized the tremendous strength I possessed before sending Sky No.13 to kill me in one fell swoop. This narrows down the suspects to the upper echelons of Hidden Stream."

"Among the upper ranks of Hidden Stream, who knows the Immortal Plant Garden like the back of their hand and also has a deep fondness for the Blood Parasol? How many people could there be?" She kicked away a pebble on the road, "Our first target actually wasn’t Elder He, it’s just that after I became the new Garden Director, he was too kind, too cooperative, even actively taking on many heavy responsibilities for me."

Qi Zai rolled his eyes and said: "Doing work for you is wrong too?"

"Yes." Ning Xiaoxian laughed, "If you were the Deputy Garden Director of the Immortal Plant Garden, you’ve been in real power for hundreds of years, and suddenly a Garden Director is dispatched to be your superior. How would you treat the new Garden Director?"

Qi Zai thought for a moment and said, "I would do as I please, and not bother with them?"

"If it were as you said, that would still be considered decent. In everything, there is a sense of seniority. Normal human behavior is to be superficially nice, but behind the scenes try to push you out, stir up some trouble, or secretly give you difficulties to deal with. That’s just human nature, nothing wrong with that." This kind of workplace experience wasn’t something she learned in Huaxia, but rather something she gradually came to understand after traveling millions of miles in this world, "But when it comes to Elder He, things are abnormally the opposite. Whether it’s humans or demons, there’s only one reason to be this magnanimous — he simply doesn’t care about the position of Garden Director. So, tell me, how grand are his ambitions?"

"Changtian has already said, we are just suspecting. However, having such suspicions is enough to take action freely," she said with a sly chuckle, "Our luck has really been good. We only waited for two days and found Li Jianming."

Li Jianming was already aware of the secrets of God Demon Prison. Chang Tian would not let him go. Being sidelined inside Guangcheng Palace, he was already thinking of leaving. After discussing with Chang Tian and Ning Xiaoxian for a while, he decided that after the matters here were settled, he would join Ning Xiaoxian’s employment. Although he was a cultivator, he had managed Duobao Pavilion for many years. With his business acumen and planning skills, he was a pretty good business talent, exactly what Ning Xiaoxian needed.

From beginning to end, the several people never discussed the more than ten thousand Hidden Stream Demons who had died because of Elder He’s scheming.

The battle is like a chess game, life is like chess. In the struggle for power, there must be pawns, there must be sacrifices. She’s now being very cautious, gradually increasing her strength, aiming for nothing more than not to become someone else’s pawn, not to be manipulated by others in the future.

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A dreamless night. After three hours, the dawn light appeared in the sky, signaling the start of a new day.

Chang Tian, through the Blood Oath, learned that Elder He was safe and sound. Jiu Mo didn’t dare to make any more rash moves this night after his assassination attempt failed. Since the great opportunity had slipped away, now it was Elder He’s turn to make a move.

Unlike Jiu Mo, Elder He had a clear goal and acted swiftly. By evening of that day, Ning Xiaoxian received the news, which was spread out in all directions like snowflakes: the special envoy Li Jianming who had gone missing in the Ba Snake Mountain Range from Guangcheng Palace was actually detained by the Jiumo Sect Leader for a full two months!

Of course, the very deed was actually done by Elder He himself, and yet he had the audacity to pin it on Jiu Mo. Ning Xiaoxian gained a new understanding of the thickness of this old guy’s skin, it was truly a case of ’Zhu Bajie reflecting on the mirror’ - blaming others for your own actions. However, this punch indeed was both ferocious and spicy, achieving its effect. When Jiu Mo received this news, he almost spat blood from the shock to his chest, and despite it being leaked everywhere, there was no stopping it.

This unbelievable news was actually taken as an ironclad fact by everyone because Li Jianming himself stood out and identified it! There were still some clear-headed beings among the demon crowd who didn’t believe Li Jianming, but no matter, since Li Jianming had sent a message to Elder He for help, last night, the Jiumo Sect Leader sent his confidant Boze to do away with Elder He, to kill to silence. This message was also quickly verified, as Boze didn’t succeed, instead, he was caught by Elder Fu and became an important witness.

After falling into the hands of a deeply skilled Pill Master, the physically frail Boze suffered miserably that night, which could be verified by the speed at which he identified Jiu Mo. As soon as these two witnesses came forward, Jiu Mo’s side immediately fell on the defensive. Especially Boze, who was originally Jiu Mo’s confidant and had done many dirty deeds for her behind the scenes, his testimony was detailed, digging up many past secrets, even ones Elder He had never thought of, such as someone from the high ranks of Hidden Stream suddenly disappearing, it turns out it was Lord Jiu Mo who ordered his men to do the deed — before, people only suspected, but now they were convinced. Since people also had friends and relatives, the way they looked at Jiu Mo was particularly unfavorable.