Destiny is ashes

Chapter 724 I Think I Am! (Three in One!)
"no!"

Although An Jing was very confident in his idea, Chen Yinzi denied it without even thinking: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Why not, Master? I think my idea is very effective!"

An Jing was extremely confident in his idea: "If I pretend to be the traitor, no one would be able to refuse. In this way..."

Who would believe it?

Ming Guangchen was speechless. An Jing's wisdom could indeed be trusted, but generally only in combat and strategic decision-making. At this time, he showed his astonishing wisdom - never mind whether it was wise or not, just ask if it was astonishing or not: [Indeed, if you really want to surrender, no party would refuse, even the Taiming Sect, which is now determined to destroy you, would immediately send out the Heavenly Sovereign to take you back]

[But here comes the question, An Jing, do you think you are truly surrendering? Do you think others can't see what you are playing? Don't treat others as fools! ]

An Jing: “I think I am!”

Ming Guangchen: [Everyone thinks it’s not true]

"Then don't lie to Taiming Sect."

An Jing was optimistic: "I think Dachen and Tianyi Demon Sect are very happy to be deceived by me, especially since I have property in Dachen. I can just say that I am not optimistic about the sect and I want to go back to Dachen temporarily to avoid the limelight. I think Dachen will definitely send someone to escort me. Then won't we be able to figure it out?"

"Dachen is not a problem at all. Your master and Dachen had an unclear relationship in the beginning, and we didn't say anything."

Chen Yinzi sighed and said, "That's not the problem, An Jing. We don't lack spies at all. Do you think we don't have spies in Taiming Sect and Dachen? We even have several collaborators within the Tianyi Demon Sect. Only the Shangxuan Sect is too far away... I can get a lot of information from them."

"But the most crucial information is what those traitors actually cooperated with them on. No matter how many low-level traitors there are, they can't get it!"

[As for the Heaven's Will Demon Cult...]

Ming Guangchen knew the Tianyi Demon Cult better: [They don't care whether you really betrayed them or not. Based on my understanding of them, you are probably still their general. If you ask them, they will most likely tell you... But, they are not stupid and may not tell you the whole story.]

If An Jing's plan was made by an old member of the Mingjing Sect, for example, a genius who grew up in the Mingjing Sect, then maybe some people would actually believe it. After all, the longer one stays in the Mingjing Sect, the clearer they understand the current situation of the Mingjing Sect, and the more they know that it is extremely difficult to change it with human power.

But he was a Jiuli soldier who joined in the middle, and burned, killed, and looted all the way back to his clan (literally), a demon god.

When this kind of person encounters a problem, he will never surrender halfway, and will definitely fight to the end. Even if An Jing wants to carry out a large-scale purge in the sect and kill half of the people, causing the sect to be destroyed, dying in his hands is more likely than him betraying the sect or escaping from the battlefield and returning to Dachen.

However, it would be wrong to say that An Jing's ideas are useless.

"Since I cannot and will not rebel, is it okay for my Son of Disaster to pretend to rebel?"

An Jing still didn't give up his plan: "For example, I can let Ye Qi pretend to rebel and ask her grandfather, or secretly ask Xiao Bai - that is, Bai Qinghan - and let her ask the Northern Inspector."

Both Chen Yinzi and Ye Po Zhenjun beside him had an idea in their minds.

[Who is Bai Qinghan? ]

Ming Guangchen knew about it and explained: [Xiaobai is An Jing's junior sister in Xuanming Manor. Like Gu Yeqi, she chose to join the Tianyi Demon Sect and served under the Northern Patrol Envoy. She is the Xuanyin Saint of this generation.]

[But it seems that she has not parted ways with An Jing. It seems that they are still in contact and have a good relationship.]

Suddenly Chen Yinzi and Ye Po Zhenjun understood.

——It turns out that you are also connected with the Tianyi Demon Cult!

——So you also know the evil witch from the cult!
"Xiao Bai and I have a very good relationship. If Ye Qi asks her, she will definitely know that it was me who gave the signal."

An Jing had a kind of confidence that came from nowhere: "She is also active in the northwest, and the Northern Envoy should have told her about the plan related to us. Anyway, just ask her. If you know, then you know. If you don't know, just say hello."

"If the Tianyi Demon Cult asks, just say that Ye Qi wants to return to the Demon Cult. It will save face!"

An Jing's words added fuel to the fire. The expressions of Chen Yinzi and Ye Po Zhenjun suddenly became intriguing, and they all looked at Ming Guangchen.

——You two, master and disciple, really look a bit alike.

"Well, I'd better explain it to you clearly."

The reason is that Chen Yinzi also knows that if he doesn't explain things clearly, An Jing will definitely do some small things on his own. Therefore, he held a small meeting of the top leaders of the Mingjing Sect for An Jing directly in front of the Taixu altar, together with the three Zhenjuns Yepo and Mingguangchen.

First of all, there is the most critical and core issue facing the Mingjing Sect now: Chengguang Tianjun is about to die.

This is the origin of the Mingjing Sect’s current seemingly precarious situation.

As the undisputed strongest and longest-lived Heavenly Monarch in the history of Mingjing Sect, who has existed for 6,000 years, Heavenly Monarch Chengguang was almost invincible among his contemporaries in the Chenli Sect. Even Heavenly Monarch Yinze of Taiming Sect and the one of Huangyang Sect were his juniors. The reason why he was said to be almost invincible was because some people did not give him the opportunity to fight. Even the King Zhen of Dachen fought with him several times, and both sides won and lost, without losing face for Mingjing Sect at all.

However, even for this pillar of the Mingjing Sect, he probably only has one last chance to make a full-scale attack.

"Last time, the ancestor joined hands with the Lords of Heaven and the King of Town to fight the Frost Tribulation. Although he performed bravely, others also saw through his true strengths and weaknesses."

Chen Yinzi said in a heavy tone, "This is the last time. This is the last time in his prime. If the ancestor strikes again, even if he can still survive, he will not be able to defeat the other Heavenly Monarchs."

"But there is also one last time. If you push too hard, we in the Mingjing Sect will give the enemy a fatal blow even if our mountain gate is shattered and our sect is overthrown. I want to see whether it is the Taiming Sect that wants its own mountain gate to go to the underworld, or whether Dachen wants the capital of the region to be reduced to ashes."

"That's why the sect's enemies dragged their feet and were even willing to pay a huge price to 'bribe' the traitors within the sect. And those traitors... also knew that this was their last chance to obtain resources from the outside. They agreed immediately and obtained a large amount of resources from others to carry out their own plans."

"Honestly, An Jing, you shouldn't be so obsessed with mysophobia. In the eyes of old folks like us, the so-called traitors are actually irrelevant. No matter what their plans are, at least they get the benefits, which is better than the enemy using these resources to deal with us."

"Grandmaster, I'm not that pedantic." An Jing naturally understood. For example, Grandmaster Biying probably got a lot of benefits from the Shangxuan Sect, but he also secretly gave him enough resources to rebuild a small mountain gate.

Who knows if those "traitors and traitors" are planning to rebuild the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth Mingjing Sect while selling out the sect?

By that time, the Mingjing Sect was destroyed, and as a result, a bunch of "Yujing Sect", "Xuanjing Sect", "Xinjing School" and other things appeared on the islands of Chenli West Mountain and even in the West Sea of ​​the North Sea... Of course, the names may not be so straightforward, but names are the least important thing.

By then, will the Mingjing Sect be destroyed? Yes!
Precisely because he understood it very clearly, An Jing actually didn't care much about the saying of "the traitor".

Many times, a head-on confrontation will never result in a "win", only a "lose-lose" outcome.

Indeed, losing both is not a bad choice, it is always better than the enemy winning alone, but a warrior should consider how to 'win'.

In this case, it is normal to choose a roundabout approach.

Just like An Jing, who knows if those inner ghosts are also thinking, "I will pretend to be an inner ghost, and then I will let them go and give them a big blow at the critical moment!" It's just that no one believes that An Jing will rebel, and other True Lords are willing to believe that they can cooperate at least on some things because of aging, the death of their successors, and other reasons.

In the final analysis, An Jing was still too young and too talented. If An Jing was a guy in a declining power, a middle-aged man with no career and no future, who might face failure at any time, then his fake surrender might really help Mingjing Sect to recover.

"The Shangxuan Sect wants the [Haotian Mirror Fragment]. Their attitude towards Guangchen is also very intriguing. Perhaps they have foreseen something and think that Guangchen is a huge threat."

Seeing that An Jing was not so extreme, Chen Yinzi felt more at ease: "They are the enemies that Mingjing Sect should be most wary of, because they are targeting the foundation of our sect."

"Through the tampered 'Silver of the Void', we can tell that the Shangxuan Sect may have placed many hidden hands in our sect that you and I would never have thought of. If there is any chaos in our sect, the masters of the Shangxuan Sect will teleport here, disguised as sect disciples, to carry out their plan and snatch the fragments of the divine mirror."

"The ancestor has already made preparations for this. Although our sect's Taixu skills are not as good as Shangxuan Sect's, it is no problem to have them teleport to places they shouldn't be at a critical moment. And if they don't have other people as pioneers to disrupt the sect, they won't force their way across continents. No matter how much Dachen wants to cause chaos in Chenli, it will not allow Shangxuan Sect to reach out here."

"To put it simply, we don't actually need to deal with them. What we need to do is to resolve other threats before they arrive."

After pointing out the purpose and solution of Shangxuan Sect, Chen Yinzi continued: "The purpose of Taiming Sect is also the fragments of the divine mirror. They also want our Mingjing Sect to be completely destroyed, or weakened to the point where it can no longer pose a threat to them."

"In other words, they are our real, strongest, and most direct enemies. Their goal is to cause casualties to us. They are also the closest to us. If they cause trouble, they can attack us at any time."

"There's nothing much to say about dealing with them. The most important thing is to keep a close watch on Yu Lun. Although I don't know why he would turn to the Taiming Sect, considering that he might also be possessed by a demon, maybe it was the demon that caused this."

"According to the intelligence we should have obtained in the Taiming Sect, the frost disaster caused a large number of casualties in the north of Beixuanjizhou. Their power in the underworld has been greatly developed, so their ambitions are growing. They are not only training soldiers in the underworld and studying the ways of ghosts and gods, but they are also trying to raise and control the demons, forcibly give them human nature, and turn the demon gods of the underworld into their own power."

"We won't say that this behavior violates the Zhenwu Mountain Agreement, but there is no doubt that they are preparing for war."

"Is this possible?"

An Jing couldn't help but open his eyes wide: "Give humanity to the demons and then raise them? Is there any way in this world to fully raise people? What stupid things are they doing?"

"That's the truth."

Chen Yinzi said, "But at least humans have desires, so they are easy to control. We can't talk about completely nurturing them, but taming them through twisted brainwashing is no problem. The demons themselves can only be controlled by force, and if they become humans, we can turn control into driving, which is much simpler and more convenient."

"What's more, they have the Three Life Mirror, so they are not afraid of being eroded by the inner demons."

"Too."

An Jing frowned and nodded. He remembered Jin Yuantian's evaluation of the Three Lives Mirror, the most precious treasure of the Taiming Sect: 'The divine mind travels through three lives, sees through countless mysteries, clarifies the mind, eliminates the inner demons, and is the most important for cultivating the mind.'

This thing can effectively suppress the erosion of the devil, as well as various kinds of obsession. Their research on how to raise the devil is indeed a professional match.

"Yin Ze Tian Jun is a man with deep scheming and great ambitions. If he does not unify Chen Li, even if a great catastrophe is approaching and a great era is about to begin, he will not be able to accomplish great things, and naturally there is no hope for Ling Xiao."

As he continued speaking, Chen Yinzi also shook his head: "The general trend of the world is that after a long period of unity, there will be division, and after a long period of division, there will be unity. The various sects of Chenli and I were originally split from the Yushen Great Court. After a century, we must unify. I don't deny this, but Yinze Tianjun thinks that he is the one who is destined to be the one. It's really laughable. In my opinion, Guangchen and Jing'er are more likely than him!"

This is indeed a problem.

Ming Guangchen said: [I have been thinking about how to resolve the threat from the Taiming Sect, but it is too difficult. Yinze Tianjun must have the patience to wait until the old ancestor Chengguang dies before taking action. Even if we resolve the crisis this time, once the old ancestor dies, they will come with the power of the Tianjun and the Three Lives Mirror, and we will definitely not be able to resist them.]

"This is indeed a problem."

An Jing fell into deep thought, his brows furrowed. "But it sounds like they won't be the first to make a move. They will definitely wait for someone to make a move and use up the last chance for Ancestor Cheng Guang to make a move before they make a move."

"Tianyi Demon Sect? Dachen? No, the hostility between these two is not that great, so..."

An Jing was thoughtful: "Demon? They expect the demon to be the vanguard?"

"It is our biggest threat?"

"Devil..."

At this point, even Yepo Zhenjun laughed. She shook her head and said, "The Heavenly Demon may indeed be a huge threat, but An Jing, to be honest, after the ancient demon calamity, when has the Heavenly Demon ever become a real threat?"

"Even if it is the Frost Tribulation, we can be sure that there is a mysterious hand behind it, and it is definitely released artificially... The so-called Heavenly Demons are just a group of defeated dead species. All warriors will chase them relentlessly, so they have also become an excuse." "An excuse for humans to attack humans."

Ye Po Zhenjun's eyes were deep, and she looked towards the north: "Just like when the West Sea Royal Court took action, it was also an excuse that the North Sea Royal Court seduced the Heavenly Demon. They did have evidence that many dragons and snakes were indeed corrupted by the Heavenly Demon, but the real threat was never these corrupted people, but other creatures who intended to use this excuse to attack."

"The demon's erosion of our sect has been tacitly approved by all forces. What excuse do you think they will use to invade our sect? It must be that our sect has been corrupted by the demon!"

"By then, no matter who is killed, what is destroyed, or what is looted, the Heavenly Demon can be used as an excuse - it is all the Heavenly Demon's fault, it is all the Heavenly Demon's killing, it is all the Heavenly Demon's persecution."

"Except for the demonic calamity, the Heavenly Demon is not a calamity, but the initiator of the calamity. That's it. It is the most useful and the least responsible. It does not require thinking. Just existing is the 'mistake' of original sin!"

【Yes】

Ming Guangchen also nodded and said: [The goal of the demons is chaos and decline. They don’t care who uses them. If their actions can cause the ancestor to decline and the people to fall into chaos, they will die without hesitation and become the blade of other forces.]

[If nothing unexpected happens, the enemy's scenario must be like this: During the True Transmission Competition, the demons are causing chaos, and a certain great demon takes action, which leads to the ancestor suppressing it.]

Mingjing Sect is Ming Guangchen's home. Even though he is in another world and has the authority to establish a second Mingjing Sect, he is still worried about this: [Just at this moment, Shangxuan Sect and Taiming Sect attacked together. Shangxuan Sect directly snatched the fragments of the magic mirror, and Taiming Sect killed our manpower and snatched the fragments of the magic mirror at the same time]

[And Dachen and Tianyi Demon Sect will seize the opportunity and choose to take advantage of the situation or intercept Shangxuan Sect or Taiming Sect, and plunder the wealth of our Mingjing Sect, or appear as saviors and subdue us to be their dogs]

"Then can we not hold the True Transmission Competition and focus on defense?"

Although An Jing didn't have this idea in mind, he still pointed out a possibility.

Chen Yinzi shook his head and said, "If we don't hold the True Transmission Competition, it means we have given up and lost without a fight. Our momentum will be weakened and our luck will disappear. All those who have waited for and trusted us will be disappointed. This is more terrible than losing or even dying."

"This is an open conspiracy, and we must deal with it."

"So, what is the sect's way of dealing with this?"

After listening to this, An Jing felt that Zongli had actually thought of everything, foreseen everything, and considered everything thoroughly.

Even if there is a traitor, it is just impossible to determine who is who, but both sides are definitely well prepared.

I have made up the specific list of traitors, and Chen Yinzi and Cheng Guang Tianjun will definitely prepare targeted measures.

Yes, in such a clash of major forces, there is no room for any conspiracy or trickery. It is a fair fight. The enemy knows all the cards you have, and the enemy knows his own cards too. That is why most of the time you are in confrontation, making choices, and thinking about what you have to pay in order to inflict fundamental losses on the enemy.

But the problem is that it seems that the Mingjing Sect has no chance of turning the tables.

"How do we win?"

An Jing frowned and thought carefully: "Could it be that I really can only prepare for the second Mingjing Sect?"

"Actually."

Chen Yinzi sighed and said, "We have made two preparations, one for the obvious and one for the hidden."

An Jing raised his eyebrows. With the amount of information he had now, he would not be able to find a chance of winning and could only move to the Great Wilderness Realm. But it turned out that the sect had two more preparations?
"The obvious thing is, of course, to find out why my brothers and sisters rebelled against the Mingjing Sect, and persuade them to return to the right path at the critical moment. If we work together, maybe we can get rid of the demon without the ancestor taking action, and naturally there will be no follow-up."

This is too obvious and too idealistic. An Jing feels that even if the other True Lords really pretended to rebel, the one who was corrupted by the Heavenly Demon must be real. Not to mention that other enemies will definitely add fuel to the flames. It is a bit too optimistic to expect the Mingjing Sect to work together to deal with the hidden hands of various forces.

Especially True Lord Biying, he is probably waiting for the Mingjing Sect to fall into chaos, and when the entire Taiming Sect comes forward, he will take both the Mingjing Sect and the Taiming Sect to explode together!
If you tell this self-destructive master to work together, he will most likely listen, but he will definitely not do it.

Mingguangchen and Yepo Zhenjun also understood this, and together with Anjing, they looked at Chen Yinzi, waiting for another plan.

"And the real preparation..."

Chen Yinzi looked at Ye Po Zhenjun. He hesitated for a while, and finally told the truth: "Of course, it is through various means... to let our Mingjing Sect produce another Pure Yang Tianjun!"

This is an upright method.

If the Mingjing Sect could produce another Heavenly Sovereign, then many problems could indeed be solved… Even if there were a calamity caused by the Heavenly Demon, and the entire Taiming Sect were to come forward, the Mingjing Sect with two Heavenly Sovereigns could withstand it in a short period of time.

But here is the problem.

"Who can?"

An Jing looked at Chen Yinzi, his eyes fixed on his master: "Master, you?"

"I can not."

Chen Yinzi frowned: "But... my senior brother... the head of Jinghuang Peak, Senior Brother Xiyi, he can."

An Jing knew.

True Lord Xiyi is a True Lord that An Jing has never met, let alone been mentioned a few times by others.

He was the strongest person in the golden age of Mingjing Sect, the Eight True Lords, and is now the leader of the Nine True Lords. The current Chen Yinzi, Pu Ming, Fu Jing Biying and others were all his junior brothers and sisters back then.

If any of the True Lords in the Mingjing Sect had the strength to challenge the Pure Yang Heavenly Lord, he would undoubtedly be the most likely candidate.

But at the same time, he is also the oldest True Lord who is closest to the end of his life.

"Other forces must also be on guard."

Ye Po Zhenjun nodded slightly. She actually had some guesses, so she said helplessly: "Uncle Master, even I can guess that others will definitely be on guard. But if they are not on guard, it can only mean one thing..."

"Yes." Chen Yinzi nodded, his face heavy, "That is, according to their deduction, Senior Brother Xiyi has no chance of breaking through to Chunyang."

"In theory, it is true... If Xi Yi was still at this level when he was 500 years younger, he would have a 30% chance of successfully breaking through. If he was at this level when he was at his prime, then he would have a 50% chance. But he is almost dead, and is only barely surviving with his extremely high level of cultivation. In this state, there is absolutely no way he can break through."

"But in practice... I have already paved the way for Senior Brother Xiyi once."

As he said this, Chen Yinzi laughed carefreely. He showed his shattered Mingjing Heart to Mingguangchen and Anjing: "I have collected all the key points of the most energy-consuming 'Difficulty of Enlightenment'. After I knew that it was impossible for me to break through, I risked my future to record everything."

"With my experience, plus the lessons learned from his fellow students, and the full support of the sect, even with Senior Brother Xiyi's condition, it is not impossible for him to break through to Chunyang."

"Now, the probability of him breaking through to the Pure Yang state... is fully 50%!"

“Halfway…”

An Jing chewed on this word and laughed: "This is too much. I can definitely take a gamble."

The losing situation with no chance of survival was actually able to be forced to a 50% chance of winning through Chen Yinzi's sacrifice and the sect's foundation - this could be said to be a blessing from heaven!

[Indeed, quite a few]

Ming Guangchen also became completely serious at this moment. He finally understood why Chen Yinzi and others knew that there were so many traitors, but still endured and did not take any action or move, as if they were just waiting for the opportunity to pass.

Because he just wants to paralyze everyone and prepare for a turnaround when the time comes to turn everything upside down!

Ye Po Zhen Jun also became solemn: "If that's the case, then it's indeed worth risking our lives... But even if the enemy doesn't know that Master Xi Yi has a chance of achieving half success, and thinks that he is doomed to die, they will definitely send people to disrupt us and won't leave us any chance to turn the tables."

“But there is still a gap in attention.”

Chen Yinzi said: "That's why I want to understand the thoughts of those 'rebels'. If we can fight for it, we should fight for it back. This way, the probability of success will be a little higher."

"An Jing."

Turning his head, Chen Yinzi looked at the young warrior who was lost in thought: "This is the current situation of our Mingjing Sect - your master can't come back, he can only serve as a backup to rebuild the seeds of Mingjing Sect, this may also be a kind of destiny..."

"The only problem is you. If the first target of most people is the fragments of the Clear Sky Mirror, then their second target must be you. The Taiming Sect wants to kill you, Tianyi and Dachen want to take you away, the Shangxuan Sect will do the same, and the Tianmo and the others will definitely not let you go...let go of a 'divine destiny' like you."

Emphasizing the divine destiny, Chen Yinzi stared at An Jing closely: "Now, you must make a choice: to be like your master and serve as the seed for the future revival of the Mingjing Sect, or to take a gamble."

"I must tell you that the latter is simple and easy. The former is difficult and painful. You must not..."

"Wait, Grandmaster, I have something to ask Master and Master Yepo."

But An Jing spoke up and interrupted Chen Yinzi's words.

This was definitely not impolite. An Jing just raised his head and looked at the shadow of Ming Guangchen and Zhenjun Yepo.

These two people and he have a common identity.

Members of the Faraway Sky.

So, An Jing let out a breath and asked seriously, "If you want to gamble, the higher the chance of winning, the better - although it is rare to have a treasure that can extend your life by 500 years, it should not be impossible."

"Master, can the True Lord - Jinyuantian be exchanged?"

[It is possible...]

Ming Guangchen was stunned, but he frowned: [But the merit required is a sky-high price. Not to mention you, even if Sister Jin's entire team's liquidity is gathered together, it may not be possible.]

"Don't worry Master, I have plenty of secrets."

An Jing narrowed his eyes.

He recalled the scene at the beginning of the creation of this world that Huaixu Tiandao showed him in the Broken Blade Mountains.

Apart from the Way of Heaven, only Zulong knew something about the scene. Even the great immortal Huaixu was just a latecomer.

Although Jinyuantian has great magical powers, this kind of information is definitely rare.

That would definitely fetch a good price.

(End of this chapter)