Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 218 Despair of Life, Complete Severance

"So...so the organization knew my identity all along?"

Having regained all his memories, Guihai Yidao now understands that his identity has been exposed for quite some time.

"If that's the case, why do you still want to keep me here?"

"I'd like to ask, why did you want to be killed?"

Jin Jiu said, "Is it because you are an undercover agent sent by the Dragon Guard Manor?"

"Isn't this enough?"

"No, no, no, this is not a reason to kill you at all. On the contrary, it is a reason to keep you alive."

Guihai Yidao had never heard of this theory before.

Why keep him around when he's an undercover agent?

What's the point?
Jin Jiu explained, "If I were to give you a task that requires you to raise 100,000 taels of silver within a month and hand it over to the organization, your Seven Absolutes Hall would naturally be unable to do it. But if this task were transferred to the Dragon Guard Manor..."

Gui Haiyi Dao immediately understood: "The Dragon Guard Manor will complete the tasks assigned by the organization for me. So that's how it is. What the organization cares about isn't the undercover agent at all, but the actual benefits. In that case, there are probably quite a few people in the organization like me who have already had their undercover identities exposed, but haven't been exposed yet..."

At this point, his eyes flickered: "Could it be that even the rumors that circulated in the North were the work of the organization?"

"good."

"What a plan!"

Guihai Yidao said, "In this way, on the surface, the organization only recruits a few reserve members, but in reality, it can directly use those major powers and even various countries to achieve its goals!"

Jin Jiu said, "Calling it 'scheming' is a bit of an exaggeration. I prefer to call this kind of thing... a transaction?"

"what?"

What kind of twisted logic is this?
Guihai Yidao remains unsolved.

"The missions of you undercover agents are different from those of the non-undercover agents. Do you think the forces behind you are unaware of this difference?"

Guihai Yidao's pupils contracted.

He suddenly burst out laughing.

The laughter sounded extremely desolate.

It also sounds like self-mockery.

He didn't know much about the other forces, but the most terrifying thing about the Dragon Guard Manor was its intelligence network.

Each prospective member of the organization is required to complete monthly tasks, and there are requirements for funding or other tasks each month.

If, as Jin Jiu said, the undercover members and the non-undercover members have different monthly funding requirements, then the Dragon Guard Manor must know this.

Just like Jin Jiu said, if he were given a task requiring 100,000 taels, his Seven Absolutes Hall would be unable to complete it and would have to hand it over to the Dragon Guard Manor behind him.

The subordinate forces of other non-undercover prospective members might be stronger than those of the Seven Absolutes Hall, but they probably wouldn't be able to raise 100,000 taels within a month.

Ten thousand taels is considered a lot; most likely, it's only a few thousand taels...

With such a huge gap, how could the intelligence network of the Dragon Guard Manor not have noticed it?
In other words, although the Dragon Guardian Manor clearly sensed something was wrong, they had no intention of letting him leave.

And the 'deal' that gin mentioned probably refers to this point.

The organization knew his undercover identity.

The Dragon Guardian Villa also knew that his undercover identity had been exposed.

But neither side brought this up.

The organization assigned him a task completely different from that of the other prospective members.

The Dragon Guardian Manor quietly helped him complete this task.

Thus, both sides were fully aware of the situation, yet both were willing to comply.

One is willing to buy, the other is willing to sell.

How can it not be considered a transaction?
He was caught in the middle, completely unaware of anything.

A smile appeared in Jinjiu's eyes.

The reality is, of course, not as exaggerated as he described.

In reality, there is not much difference between undercover agents and non-undercover agents. At most, Zhou Ming would only assign some special tasks to non-undercover agents, but these were all done after careful consideration, and were theoretically tasks that non-undercover agents had a chance of completing.

In addition, special measures are taken to promote non-undercover members.

Therefore, the Dragon Guardian Manor was completely unaware that Gui Haiyi's undercover identity had been exposed.

Otherwise, Zhu Wuzhi's expression wouldn't have been so unpleasant on the wedding day.

However, Guihai Yidao had already suffered a mental breakdown at that time and had been knocked unconscious by Zhou Ming, so he was completely unaware of this.

Now, he suffers from severe mental health issues, is utterly despondent, and extremely pessimistic.

In such a rush, it's really impossible to notice the flaws here.

Zhou Ming didn't give him much time to think. He sighed and said, "Unfortunately, this deal probably can't go through now."

"is it?"

Guihai Yidao sneered: "That is indeed a pity."

"Therefore, you lose your value."

"Heh, then kill me."

“I went to great lengths to revive you, do you think I did it just to kill you? Now you have mastered a higher level of the Avici Hell Three Blades, and your combat strength is considerable. Even without the Dragon Guard Manor, you yourself are valuable enough. Therefore, I will not kill you.”

"You want me to completely defect to the organization? Don't even think about it, it's impossible."

"You really don't want to?"

"I don't want to."

"Ok."

Zhou Ming stood up, seemingly about to leave, but suddenly turned around, a strange light appearing between the two lines, and said, "By the way, that Haitang you've been talking about, remember to call her Madam Wan next time we meet."

"what?!"

Gui Haiyi's pupils dilated in shock. "Even after something like this, can the wedding still proceed?"

"Don't you know very well? The Wan family of Wan Sanqian and the Dragon Guard Manor have had a very deep cooperation for more than a decade. Whether this wedding can proceed or not is not up to you, nor Shangguan Haitang, but Zhu Wushi and Wan Sanqian!"

"Haha... I see, I actually still had illusions..."

Guihai Yidao laughed self-deprecatingly.

Yet, an overwhelming sense of disappointment welled up within me.

This disappointment wasn't directed at anyone else, but specifically at Zhu Wushi.

In fact, with his intelligence, when he heard Wan Da and Gu Xi talking and revealing the deep cooperative relationship between Hulong Villa and the Wan family, he already suspected that Zhu Wushi might not be so clean in this matter.

They might even be the mastermind behind it all.

After all, the current situation at Hulong Manor is not good.

At times like these, it is even more important to keep your allies firmly in check to prevent them from abandoning Dragon Guard Manor.

However, the years of kindness he had received in raising him and his trust in Zhu Wushi made him instinctively unwilling to think about this issue.

However, Zhou Ming's words shattered his illusions.
He had absolutely no doubt about the truthfulness of Zhou Ming's words.

Because Zhou Ming used his mental power when he said those words, which influenced him.

"However, this doesn't seem to concern you anymore."

“Indeed…” Guihai Yidao suppressed his smile, then silently closed his eyes, facing his death with equanimity.

However, though he appeared calm on the surface, he was inwardly turbulent.

But beneath this turmoil lies a despair for the entire world.

Throughout his life, he had three most important people.

One is the mother.

One is a crabapple.

Another one is Zhu Wushi, who personally mentored him.

However, the image of these three people in his mind underwent a huge reversal in this short period of time.

Her mother was the murderer of her father. Haitang married someone else and even betrayed him.

Zhu Wushi was the most deeply hidden. He knew that his undercover identity might be exposed, but he didn't care at all and still let him continue to be an undercover agent.

In order to maintain a close relationship with the Wan family and prevent their betrayal, they directly abandoned Haitang and arranged a marriage alliance.

What's the point of living a life like this?
I might as well leave!
In a daze, he seemed to see Jin Jiu point at him, and a bright light flew out from his fingertip.

However, along with this light, he was not met with death, but with the frantic fading of his memories.

open one's eyes.

A hint of wariness appeared in those eyes, but more than that, there was panic.

"Who...who are you? Where am I?"

Jin Jiu couldn't help but laugh.

He certainly couldn't possibly kill Guihai Yidao.

So he used the forgetfulness spell again.

But this time, he didn't erase one year's worth of memories, but twenty years' worth.

Guihai Yidao's current memories are equivalent to when he was eight or nine years old.

Zhou Ming did not immediately remove the Forgetfulness Technique from him, but instead allowed him to live a full day with the memories of an eight or nine-year-old and the body of a twenty-something-year-old.

Only then did he undo the spell of forgetting worries.

In an instant, Guihai Yidao regained all his memories, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.

"What...what did you just do to me?"

"It's simple, I just erased your memory!"

Jin Jiu laughed and said, "I've said it before, you are very valuable right now, how could I let you die so easily? But since you are unwilling to join the organization, then we'll just erase your memories and cultivate a new Guihai Yidao."

Although it will be somewhat troublesome, it shouldn't take a year or two for you to regain your current combat strength.

Guihai Yidao clenched his fist.

I never expected that the other party would have such a terrifying ability.

Jin Jiu continued, "Once you recover, you'll need to work for the organization. At that time, I'll send you to assassinate Wan Sanqian and Madam Wan. Hmm... maybe by then, you'll also have to kill the young master of the Wan family!"

"Gin! You! You're utterly inhuman!"

Gui Haiyi gritted his teeth in anger.

"Hmph! What the organization wants to accomplish, it will inevitably achieve. If the organization wants you to serve, then you must serve. No one can stop you, not even yourself!"

Jin Jiu snorted coldly, his tone extremely sharp.

Gui Haiyi's eyes were bloodshot, but he had no sword in his hand and his strength was insufficient, so resistance would be futile.

But if he doesn't resist, he will only become a weapon in the hands of the gin that can erase people's memories at will after losing his memory.

Do not!
There is another way to go!

Guihai immediately reversed the flow of his internal energy, impacting his heart meridian, which instantly caused severe damage, and blood gushed from his mouth.

"Heh heh, even if I die, I will never let you succeed!"

"is it?"

Jin Jiu took out a Yellow Millet Pill: "Even if you were already dead, let alone if you were still a breath away from death, I could bring you back to life!"

Guihai Yidao immediately gritted his teeth to prevent the other party from forcibly stuffing the pill into his mouth.

"Heh, who told you that this pill has to be ingested?"

Jin Jiu crushed the Yellow Millet Pill directly, took out a wisp of pale golden gas from it, and sent it into Gui Hai Yi Dao's body.

Guihai Yidao immediately felt that his damaged heart meridian had been restored on the spot.

Enraged, he suffered a reversal of his internal energy, which caused his heart meridian to explode once again.

However, within the one-hour duration of the medicine's effect, doing so will have absolutely no effect.

"Hahaha……"

Guihai Yidao laughed bitterly: "I never imagined that I couldn't even control my own death..."

After laughing, his face was filled with despair, and he stood there dumbfounded.

After a long pause, he finally said, "Alright, I'll join the organization! However, I have conditions!"

"explain."

"I will not accept any missions that would put me at odds with the Dragon Guard Manor."

"Impossible. The Dragon Guard Manor is a powerful and deeply entrenched force. Your request is too broad. I simply cannot agree to it."

Moreover, if you're unwilling to do such a thing, why should I believe in your sincerity in joining us? I probably don't need to explain the principle of a blood oath to you.

However, if it's only about Zhu Wushi, Duan Tianya, and Shangguan Haitang, I could agree.

After a moment's thought, Guihai Yidao nodded emphatically.

"Alright, your first task... destroy the Seven Absolutes Hall!"

"What?" Gui Haiyi was shocked. "Wasn't the Seven Absolutes Hall already under your control, with Yi Yun in charge?"

"That was before. Things are different now. With your exposure, the Seven Absolutes Hall has been targeted by various forces, especially the relatives and friends of those you killed at the wedding banquet... So, the Seven Absolutes Hall is useless now."

What? You can't even complete the first task?

Gui Haiyi gritted his teeth: "...Where is my demonic sword?"

"Don't rush, the most important thing for you right now is to heal your injuries."

Although Guihai Yidao has many mental health issues, the most important one is that he cannot wake up.

Now that he's awake, solving those two problems will be much simpler.

The demonic intent of the Three Blades of Avici Hell subsided almost immediately after he regained consciousness.

However, the damaged Heart Lotus of the Heart Lotus Dharma is still somewhat troublesome.

But it was only a few points.

Ultimately, it was just a martial art that Guihai Yidao cultivated on his own.

"Disappear..."

Gui Haiyi's heart stirred, and the lotus in the center of his heart suddenly withered, shrinking from a withered lotus flower into a tiny lotus seed.

This lotus rooted in the sea of the heart resists external evils and suppresses the demonic intent of the Avici Hell.

Even with Zhou Ming's formidable mental strength, eliminating him would still involve pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, causing mental damage to Gui Haiyidao.

But if Guihai Yidao himself were to handle this matter, it would be so simple and easy.

He gazed at the lotus seed, as if he could still see the smiling face of the crabapple tree on it.

But in the end, he sighed and crushed it.

At that very instant, Zhou Ming, who had already projected himself onto Gui Hai Yi Dao, used the Forget-Worry Technique, targeting Gui Hai Yi Dao.

More accurately, it was the lotus seed in Guihai Yidao's hand.

Guihai Yidao was completely unaware.

Let the lotus seeds turn into powder and disappear completely.

"Only in this way... can we be considered safe..."

A smile appeared on Zhou Ming's face.

People's hearts are unpredictable.

Even an ordinary person might betray for various reasons.

Not to mention true love warriors like Guihai Yidao.