Excessive ferocity due to caution

Zhao Yi's plan took Cheng Kong by surprise.

"Are you crazy?"

"The church has sent four near-major villains this time!"

"If you allow them to use spiritual methods to bewitch those people, isn't that blatantly handing these people over to the church?"

"Don't even mention ten days, they couldn't last even a morning!"

The warehouse ghost and the umbrella ghost also looked at Zhao Yi, their eyes filled with trust.

One is absolute loyalty to Zhao Yi.

The other was based on his intuition.

Zhao Yi:

"Now that I have set this rule, I am confident that I can control the situation."

"Wu Liang, go to the Jie Sect and help me select one hundred death warriors who are ready to die at any time. After this mission is completed, record their merits in the merit book."

The warehouse ghost nodded and immediately went out to take care of it.

"Cheng Kong, take the police station's most loyal man and go to Chen Fei at the steel mill for refuge immediately. Don't go back to Guxuan Town until I give you any information."

Zhao Yi sat on the sofa and began to close his eyes to rest.

Cheng Kong frowned and said:

"You want to face the danger alone?"

Zhao Yi said lazily:

"I'm not that noble."

"But you can't help with what happened after that."

"A great disaster will befall Guxuan Town, and your sacrifice will be in vain if you stay."

Cheng Kong clenched his fists, unwilling to be a coward:

"No matter what, I'm still stronger than you. If the church people try to cause trouble..."

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow:

"how?"

"How long do you think you can last against the mountain god?"

Cheng Kong looked extremely pale, but remained silent.

"Put away your pointless sense of responsibility and enthusiasm."

"If you talk about this now, you'll die very quickly."

"I fabricated a lie about knowing the inventors' physical condition, using this lie to force them into this completely pointless game, all to prevent them from breaking the rules and resorting to violence!"

Zhao Yi recounted the story in detail.

"To put it another way..."

"Even if they really decide to completely break off relations, it won't change the outcome whether you're there or not."

"It's just one more ghost dying."

"Now, conserving your strength and waiting for the right opportunity is the right thing to do!"

Cheng Kong scratched his head, paced around the room, and finally sighed.

"Then you should be careful!"

"Contact me anytime if you need anything!"

He was anxious.

I don't want to see Zhao lose.

Because if Zhao Yi loses, he's finished!

Guxuan Town is finished!

But for now, he has no choice but to listen to Zhao Yi!

This man... is their only hope!

After Cheng Kong left, Su Qingyao suddenly spoke:

"You want to use this game to keep them in check?"

Zhao Yi turned around, somewhat surprised.

This umbrella ghost seems to have some clever tricks up its sleeve!

"You're quite quick-witted."

Su Qingyao smiled, pursing her lips:

"Years ago, I talked about military strategy with a scholar who was a master of supernatural arts. He told me that military strategy is static, but people are dynamic. The reason why it is invincible is because it understands human nature too well."

"In this respect, you are very much like him."

"but……"

Zhao Yi:

"But what?"

Su Qingyao tilted her head and replied:

"The Ghostly Scholar is quite the ladies' man, but you seem to be able to control your desires for the opposite sex very well."

Zhao Yi smiled and said:

"Judging from what you're saying, that scholar most likely died on the belly of a female ghost."

Su Qingyao nodded:

"That's right."

"At the end of the Warring States period, its harem caught fire."

"The scholar's first wife cracked open the second wife's head, scalded her brains with hot oil, and ate them. The third wife told the scholar about this and killed the scholar and the fourth wife's daughter before the scholar could return home. The fifth wife framed the sixth wife, but the seventh wife stood up to plead for the eighth wife. Finally, the ninth wife took advantage of the scholar's inattention and castrated him, keeping only the part she needed. The rest was divided and eaten by the remaining eight wives..."

Zhao Yi: "..."

Su Qingyao's words prompted Zhao Yi to sigh.

The entertainment industry is truly chaotic.

"This shows that he still hasn't figured out human nature enough."

Su Qingyao grinned and said playfully:

You've been tricked.

"Actually, all of this was arranged by the scholar."

"The purpose was to escape the king's pursuit."

"The second wife whose brains were eaten was actually Wang An's spy planted next to him."

"Through this method, the Ghostly Scholar disappeared from everyone's sight, existing only in history books, while he and his eight wives went into hiding, living a shameless life in Peach Blossom Spring..."

Zhao Yi touched his nose:

"You know so much about her, she's also one of the scholar's wives?"

Su Qingyao's smile vanished.

"No."

"I am the daughter who was killed."

"I've always wanted to find it and ask it why I was part of its plan... I was the victim."

The Umbrella Ghost has given you a private mission: help her find the Ghostly Scholar.

[Task Reward 1: Increase the Umbrella Ghost's Favorability (Loyalty)]

【Task Reward 2: ? ? ? (Gold)】

【Is it accepted? 】

Zhao Yi's eyes lit up.

Surprisingly, at this very moment... Su Qingyao issued a private mission!

Moreover, there is an unknown golden item among the rewards!

"catch!"

P.S.: This chapter is a bit short. I'll start with 8000 words today. We'll make up for the 500 words I missed yesterday tomorrow.

sleep!!

Goodnight, my darlings!!

Thank you all for the gifts, thank you so much... to be honest, they startled me.

Yesterday, I suddenly received several thousand more gifts.