Each of the nine dragon maidens possesses extraordinary abilities.

"Master has passed the sect leader position to you, that's good. But I don't find it very meaningful. Do you want to come with me?" Her crimson eyes stared at Lu Yueyuan.

Lu Yueyuan used to nod in agreement, his bright black eyes meeting hers as he eagerly rolled out of bed and ran out with Su Zhaoran. They would use magic to blow up the spirit dog's bowl, steal eggs, and graffiti on the peaks of Mount Jiuyi. His aunt taught him many things, but he later realized that all those things were actually just one word—nostalgia.

“I still prefer the Jiuyi Sect. This is my home. Unlike my aunt, I don’t wander the world.” Lu Yueyuan said.

"Your mouth has gotten sharper too." Su Zhaoran looked at Lu Yueyuan. "Just like Master. It's alright, you can stay here then."

She suddenly appeared in front of Lu Yueyuan, very close to him. Their spiritual energy interacted, enough to transmit their voices.

“That little guy Huai Zai Mai likes you.” She stared straight into Lu Yueyuan’s eyes and transmitted her voice, “If you really want to stay here, go find her. Being kept as a pet is better than dying.”

"What do you mean?" Lu Yueyuan asked.

Su Zhaoran fell silent, her expression one of deep sadness, yet a smile played on her lips. Was she crying or laughing? Lu Yueyuan didn't understand; in truth, he had never truly understood his aunt.

He then asked, "What do you mean?"

"It means you should find her to be your Daoist partner," Su Zhaoran said. "Look, isn't that great? Childhood sweethearts, powerful, and she'll definitely be willing to defy the Dragon God's decree for you. A girl who belongs only to you, isn't that wonderful?"

She looked up at the shadows, as if Ming Huaiwei were standing there.

"Master Aunt, aren't you sad?" Lu Yueyuan asked.

"You're not going to answer my question? Then I won't answer yours either." She patted Lu Yueyuan's shoulder hard, and said the last sentence out loud, not through telepathy: "You better watch yourself, kid. Don't ask me to stay for dinner."

She left just like that, and never returned to the Jiuyi Sect.

Lu Yueyuan had also searched for his aunt in the simulated future, but most of the time, she was already dead when he found her. She was the kind of person who did whatever she wanted, and she could be involved in every major event. The latest time, she even died in the major event of the merger of Guixu.

But what about her patterns? There are no patterns; even death is a carefree death for a free bird.

"Senior brother, did you hear what I just told you?"

Ming Huaiwei's voice interrupted Lu Yueyuan's thoughts. By this time, they had already walked from the shady path to the entrance of the cave.

He looked at Ming Huaiwei and smiled, "Sorry, I was daydreaming. What did you just say?"

"It's nothing, it's about that woman's ancient treasure. If you want to use it for cultivation, Senior Brother, why don't you let me help you?" Ming Huaiwei said. "The Huai Zai Vein has a vast spiritual sea. I'll help you build a grand formation, and you'll definitely be able to comprehend it more efficiently."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

After seeing Ming Huaiwei off, Lu Yueyuan entered his cave and activated the spirit array as usual. At the same time, he used spiritual energy to create an illusion for Ming Huaiwei to monitor.

The real him then sat back on the futon, fell into meditation, and met with the Holy Emperor.

"You're here?"

The Holy Emperor, resting his chin on his hand, sat there yawning: "I noticed you seemed a bit emotional, and I thought you weren't coming today."

Lu Yueyuan asked, "Is it ready?"

The Holy Emperor nodded: "No problem. The Phantom Gathering has already opened a spot for you. Just follow my instructions to construct your spiritual energy circuit, and you can enter."

"grateful."

The Holy Emperor's knowledge was crudely instilled into his mind, and Lu Yueyuan accepted it all, proceeding with the construction of spiritual energy as instructed.

The next second, his consciousness suddenly shifted to a dark shadow.

My vision was a little blurry, but I could still make out my surroundings. It seemed to be a room similar to the Holy Emperor's, except that there was a round table here and each seat was labeled.

Pride, envy, wrath...

Including himself, there were a total of eight seats. Lu Yueyuan then realized that he was sitting in the main seat. He looked at his badge.

[A shameless, despicable, vile, fraudulent agent]

Why is the sign so long? What grudge could they have?

As the black mist surged, shadowy figures began to emerge from the other seats.

Except for Sloth and Gluttony, the shadows of everyone else appeared in their places.

He arrogantly stood up, glanced at Lu Yueyuan, and then reluctantly said:

"Phantom Gathering, begin."

Chapter 23: Me?

Arrogance has a problem with Lu Yueyuan.

This is not a minor issue, but a major one.

However, she also had to admit that since Lu Yueyuan became her proxy, the Holy Emperor had indeed started contacting her, and her connection with the Holy Emperor was becoming stronger and stronger.

The Holy Emperor hoped they would work together to clear up the misunderstanding, and even if the arrogant had objections, they would have no choice but to comply.

At this gathering, although she was emotional, she still held back and introduced Lu Yueyuan, the proxy, to the others. However, because she did not know Lu Yueyuan's true identity, she remained tight-lipped even when introducing him.

She used to be the one doing the talking, but now the tables have turned and it's Lu Yueyuan's turn to speak.

Since everyone is an illusion, theoretically no one should know anyone else. The proxy has no information, and Arrogance originally wanted to see this guy make a fool of himself.

But to everyone's surprise, he seemed to know them inside and out, communicating with them freely and even quickly gaining their approval.

Enraged: "My Lord Agent, come back to me, let's uphold justice together!"

Greed: "My lord, do you need money? I have a little here..."

Lust: "Your Excellency, you actually know about sweets. You must teach me later. I want to make some for my wife."

Damn it, how could you guys be so easily betrayed?!

Arrogance said nothing aloud, but his heart was roaring with rage.

The Holy Emperor is not in his right mind, and neither are you.

Even if he is an agent, you don't need to act like this!

Thus, arrogance was deprived of its dominant voice, the meeting reaffirmed the organization's new strategic goals, and explicitly endorsed a leadership team centered around the agent.

This is the value of simulating the future and mastering intelligence. With the Holy Emperor suppressing arrogance, Lu Yueyuan effortlessly controlled the Seven Deadly Sins organization.

The Holy Emperor knew, of course, that Lu Yueyuan had no feelings for the Seven Deadly Sins. After all, in the timeline, the little grasshopper had no interest in learning about their stories and treated them like roadside animals to be kicked to death.

His core objective was arrogance; he hoped that with the Holy Emperor's help, he could use the power of arrogance to resolve the issue of the ancient dragon's bloodline.

Are you just using my followers as tools?

The Holy Emperor understood, but he didn't mind.

He also wanted to see how Pride would act. If we were to truly talk about faithfulness, Pride would probably be the only one among all believers who is truly faithful, even more so than the Agent.

From the perspective of the gods, such a loyal person should be blessed more, but the Holy Emperor has not done so. Even now, when a gathering is held, He remains silent and does not say a word.

"Goodbye, sir."

You must come visit me sometime!

The phantoms disappeared one by one, and the gathering came to an end.

Lu Yueyuan did not announce that Gluttony had been arrested, so everyone else thought that Gluttony was just absent due to other matters. After all, you can't expect an undercover agent to be present at all times.

They had no idea what kind of insane plan the Seven Deadly Sins were about to embark on.

"arrogant."

When only the two of them remained, Lu Yueyuan called out Arrogance's name. He had been waiting for the opportunity to speak with Arrogance alone, which was his main purpose for coming today.

He gestured for Pride not to leave yet, and said with a friendly smile, "Don't worry about Gluttony, I'll ensure her safety."

"Oh."

He sneered arrogantly, "That would be the best option, of course. However, given the situation of the proxy within the Nine Peaks Sect, self-preservation is the most important thing right now."

Lu Yueyuan nodded: "Can we talk?"

The arrogance that had been about to dissipate reformed and sat down in its place.

"Arrogance, the Holy Emperor should have told you what conditions are needed to liberate Him. With the current Seven Deadly Sins, challenging the entire Nine Peaks Sect is undoubtedly a pipe dream."

Lu Yueyuan said, "Moreover, judging from the appearance of those greedy people, they obviously don't realize the seriousness of this matter. I think we should just let them live their own good lives and not bother them with these things."

"I didn't realize that the Agent truly cherishes us. In other words, aside from me, you don't need the Seven Deadly Sins Organization's support?"

Arrogance felt that Lu Yueyuan was talking nonsense to her.

The Holy Emperor had already told her the goal of today's gathering and asked her to cooperate in helping Lu Yueyuan build his reputation. Of course, Lu Yueyuan himself performed quite well, so she didn't have to actively cooperate. Those spineless cowards just blindly supported him.

At this point, he told her that he was not actually interested in the Seven Deadly Sins organization and did not need their help.

So what are you doing all this for, old man? Are you just trying to amuse us when you have nothing better to do?

"Yes, I don't need the support of the Seven Deadly Sins."

Lu Yueyuan said, “I know you better than you think. In my opinion, greed, lust, wrath, envy, sloth, gluttony... these people are not enough to help me. In what we are doing, they will be lucky if they can protect themselves.”

"Furthermore, there's something I want to say: arrogance. You may have ambitions and dreams, but they shouldn't pay for your ambitions and dreams. They have their own things to do, so I won't drag them down with me, not now, and not in the future."

Arrogance was provoked: "You know them better than I do? Fine, I'll take your word for it. The Holy Emperor might indeed have told you everything about us, but so what? Don't be so arrogant. Since you think you don't need our help, then..."

Lu Yueyuan changed the subject: "However, I need your help."

Arrogance froze.

She was caught off guard by the sudden change of topic.

“You are different from them. You have dedicated everything to the Holy Emperor. Your loyalty shines as brightly as the sun and moon. The Holy Emperor often praises your loyalty to me. It is only because He is imprisoned by layers of restrictions and is in unbearable pain that He cannot contact you often.”

Lu Yueyuan said with a smile:

"But He favors you the most. If it weren't for my proximity, the position of the proxy would be yours. Your loyalty, strength, wisdom, and patience are all above mine, so for the Holy Emperor of Liberation, you are my best helper."

Arrogance was a little embarrassed by what was said, and he scratched his head: "Is that what the Holy Emperor said? Well, that's true... If you need my help, then I'll help. It's nothing. As long as the Holy Emperor can be liberated, I'll do anything."

Lu Yueyuan nodded: "Very good, then I'll wait for you to come to the Jiuyi Sect and join me. Let's defeat the guardians together."

"Sure, no problem. The Holy Emperor has already arranged for me to infiltrate. I'll come find you, and then we'll defeat the Guardian together..."

His arrogant expression froze.

What? Defeat what?

Fight, defeat the guardian of the pulse?

Her?

Chapter 24: Minor Character

His arrogant hand was placed behind his head, and he seemed reluctant to put it down.

The Guardians, descendants of the Dragon God, are like the agents of the Four Gods. Each of them wields power and represents a true state of unity with the Tao.

Moreover, each lineage protector possesses their own lineage's techniques, forming a complete system. They are all top experts of their time, and each one possesses the strength to destroy a nation. It is precisely because of them and the Four Gods' Agents that the Nine Peaks Sect can be called the number one sect in the world.

Her arrogance is beyond measure; she doesn't even receive a blessing.

Is she going to defeat the guardian of the pulse?

In the current timeline, the Guardians haven't committed those inhumane acts yet, and they haven't completely enraged Arrogance. Arrogance, unaware of their true nature, naturally doesn't want to fight to the death.

She couldn't fight to the death. The entire Seven Deadly Sins organization wouldn't be enough to defeat a single guardian. If he slapped them, they would all be crushed into mincemeat. With such a disparity in strength, why would she go crazy and throw her life away?

Although the Holy Emperor had communicated with her beforehand, in her understanding, they were trying to steal things from the Nine Peaks Sect to release the Holy Emperor, not to fight the guardians head-on.

Running away in a sorry state and surviving is one thing, but fighting head-on and defeating the opponent is quite another.

Why must we defeat the guardians of the pulse?

He asked arrogantly, "Is a fight absolutely necessary?"

Lu Yueyuan said firmly, "If it weren't for this, we wouldn't be able to save the Holy Emperor. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask Him yourself."

.........

Grass.

Arrogance gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, let's fight! Long live the Holy Emperor!"

He arrogantly said, "Let's fight then. But I am only at the Dao Enlightenment Realm. My talent and comprehension in this life are limited. If the Holy Emperor bestows blessings upon me, I can use my powers... and perhaps I can protect myself."

She originally wanted to say that she had the ability to fight back, but that would be a bit shameless, so she changed it to self-preservation.

Lu Yueyuan shook his head: "The Holy Emperor is sealed off by layers of restrictions, and his power is obscured. Even I, as his proxy, am unable to use his power now."