Chapter 778: Chapter 378: Chongyuan’s Strategy, Collaboration_2
Chongyuan’s eyes carried a chill: "You two should know my background, and you also know that I have an original body."
"The reason I chose to cooperate with Yuanqi is because Yuanqi discovered my original body and implanted Water Poison in it to threaten me."
Hearing Chongyuan’s words, Fang Yu and Elder Changqing exchanged a glance, seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.
At this moment, Chongyuan glanced at Elder Changqing, then spoke in a low voice, both admiringly and guiltily: "The Cyan Spirit Sect is loyal and unafraid of tyranny, Guangyun Spirit Venerable truly earns my admiration."
"Previously injuring Guangyun Spirit Venerable was actually beyond my control. If I hadn’t done so, Yuanqi might have killed Guangyun Spirit Venerable, causing me to lose a Spirit Venerable!"
Hearing Chongyuan’s words, Elder Changqing opened his mouth, a bit at a loss, and after a moment, couldn’t help but speak: "Is the Spirit King’s conduct... out of necessity, to save the ancestor? Could it be that I misunderstood the Spirit King?"
Chongyuan sighed faintly and nodded.
On the side, Fang Yu couldn’t take it anymore, glanced at Elder Changqing speechlessly, then shook his head: "Come on, Chongyuan, the reason you injured the Cyan Spirit Sect’s ancestor was probably to trick Changqing into secretly going to the Far Deep Sea to find the so-called Spirit King inheritance, and then wait here for subsequent matters, right? Otherwise, there was no need to completely incapacitate Guangyun Spirit Venerable, requiring so-called spiritual medicine to heal."
"In reality, there’s no inheritance of the Spirit King, only you leading here."
Chongyuan, having been exposed, was not angry, but instead looked at Fang Yu with great admiration: "No wonder you have always been able to find a way to break my plans before. Such wisdom is truly remarkable."
"Indeed!" Chongyuan nodded slightly: "Although I intended to save Guangyun Spirit Venerable by injuring him, my main purpose was still to lure Changqing away from the West Cyan Continent and meet me here."
"However, little brother Fang Yu’s words are not entirely correct."
"My father’s inheritance does exist, and the spiritual medicine is real, but many of the resources and elixirs within that inheritance have long been consumed by me over the centuries. Even if you went to the place of inheritance, you would find it empty."
Hearing Chongyuan’s words, Fang Yu nodded.
That seemed reasonable.
Upon further reflection, it made sense. The Spirit King, Chongyuan’s father, would have told the followers about the inheritance, but not his own son—that’s clearly impossible.
Chongyuan had long known the location of the inheritance and extracted all the resources to sustain consumption over the centuries.
Otherwise, with Chongyuan’s half-human, half-mushroom form, hiding in a corner of the world, he would have withered long ago due to resource exhaustion, let alone achieve his current state with avatars spread across the world, laying grand plans.
Moreover, Fang Yu also believed Chongyuan’s words about exhausting the resources.
Otherwise, Chongyuan wouldn’t risk exposure to establish a company like Essence Feast, aggressively gathering resources.
Thinking of this, Fang Yu found clarity in Chongyuan’s layout this time.
Chongyuan injured Guangyun, prompting Elder Changqing to seek spiritual medicine to ensure the safety of his ancestor.
At this moment, he only needed to place an inconspicuous avatar here in advance, to privately liaise with the Cyan Spirit Sect and himself.
Otherwise, with Yuanqi’s spies all over the West Cyan Continent, Chongyuan naturally had little opportunity.
As for why Chongyuan was certain I would come with Changqing...
It’s not hard to guess.
After all, if Chongyuan carefully calculated the disparity in military strength between the West Cyan Continent and Fang Yu, he would surely understand that Fang Yu had no chance to win a direct confrontation in the West Cyan Continent.
Only by exploiting the internal contradictions of the West Cyan Continent would there be a chance.
And the best entry point to these internal contradictions is the Cyan Spirit Sect, whose ancestor was injured, and whose Mountain Guardian Giant was killed by Yuanqi.
The Cyan Spirit Sect now hates Yuanqi to the core, and any sensible person would use this point to make contact with the Cyan Spirit Sect, trying to persuade it to betray Chongyuan.
As long as Chongyuan waited for Changqing, he would definitely also wait for Fang Yu.
Thinking of this, Fang Yu couldn’t help but look deeply at Chongyuan and spoke in a low voice: "What a scheme, what a scheme... did you even calculate me into it?"
His apprehension about Chongyuan rose to another level.
This person is not particularly powerful in combat, but he excels in strategy; his ability to lay out plans is unfathomable, making him a truly formidable opponent within the Peacekeeping Council.
"With no alternatives, I had to take this lowly step, hoping little brother Fang Yu can understand."
Chongyuan bowed slightly in apology, his expression sincere.
But Fang Yu wouldn’t believe even a word of Chongyuan’s sincere demeanor. He sneered, then said: "Alright, I think I understand why you brought me here. Since you want to cooperate to remove Yuanqi together, then how exactly are we going to cooperate? And why should I cooperate with you?"
"You have to know that it’s you who’s being threatened by Yuanqi, not me."
"For me, conquering the chaos in the West Cyan comes before killing Yuanqi."
Fang Yu responded casually.
Chongyuan nodded slightly, then spoke: "I’ve considered all this, so I’m willing to make some concessions."
"Oh?"
Fang Yu kept his expression neutral, quietly waiting for Chongyuan to continue.
"You said your top priority is conquering the West Cyan Continent?"
