Chapter 699: Chapter 698 Conspiracy?
Confronted by the figure in the Saint Realm before him, Liu Zheng didn’t speak but simply reached out his hand.
He grasped the Saint Realm figure in front of him.
Even though it was a mid-tier Saint Realm being, it had little resistance in front of Liu Zheng.
Soon, this mid-tier Saint Realm being was sealed.
Afterward, Liu Zheng stood in front of the Saint Realm being, with a river of time materializing behind him, and a shadowy figure walked out from Liu Zheng’s body.
This was Liu Zheng’s future self. Although he had Xiang Batian’s help, to modify the soul of a mid-tier Saint Realm being was still somewhat difficult.
Therefore, Liu Zheng directly used a secret technique to summon his future self.
The moment his future self merged into his body, his aura began to surge forward by leaps and bounds.
Liu Zheng then reached out and grabbed the head of the Saint Realm being.
"Modify!"
In an instant, a strange energy entered the soul of the Saint Realm being. At first, it struggled, but in a blink of an eye, its eyes lost all luster.
This process didn’t last long; the pupils of the Saint Realm being soon revived.
As the Saint Realm being came to, it immediately knelt before Liu Zheng.
"Chen Fang pays his respects to his master."
Chen Fang said to Liu Zheng respectfully.
This is the terrifying aspect of Soul God Technique; modifications were made to the soul, undetectable and traceless.
Once the modification was successful, it was irreversible.
As if that was their true nature all along.
"Return to Yuandao Sect, and if there is any news of Wang Zun, inform the Demon God Temple immediately,"
Liu Zheng threw a Devil Temple Token to Chen Fang.
The reason for choosing Chen Fang was that this guy had a not insignificant status in the Yuandao Sect, being an elder at least.
If he was an informant within the Yuandao Sect, Liu Zheng would be able to know about any incidents as soon as they happened.
Apart from Chen Fang, during this period, Liu Zheng also enslaved many creatures alongside Xiang Batian.
There were members from human sects as well as those from ancient races.
All these people were high-ranking members of their forces and had good relationships with their Sect Masters.
If anything happened, they would know immediately.
Through these people, Liu Zheng’s intelligence network was perfected.
"As you command!"
Chen Fang said respectfully and then departed, as if nothing had happened just moments before.
Chen Fang was presumably the last piece in Liu Zheng’s plan, after which Liu Zheng directly returned to the Dark Palace.
...
A few days later, Chen Jin was cultivating when Liu Zheng walked over.
He hurriedly knelt halfway on the ground and said respectfully, "Hall Master, there’s a mission that I think needs your attention."
Liu Zheng immediately became curious. He had already told Chen Jin that he didn’t need to bother him with anything that wasn’t a threat to their existence or involving top forces, unless it was a major event.
"We recently received a mission, someone wants us to exterminate an ancient race, the Mang Jiao Clan. They’ve offered an Immortal Scripture as payment,"
Chen Jin reported.
Hearing this, a gleam flashed in Liu Zheng’s eyes - it was an extermination mission.
And what’s more, the payment was an Immortal Scripture; the client must be quite generous.
They were willing to give away an Immortal Scripture.
"Get the client to send us the payment first. We need to confirm if the Immortal Scripture is worth our involvement. Tell them if the Immortal Scripture is of considerable value, we will take action,"
"Also, do you know who posted the mission?"
Liu Zheng inquired.
"Not for the time being; the client has been very secretive,"
Chen Jin shook his head in response.
"They have a secret technique that can conceal their aura, which we cannot detect," he said.
"Heh, that’s okay, let them bring the Immortal Scripture to me. I’d like to see who dares to ask us to take action."
Liu Zheng’s eyes flickered with a sharp light. Extinguishing an ancient race was no trivial matter.
Normal people wouldn’t request such a task, and what was most important was that the reward being offered was the Immortal Scripture.
Even Chen Jin couldn’t discern the requester’s identity.
This indicated that the requester’s identity must be anything but weak.
They must possess the strength of a Quasi-Emperor, though it was unclear which one wanted the Mang Jiao Clan exterminated.
What were their motives in doing so, or was it simply out of sheer displeasure towards the Mang Jiao Clan?
That seemed unlikely.
For a moment, Liu Zheng felt something amiss about this task.
It always seemed to him that things weren’t as simple as they appeared, as if someone was orchestrating something?
"Understood!"
Chen Jin turned and left.
Afterward, Liu Zheng began contacting chess pieces from various forces, to see who wanted to target the Mang Jiao Clan.
Of course, Liu Zheng instructed them not to startle the snake by hitting the grass.
Yuanchu Sect.
Inside a pavilion, the Yuanchu Sect Master looked at the Devil Temple Token in his hand with an unsightly expression.
"They actually want to see the Immortal Scripture first?"
"But it’s normal for them to want to check since the task is not simple. If they’re not satisfied with the Immortal Scripture, they won’t lift a finger."
Previously, the Demon God Temple would complete the task first before receiving their reward because this approach allowed them to accumulate quite a number of them.
This led the Yuanchu Sect Master to believe it would be the same this time.
The request to verify the Immortal Scripture now took the Yuanchu Sect Master by surprise.
But he was only surprised for a moment because he felt that it made sense.
After all, the target of this task was so significant, such a mission would be rejected by any other force.
It was only the Demon God Temple that dared to be so lawless.
"If they want to inspect it, let them. It just means the Demon God Temple is still willing to take action, they just want to see if the Immortal Scripture is worth the reward this time."
"If the value isn’t sufficient, they won’t take the job."
"Of course, they might also decline to act for this very reason."
The Yuanchu Sect Master’s mind raced with possibilities.
The Demon God Temple accepting this task was the most crucial part of his numerous plans.
If the Demon God Temple didn’t act, all his subsequent plans would be rendered useless.
Of course, he had other contingencies, but none were as effective as this plan.
"If the value of the Immortal Scripture is insufficient, then I could add some items, such as sending over the previously mentioned Jade Pendant," he mused.
"Although the Jade Pendant is incomplete, it was obtained from an Immortal’s cave dwelling."
"Even if I liaise with them, my possession of an Immortal’s secret technique for concealing one’s heritage means they won’t discover my identity, but it is still better to be cautious."
The Yuanchu Sect Master thought to himself, given that his plan was just beginning, he naturally couldn’t expose his identity yet, or else complications would arise.
If powerful forces besieged the Demon God Temple, they would be the first to be targeted.
So he absolutely could not reveal his identity.
...
Meanwhile, within the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Chen Jin stood on the mountain peak, facing the wind as if awaiting someone.
Soon, a figure emerged from the void, enshrouded in golden light, making it impossible to detect their aura.
"Have you brought the item?" Chen Jin asked coldly.
"This is what you’ve requested. You may take a look," the Yuanchu Sect Master retorted, tossing over an item—a storage ring.
