Chapter 130 Two Methods

“Two methods!”

“The safest, of course, is for me to actively guide and push, helping Ying Shu as much as possible, so she breaks through to the Wuding realm first. Then, using various means, I can beat her until she completely loses her composure, and obtain all of her cultivation through reverse devouring. That way, I can naturally cross the barrier and achieve Wuding.”

“With the special connection of the Heart Elixir, hers is mine, and mine can also be hers.”

“However, in that case, the first choice in the Wuding realm will most likely not be under my control.”

“Moreover, for me, an Intent realm cultivator, to manipulate the life and death of a Wuding realm cultivator, and the key is to first attack her heart, then kill her… isn’t the difficulty coefficient a bit too high?”

“As for the second method, it's for me to lose this Heart Elixir competition, make an active cut, and condense most of my strength, spirit, and will into a ‘Dan,’ and give it to Ying Shu.”

“And in this process, I can also cut away all my knowledge and thoughts about the Wuding realm.”

“Although it is said that knowledge about the Wuding realm cannot be ‘actively’ shielded or blocked, and will all be remembered once the barrier is reached again. But if the knowledge is ‘plundered’ by the Heart Elixir planted early on, that's another matter.”

“However, this second method is difficult to master the proportions of. After all, it’s easy to deceive others, but it’s hard to deceive yourself. Besides… I can’t guarantee that the knowledge that is cut away won’t recover when the barrier is knocked on again.”

“It's not easy to use Ying Shu as a patsy.”

“As for whether there is a third method, at least I haven't thought of it yet.”

“Xiao Chi's path has no reference meaning or value.”

Ye Chuxiao sat down on the spot, crossed his hands under his chin, and pondered slightly.

Now that things have come to this, he has nothing to regret.

Some results seem coincidental, but in reality, they can be traced back step by step.

Xiao Chi's secret plot was set up many years ago. From the moment Xiao Bao'er took away 15% of his Heart Elixir share, it was already shaped, and it had nothing to do with whether Ye Chuxiao carried the Yunmeng Cauldron with him.

Even if there was no Heart Elixir incident, certain ‘hidden apertures’ set up within the Yunmeng Cauldron would still be activated at critical moments.

Ye Chuxiao believed that Xiao Chi would definitely make preparations in advance, and would never just react to the situation.

It can be said that Xiao Chi's move of ‘secretly sending a sword’ was simple, but direct, thorough, and fatal.

It can be said that he used insidious and vicious means to the extreme.

A single ambush, yet with a long time as a cover.

Unless one opens a God's perspective of the entire timeline, as long as one follows the natural logic and laws, no one can avoid this attack.

From Xiao Chi's perspective, as long as he locks those who may affect his revival below the Wuding realm, then even if this person jumps around, it will be irrelevant when Xiao Chi truly returns.

Ye Chuxiao rubbed his cheeks vigorously, barely showing a smile, and let out a long breath.

“No matter what, I can be considered to have solved another major question.”

“The reason why Xiao Chi cut his realm, even faked death and split himself, placing himself in such an awkward and contradictory situation, is because he wanted to choose again.”

“Xiao Chi's entry into Wuding, the direction he chose, should not be based on ‘Intent.’”

“Instead, he first took other paths and obtained the basic strengthening in other aspects.”

“The choice was biased, so that he could not achieve the goal of interfering with the will of heaven with my intent, and replacing the way of heaven with my dao. Wanting to take over the world that was temporarily complete because Tang Suotong sacrificed himself to the Dao, and refining the entire world for his own use, became wishful thinking.”

“And cutting off the realm, shattering cognition, and handing over the initiative to the ‘avatars’ to operate, while he himself lurks into a state of suspended animation, is the method that Xiao Chi found.”

Understanding the enemy, understanding the opponent, allows one to begin actively planning and thinking about countermeasures.

At this time, what Ye Chuxiao was doing was reshaping Xiao Chi's overall plan and the causes of these plans.

And Xiao Chi's experiences also explained why there are no records of ‘refining the world’ in the myriad realms.

Because in addition to the ‘Wuding’ cognitive information being deliberately limited, forming information shielding.

Coincidences like Daheng are also extremely rare.

Even if other worlds also have Wuding cultivators who sacrifice themselves to the Dao and gamble against the heavens, it is difficult for another Wuding cultivator with the same option to appear in a short period of time to take the opportunity to refine the world.

Of course, Xiao Chi's actions are not considered a coincidence, but a deliberate plan.

“The top priority is to find ways to bypass the cognitive barrier and break through to the Wuding realm before Xiao Chi truly returns.”

“Of course, I also have to create some obstacles for Xiao Chi, such as those ‘avatars’ of his who are still alive. I can't let them all die, nor can I let them live comfortably. I always have to guard against them, to avoid one of them intensifying and showing signs of breaking through to Wuding.”

“Moreover, I have to dig out Xiao Chi's hidden cards. At least… if I were Xiao Chi, I would never arrange only Jin Buyi as a substitute to complete the task of re-entering Wuding.”

Pausing his thoughts, Ye Chuxiao gathered the traces of the formation he had set up on the ground, and also temporarily stored Jin Buyi's body, waiting to see if it had any other uses.

“Xiao Chi's hidden cards are not easy to investigate, but they are not completely without clues.”

“Taking the Intent realm breakthrough as a window to enter the Wuding realm, although this is a choice at the moment of breakthrough, in fact, this choice has already been unconsciously determined while still in the Intent realm.”

“It can be said that the first choice in the Wuding realm is actually decided inadvertently. And those Intent realm cultivators who pay special attention to the accumulation of ‘will’ during this period, and have similar related skills, are all worthy of suspicion.”

Ye Chuxiao walked out of the secret room and saw He Gang approaching.

“Didn't you keep her?” Ye Chuxiao asked.

He Gang shook his head: “She is, after all, the Immaculate Celestial Maiden of the Original Doctrine. She has her methods and made preparations in advance. I can suppress her, but to catch her… how difficult that is.”

Ye Chuxiao chuckled: “It doesn't matter, it was meant for her to run!”

“This thread of hers cannot be broken!”

With that said, Ye Chuxiao extracted a trace of power fed back from Jin Buyi's Heart Elixir, eliminated the part related to the Wuding realm, and sent it to Ying Shu along the Heart Elixir network.

After a while, Ying Shu slowly replied with a "?".

Then she silently ate the bait that Ye Chuxiao had scattered, but did not choose to talk to Ye Chuxiao.

Obviously, Ying Shu was also suspicious and did not know what Ye Chuxiao was planning, and planned to wait and see.

“By the way, it's almost time. In two days, your artifact auction will be held. Are you really going to take out artifacts to sell?” He Gang asked Ye Chuxiao.

Not long ago, Ye Chuxiao exchanged an idle artifact for a promise from a Wuding realm cultivator.

And He Gang, who helped bridge the gap, naturally gained many benefits.

Precisely because of this, He Gang has become Ye Chuxiao's top subordinate besides Yan Po.

The idea of the Hanshan Flower Fair is certainly the outline and belief of its existence, but the actual benefits and gains can completely unite the originally independent individuals.

“Since I made such a publicity, it's naturally true,” Ye Chuxiao said.

“However, it's still as I mentioned before. The auction doesn't need to be sensational. It's enough for the people who should know to know. The key is the admission ticket,” Ye Chuxiao said.

He Gang's expression was strange: “The ticket… do you really want to set it like that?”

Ye Chuxiao smiled: “What's this and that? Isn't it just a letter of commitment from an Intent realm cultivator or a letter of recommendation from a Wuding realm cultivator?”

“The way you say it makes it sound ambiguous.”

He Gang said: “No… I just think this thing is unreliable.”

“We don't know how much specific effect the letters of commitment and recommendation have. Whether they will keep their promises, whether the given letters of recommendation are authentic and valid… it's difficult for us to verify them one by one in a short period of time.”

Ye Chuxiao smiled and said nothing.

He himself does not need these things to be effective!

It's like a business card.

Regardless of whether one can borrow the network behind the business card.

Whether there is, or is not, how much and how strong the symbolic effect is.

This is Schrödinger's in itself.

And this kind of ambiguous thing is sometimes a kind of smokescreen, and also a layer of defense.

The things that Ye Chuxiao and the others cannot accurately verify also mean that his opponents cannot accurately judge and verify them.

When Ye Chuxiao gave multiple directions and choices, there may be large deviations in his opponent's layout.

Ye Chuxiao said that he wanted He Gang to handle things in a low-key manner.

But selling artifacts… can it be kept low-key?

The more thresholds are set, and the more low-key and secretive it becomes, the more it will attract countless suspicions and guesses.

What Ye Chuxiao is selling is this ‘mystery,’ this suspicion and conjecture that people can't restrain themselves from.

Not having an accurate conclusion is the best result.

How the artifact is sold, what price it is sold for, and how much profit is gained, if the purpose of a widespread activity is for such a final result, then it is not considered successful.

As everyone knows, a successful business activity should have completed the expected profit in its initial stage.

The more successful ones, however, take into account both short-term and long-term profitability.

Boasting about short-term sacrifices and long-term benefits is most likely just cutting leeks.

Ye Chuxiao's actions are not much different from commercial activities in essence.

Both are investing and then making profits.

This profit can be solid money.

It can also be some fame, some intangible influence and deterrence.

September 7th.

The sky was gloomy, the long wind was howling, and the weather suddenly turned cold.

Above Hanshan, however, hundreds of flowers were still in full bloom.

Amidst the sound of da da da.

A carriage drove from a distance. The driver was majestic and was already a dragon among men.

And the person sitting in the car was even more noble and unparalleled in temperament.

A man in white walked out of the carriage and ordered the driver to stand at the foot of the mountain for the time being.

Then he went up Hanshan alone.

In Hanshan, by the Little Mirror Lake, the man reached out, as if creating objects out of thin air.

In an instant, the entire lake and forest were filled with spiritual natural changes.

According to the white-clothed man's ideas, natural and rustic tree houses, water towers, pavilions, and terraces grew out of them. Spiritually rich fruits hung all over the branches… even those trees that did not bear fruit were now laden with fruit.

The fish in the river also faintly faded away from their fish shape and had some dragon appearance.

The birds, flowers, plants, insects in the mountain stream… were all changing.

They became clever, lively, and all appeared full of spirituality, as if they were all enlightened by an invisible force at this moment.

No matter what, as long as it was within this mountain forest, around the lake, it would all transform in the best direction.

Ye Chuxiao walked over, a few steps behind the man in white.

His attitude was very respectful and polite.

But his eyes were burning as he looked at the incredible scene of transformation taking place around him.

“He should have entered Wuding with Transformation realm. Seemingly he is forcibly imposing his will above the natural way of heaven, but in fact, all he is doing is naturally adjusting. He did not turn trees into beasts, nor did he make fish fly into the sky, nor did he turn all the fruits on the trees into pieces of meat. He did not override the laws of nature, but merely conformed to the trend and reasonably transformed the rules,” Ye Chuxiao judged in his heart.

The white-clothed man said: “You used an artifact to ask me to take action, just to let me do these things?”

Ye Chuxiao said: “I also need Senior Murong to suppress the situation for the junior later.”

“After all, there are many people and many things. With the junior's qualifications, it is difficult to convince the public.”

The white-clothed man was called Murong Ling, and was the Wuding realm cultivator that He Gang helped to connect with.

Some people think that if you have a trump card in your hand, you should always keep it and use it at the end.

But this idea is inherently biased.

It still needs to be specifically considered.

Ye Chuxiao did not actually lack trump cards, he lacked momentum.

Therefore, it is right to play the Murong Ling card now.

Because at a critical moment, the reliability of this card needs to be questioned.

Rather than gambling on Murong Ling's integrity at that time, it is better to play it in advance to build momentum, suppress the scene, and at the same time make the situation more unfathomable.

If Ye Chuxiao were Xiao Chi, he should also suspect the connection between Murong Ling and him.

Digging deep along this line will only dig up loneliness.

It would be even more ridiculous to lay out according to it.

It can be said that Ye Chuxiao's move is very wasteful.

But from Ye Chuxiao's point of view, he has already lost a move and has been temporarily locked in his upper limit.

In this case, he must take a 120,000-point attitude to face the problem positively and proactively. Any waste is a cost that should be paid.

“Okay! I'll stay temporarily in the tree house in the south. If anyone causes trouble, I'll make them get out,” Murong Ling also said quite comfortably.

Ye Chuxiao was very sensible and did not take his promise and arrange for him to do hard or dirty work. Of course, Murong Ling would be more polite and simply take some time to sit down and watch the show.

As for whether anyone would really cause trouble?

Murong Ling thought that anyone who entered the venue and saw everything on the lakeside would not be so brainless.

Ye Chuxiao clearly had a Wuding realm cultivator behind him.

Who is full and has nothing to do and dares to be presumptuous?