Chapter 26 Interference

Soon, Ying Shu reacted.

"Are you interfering with me?" There was not only anger in Ying Shu's voice, but also a hint of fear that she herself did not notice.

While gaining emotions, she would also be dominated by them.

In fact, the moment Jin Buyi notified her and asked her for help, she already knew that the situation had spiraled out of control.

If she had known earlier that guiding Ye Chuxiao to the Snow Peak Hot Springs and using the princess to scheme against him would trigger such a huge variable, Ying Shu would never have done it.

But in this world, how could there be so much foreknowledge?

Even across the distance of time, there wouldn't necessarily be a past that constantly repeats without deviation.

"Tit for tat!" Ye Chuxiao said upon hearing this.

At this time, Ye Chuxiao was also on high alert against Ying Shu.

It must be said that because of Ye Chuqi's 'prediction' and Jin Buyi's cunning, Ye Chuxiao had indeed focused most of his attention on how to deal with Jin Buyi, to the extent that he had somewhat neglected the source of the Heart Pill, the enchantress Ying Shu.

This could not be considered Ye Chuxiao's carelessness, but rather a matter of prioritizing things.

In Ye Chuxiao's original judgment, Ying Shu's strength was far lower than Jin Buyi's, and when formulating a plan to deal with him, he leaned more towards dealing with Jin Buyi, which was normal.

However, Ying Shu's act of rescuing Jin Buyi once again sounded the alarm for Ye Chuxiao.

"Even though I have set up so many layers of mental barriers, and have raised my realm to the Intent Realm, Ying Shu can still rely on the Heart Pill to interfere with me to a certain extent."

"If this kind of interference occurs in a fierce battle with an opponent of the same level, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Although I reversed the interference on Ying Shu a little, which can be regarded as showing her my strength, this does not fundamentally solve the problem, but instead highlights the contradiction."

"Of course, when I exposed my cultivation in front of Jin Buyi, the contradiction between me and Ying Shu would tend to become clear."

Thinking of this, Ye Chuxiao felt an increasing sense of urgency.

This urgency did not stem from a lack of firepower, but from the fact that he had failed to gain an absolute upper hand in controlling the situation.

Jin Buyi's advantage was to control the Hidden Court, thereby interfering with many important decisions of the entire Daheng Dynasty.

If left unchecked, Jin Buyi only needed a little opportunity to put Ye Chuxiao on the opposite side of the entire Daheng Dynasty.

Even if Ye Chuxiao won the frontal battle with his magical artifacts, in the game of the Heart Pill, he would slip into a disadvantage as his identity, position, and stance were constantly lost.

Ying Shu's confidence came from the Original Truth Sect.

With the secrecy and accumulation of the Original Truth Sect, if she were to make some secret moves, Ye Chuxiao would be unable to defend against them.

To crush them, one must first break the wings of their ambition, leaving them with no way to go.

"Let's find a chance to talk!" Ying Shu took the initiative to invite him.

From the moment she faced Ye Chuxiao squarely, she began to try to weave a web of conspiracies.

Among them, the least costly was the web of emotions, using herself as bait.

She was very confident in her own physical appearance.

And she felt that she had a certain grasp of Ye Chuxiao's orientation and preferences.

"Okay! When I'm free, I'll come to you!" Ye Chuxiao replied.

He also really needed to have another face-to-face exchange with Ying Shu.

For one thing, if he could confirm that they should first aim their guns at Jin Buyi and solve the trouble of Jin Buyi, it would be a very good temporary result.

At the very least, he had to prevent Ying Shu and Jin Buyi from forming a united front to deal with him.

After all, in fact, the possibility of them uniting was higher.

After all, Ye Chuxiao bears a small proportion of the Heart Pill. Even if they fail to subdue Ye Chuxiao's will, simply destroying Ye Chuxiao physically is not a loss for them.

Although there were some risks, in the eyes of Ying Shu and Jin Buyi, the possibility of risk was not high.

Standing inside the Daxiong Hall, Ye Chuxiao once again blocked Ying Shu.

Then he flew up and leaped into a position level with the Buddha statue, directly taking down one of the broken sariras.

Many monks from the Dingguo Temple came to stop him, but Ye Chuxiao directly used his domain to fix them in place, binding them on the spot.

Although the Dingguo Temple is an ancient temple that has been practicing alongside the country for thousands of years, it does not necessarily always have Intent Realm cultivators.

Perhaps it was because the Dingguo Temple had lost their Intent Realm cultivator that they turned to the Hidden Court and became its pawns.

After leaving the Dingguo Temple, Ye Chuxiao did not hesitate at all. He directly took the sarira as evidence and reported to Yuan Shen that the Dingguo Temple was a branch of the Hidden Court.

The rest of the matter did not require Ye Chuxiao to worry about it.

One wave after another of people began to contact and investigate the Dingguo Temple for various purposes.

It was almost impossible to truly uproot such an ancient temple that had been with the country for thousands of years.

Although it no longer had a strong person to sit in charge, it still had inextricable links with the nobles of Shenjing.

However, Ye Chuxiao's actions interfered with the Dingguo Temple's continued role as a powerful tentacle of the Hidden Court, which was a small victory in stages.

At the same time, relying on the 'amnesty' quota approved, Ye Chuxiao began to trade extensively with the imprisoned officials in the Heavenly Prison.

The specific number of places was not large, but for some officials who had lost hope, it was a rare hope.

After screening out candidates with relatively 'clean' backgrounds, he signed contracts with them and formed alliances.

He didn't even have to send them directly out of prison. He just discussed with Yuan Shen to grant these 'well-behaved' officials leave and give them a few days of leave to visit relatives out of prison.

That was already enough to allow them to be used by Ye Chuxiao to a certain extent and be driven by him.

Even if these officials really went out, they would not be able to easily enter the court as officials again.

Officials who have the opportunity to rise again would not be so easily bought by Ye Chuxiao.

Although they were not officials, it did not mean that they were useless.

As cultivators, most of these officials were not weak in cultivation, and they also had their own networks of relationships and chains of interests.

Ye Chuxiao grabbed them, and he also formed connections with those large and small 'networks'.

As long as Ye Chuxiao provided a little 'sweetness', these small networks of relationships and interests that could not touch the core of Daheng and could only see the superficial struggles would instead become small knives to crush and cut off the tentacles of the Hidden Court.

This is called a flurry of punches beating the master to death.

For Ye Chuxiao, he only needed to find a suitable 'chessboard', and then send benefits to exchange pieces.

For example, Jin Buyi must have interfered in the Ministry of Works. Ye Chuxiao took the name of teaching formations, painting, and weapon refining techniques, and took in a large number of aristocratic children who had connections with those imprisoned officials, regardless of their wisdom, stupidity, or reliability.

These good-for-nothings learned a mess under Ye Chuxiao, but under the name of Ye Chuxiao, they used their family's connections in the court to become officials in the Ministry of Works.

Even if they were just small officials, it was enough to stir up the entire Ministry of Works.

The flaws of the Hidden Court hidden in the dark were also exposed under Ye Chuxiao's methods.

In the final analysis, the strong one is always Daheng, not some secretive organization that shrinks its head.

The Hidden Court is just a parasite that sucks blood from Daheng. When it can subtly manipulate Daheng's court to do things for it, its strength seems terrible and terrifying, like a mountain that cannot be crossed, and everyone must submit to its secret rules. But when it can't do this, it will reveal its true colors.

Ye Chuxiao's step-by-step approach must have made Jin Buyi very embarrassed.

At the same time, Ye Chuxiao's open and blatant targeting of Jin Buyi in the Six Doors also made Jin Buyi, the Divine Constable, begin to be marginalized.

Although Ye Chuxiao was only nominally a Gold Badge Constable, he was on good terms with Yuan Shen and Shi Huang, and the other Divine Constables also had good relations with him.

And Jin Buyi, because the role he played in the past seemed conceited and reckless, which was originally a protective color to reduce vigilance, has now become a dagger in the back.

Let Jin Buyi gradually become dissatisfied and unbearable with the current situation and identity.

What's even more troublesome is that attacking Yunmeng Marsh was not smooth.

He thought that he knew Yunmeng Marsh very well. He had attacked it once many years ago, and now that he attacked it again, it should be easy.

As long as he returned with the great merit of taking Yunmeng Marsh, Jin Buyi's identity could be re-established, so as to leverage more resources on the surface.

The main thing is... Jin Buyi also wanted to promote the Yunmeng Marsh water tribe to manage the water vapor and leylines of the eight surrounding states of Yunmeng Marsh, so that everything would return to its original place.

But his offensive was greatly hindered.

The Yunmeng Marsh navy was guided by an expert and practiced several sets of very profound navy military formations.

Jin Buyi was repelled several times without even seeing Yuan Jia and Yuan Meng.

After several times in a row, not only did he not make contributions, but he also greatly damaged his reputation.

Jin Buyi's identity... is even harder to get by.

With the passage of time and the changes in the situation.

Some of the Hidden Court's minions were repeatedly caught by the Six Doors' constables, and Jin Buyi was gradually forced into a corner by Ye Chuxiao.

In this game, Ye Chuxiao, who occupies the general trend and appears to be almost indifferent to fame and fortune, has won the support of the Daheng Dynasty.

Gradually, some strange rumors began to appear on the market.

The rumors spread that the late emperor had not died, but had entered the imperial mausoleum to cultivate in the name of feigned death, planning to break through the Intent Realm.

This was obviously to change Jin Buyi's vest and make preliminary preparations.

Of course, the preparations were not just that.

In addition to rumors that the late emperor was not dead, some mad scholars began to enumerate the various mistakes of the Empress Dowager's regency and the new emperor's accession to the throne in public, as well as the adverse consequences caused by the struggle between the two parties.

At the same time, the various measures taken by the late emperor when he was in power were listed one by one, especially the fact that the late emperor and Tang Sudong, the loyal minister, were combined, guiding people to miss and remember the late emperor.

People began to feel that if the late emperor was really not dead and could return to power, it would be great.

This sudden publicity,夹带了大量私货(jia dai le da liang si huo: carrying a lot of private goods), was obviously the Hidden Court... or Jin Buyi's last struggle.

Jin Buyi can indeed be regarded as the 'late emperor', but identity is something that is real only if someone recognizes it.

If they don't recognize it, then it's fake.

In the events experienced by Ye Chuqi, Jin Buyi successfully restored his position because he gradually grasped all the power.

The peerless cultivation of the Wuding Realm, and an identity that could be justified, also doomed the result.

Now, Jin Buyi does not have such advantages. On the contrary, the Hidden Court forces he controls are repeatedly compressed and expelled.

At this time, in order to successfully return to his position, he had to first use the power of public opinion.

Attempting to use this method to CPU the citizens of Daheng, making them feel that his return as the late emperor would bring a better life and political situation.

This approach is actually of limited effect.

But Jin Buyi's current choices are already limited.

The Empress Dowager and the current emperor's counterattack was to seal up a large number of bookstores, teahouses, taverns, and brothels in Shenjing City, and began to carry out relatively strict public opinion control. Those madmen who randomly talked about the 'late emperor' were imprisoned one after another and sent to the labor reform center built by Ye Chuxiao for re-education.

At the same time, a large number of Six Guards soldiers rushed to the late emperor's mausoleum, nominally to strengthen the guard, but what the real purpose was is hard to say.

For the Empress Dowager and the new emperor who had already sat on the pinnacle of power, it would of course be best if the late emperor died, and don't come back from the dead.

If he really 'comes back from the dead', then it's best to die back quietly.

All in all, in short.

In the midst of the noise and chaos, several months passed quietly.

Ye Chuxiao still lived in Ying Shu's small courtyard. In addition to going to the Ministry of Justice to clock in every day, he went to the Imperial Academy to teach, living a very fulfilling life.

Except for a very few people, most people would not know that his shadow was behind the chaos of these months.

Ripples appeared on the water surface, and the figure of the Dragon King Yuan Jia was reflected from the pool in front of Ye Chuxiao.

"Brother Ye! The military formation you taught is indeed effective."

"However, Daheng has increased its offensive efforts. There are as many as five Intent Realm cultivators stationed around Yunmeng Marsh, and some collateral water tribe dragon species have also been instigated. Our situation is not good." Yuan Jia said.

"Killing officials and rebelling to be recruited, the purpose of your struggle now is to fight for a more relaxed living environment and to make the mastermind hand over the Yunmeng Cauldron that belongs to you."

"You must stick to this point. While fighting, don't ignore negotiations... even if it's just delaying and arguing, you can't completely ignore negotiations and leave no room for maneuver."

"As long as you survive for a period of time, the turning point will come." Ye Chuxiao comforted Yuan Jia.

Then he reminded, "By the way, pay attention to the emotions of Fellow Daoist Yuan Meng. After all, Daheng also has a princess. I suspect someone will make a fuss about this."

What Ye Chuxiao actually suspected was that Jin Buyi would disregard his face and try to rekindle his old relationship with Yuan Meng.

If that were the case, Yuan Jia would be attacked from the rear, and the situation in Yunmeng Marsh would collapse. The situation that Ye Chuxiao has created may decline a lot.

To stabilize the water vapor and leylines system that has already been built, it is necessary to win over and ensure that most people become vested interests.

And this requires time to ferment, and it cannot all be finalized in a short period of time.

"Okay! I will pay attention." Yuan Jia's emotions were a little bad, but he still nodded in response.