Chapter 1592 - 585: Holy Order Sequencer (2)

If Zhu Fuyao descended to the world, it would be with the violent flair of Jade Capital, and her corpse would likely be cold by now.

Zhu Fuyao nodded and said, "According to your theory, the prophecy Mr. Ding heard may not be genuine and was the handiwork of spies from the Buddha Country?

But...Mr. Ding is no ordinary person; how could such intricate subterfuge escape his notice?"

"Miss Zhu, are you familiar with folk tricks?"

"I’ve heard of them. When I was in Jade Capital, a teacher mentioned that during festivals in the human world, there are large gatherings where some master illusionists perform acts like—making people appear alive, the return of three immortals to the cave, and so on..."

Zhou Xuan, upon hearing this, continued, "Among the audiences watching these tricks, aside from commoners, there are also learned scholars, the smartest people in the human world, yet they, too, can be deceived by the illusions..."

"Hiss...it seems Master wants to impart a principle..." Zhu Fuyao was baffled by Zhou Xuan’s words, showing her naturally dazed nature.

Zhou Xuan almost laughed in exasperation; wasn’t my intention to explain the principle clear enough? Do I really need ambiguous words like ’seems’?"

He said, "The higher one’s Taoist skills, the less easily deceived they are; this is common understanding. But what I have to say is that the higher one’s skills, the more they are just skilled; they’re not all-rounders and always have weaknesses,

and deceivers are those who are most adept at spotting these weaknesses."

Zhou Xuan, having performed many colorful plays, had now consolidated a comprehensive theory of deception.

"Therefore, deceiving Mr. Ding might not be as difficult as you imagine. At least, it’s not as hard as you think."

"Of course, Mr. Ding advising you before your descent, although he didn’t uncover the Buddha Country’s prophecy fraud, indicates that he had a premonition, felt something was wrong, and warned you to proceed with caution."

Zhou Xuan’s analysis was increasingly meticulous,

and Zhu Fuyao completely understood,

There were spies from the Buddha Country in Bai Yujing. These spies deceived Jade Capital, making them believe Zhou Xuan’s Red Lotus Elixir had special effects, which instigated the Yujing people to descend and seize it.

The entire process of the scam was thus exposed,

but even with it uncovered, it was of little use,

The Holy Order’s secret meeting was determined to seize the elixir from the Red Lotus at all costs, even if it meant eliminating Zhou Xuan.

Since the sequencers had decided, Zhu Fuyao had no authority to alter it.

"The orders of the sequencers cannot be defied by the Jade Capital Apostles; otherwise, they will be viewed as insubordination."

"Defiance in Jade Capital is a severe offense..."

Zhu Fuyao essentially laid bare the situation for Zhou Xuan, saying, "Master, you might not know this—back in Jade Capital, I was quite adept at fighting, but my mind seems to be missing a string. Asking me to come up with a plan is a bit too much for me."

Zhou Xuan chuckled to himself: The fact that your mind is missing a string is written all over your face; how could I not know?

He composed himself and said, "You want me to come up with a plan that neither involves seizing the elixir nor incurs the crime of defiance."

"Exactly...exactly..." Zhu Fuyao laughed heartily and said, "That’s precisely it."

"That’s quite simple."

Zhou Xuan held up a finger and said, "One word - wait."

"Wait?"

"The Buddha Country’s spies claimed my elixir could affect the Flower God of Bai Yujing, but I believe this is a lie,

since each side stands firm, then just wait—wait until my elixir is fully formed. Whether it affects the Flower God, you’ll soon see for yourself."

Zhou Xuan grinned at Zhu Fuyao and said.

After listening, Zhu Fuyao clapped her small hands until they were red and said, "Yes! Yes, such a simple method, why didn’t I think of it? My mind really is missing a string."

In truth, though this method seemed remarkably simple, it wasn’t fair to blame Zhu Fuyao for not coming up with it,

For, in past actions of the White Jade Palace, the principle was to be as swift as the wind and as fierce as thunder, employing storm-like tactics in all things,

with such frequent strong-arm tactics, they had long forgotten what it meant to ’wait’.

Not waiting had become an unwritten rule for actions in Bai Yujing and a blind spot in their thinking.

The reasons for this, Zhou Xuan naturally understood clearly, and so he said immediately to Zhu Fuyao, "The Buddha Country spies in Jade Capital are very familiar with Jade Capital’s ways,

such familiarity requires living in Bai Yujing for an extraordinarily long time,

unexpectedly, those Buddha Country people in Jade Capital had almost become locals."

Zhou Xuan’s words, one after another, increasingly hit the nail on the head and continually won Zhu Fuyao’s trust.

"Master, oh Master, you’re such a wise man. Staying in the human world is truly beneath you. After this storm subsides, you must come with me to Bai Yujing,

within Jade Capital, our Divine Central Palace is surely a formidable force. I could invite you to be our Divine Central Palace’s advisor."

"To be an advisor, huh? I, Zhou Xuan, am too obstinate, I fear I might bring bad luck to the Zhu family."

Zhou Xuan had no desire to be any sort of advisor, not even to the Zhu Family of Jade Capital.

Thus, Zhu Fuyao put on a look of regret.

Zhou Xuan then reached out to keep Zhu Fuyao at bay, saying, "Miss Zhu, you can wait by the Red Lotus Pill Furnace for the elixir to be ready. Please step aside; I need to deal with someone first."

"Deal with whom?"

"A Heavenly God level being," Zhou Xuan whispered into Zhu Fuyao’s ear.

"Hold your horses, hold your horses."

Zhu Fuyao stopped Zhou Xuan and said, "My task isn’t complete yet. If you make a big move now and the officials of Jade Capital notice, they might think I’m unreliable,

why don’t you wait a bit longer, wait until the Red Lotus elixir is ready."