Lin Xiao looked at Juzi for a long time without speaking.
Every link was tightly connected. Although it couldn't be called an incomparably ingenious plan, it was still a quite good scheme, and one with a high chance of success.
If this world had no soul masters, people who wielded power surpassing ordinary men, Juzi would probably have left behind quite a weighty name on the continent.
No, even though she didn't have outstanding talent, she had already left an indelible mark on the history of the Sun Moon Empire.
"So, come with me."
Juzi spoke softly once again.
"If His Highness wants to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, will going with you into the army allow me to avoid it?" Lin Xiao sighed lightly.
"No." Juzi shook her head. "But I can let you leave. With your strength, you can easily hide at the ends of the earth. As long as you want to, they won't be able to find you."
Lin Xiao looked at the serious expression on Juzi's face and still did not move, only his eyes flickering slightly, as if he were pondering something.
"What are you still hesitating about? Are you really going to work for the Holy Spirit Cult?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiao came back to his senses. "Why not? After all, I am also an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult."
"No, I don't believe it." Juzi shook her head firmly. "I don't believe that the person who saved my life back when everyone else abandoned me could be a true evil soul master."
"I know. From the very beginning, I knew that you were different from those cold-blooded, cruel, evil soul masters."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao fell silent. In the entire study, only the sound of his and Juzi's breathing remained.
Although he knew this was Xu Tianran's study and no one else would dare to spy on what was happening here, upon hearing Juzi's words, he still probed the surrounding aura once.
"Where is the competition venue you prepared?" After a long silence, Lin Xiao suddenly spoke.
"You're going to participate in the competition?" Juzi's breathing became somewhat rapid.
"No." Lin Xiao shook his head. Looking at Juzi and thinking for a moment, he no longer hid it. "I just want to know how far the place where the competition is held is from Mingdu."
Juzi's gaze on Lin Xiao changed slightly. "The specific location hasn't been decided yet, but given the mutual wariness between Shrek Academy and us, it will probably be near the border."
Lin Xiao only nodded lightly upon hearing this, then fell into thought again.
Juzi stood by his side for a long time before tentatively speaking. "Are you… planning to do something?"
"I'm thinking, since the Holy Spirit Cult will be eliminated sooner or later anyway, why must the Sun Moon Empire be the one to take action personally?"
"You've thought of something?" Juzi leaned slightly closer.
"Since we've decided to make both Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult suffer heavy losses, why not make it more thorough?"
Lin Xiao calmly took half a step back.
"I'm thinking, Shrek Academy's attitude toward the Holy Spirit Cult needs no further explanation. If, when the time for the competition comes, the Holy Spirit Cult deploys all its members and leaves its headquarters empty, and at that moment Shrek Academy learns the location of the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, what do you think their reaction would be?"
"You…" Juzi paused for a moment, then quickly understood what Lin Xiao meant. "If that's the case, perhaps Shrek Academy, to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, would hope for this competition to take place even more than we do."
"Moreover, once the personnel are dispersed, it would be much easier to deal with either side… But if you want to leak the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters' information to Shrek Academy, how can you make them believe it?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao seemed to think of something and suddenly smiled. "Of course, they won't believe information we leak ourselves, but if it's something their own people investigate and find out, naturally, it won't arouse suspicion."
Juzi slightly lowered her head, seemingly considering the feasibility of what Lin Xiao said. After hesitating, she suddenly thought of something. "There's something you need in the Holy Spirit Cult, right?"
"Why do you guess that?"
"Then I've guessed correctly." Juzi also showed a trace of a smile. "Only someone who wants to fish in troubled waters would think about how to stir the water even murkier."
"Then just take it as that." Lin Xiao did not deny it.
"After getting what you want, you'll leave, right?"
"Does Your Highness wish to see remnants of the Holy Spirit Cult remaining?" Lin Xiao countered with a question.
Juzi stopped pursuing the matter upon hearing this. "I'll consider your proposal carefully. If it's feasible, I'll report it to His Highness and say it's my idea."
As she spoke, she took another step forward. "Before that, come with me to the military camp to take shelter first, alright? That way, when the time comes, you'll have more freedom to act."
"Alright." Lin Xiao nodded. Even without Juzi explaining so much, he had no reason to refuse. "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first."
Juzi opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing. She simply returned to sit behind the desk.
As night fell, the Holy Spirit Cult stronghold was brightly lit. The audience seats were packed densely with spectators waiting for the match on the stage to end.
"Old Eight, hurry over! You almost missed the most exciting part."
Seeing Lin Xiao enter the room, Dark Lightning Douluo quickly stood up and waved, pointing toward the platform below as he spoke.
There, most of the metal tables had already been cleared, with only four tables still having people standing beside them.
"Old Eight, look. What do you think, who will win between my two disciples and Tang Si and Tang Wu?"
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking toward the direction of the platform from afar.
The elite competition elimination round had already ended, and the soul engineer competition was about to enter its second phase. Tonight was the night to decide the final two representatives for the Duskwater Alliance.
It had to be said that although Dark Lightning Douluo's two disciples indeed had good talent in soul tools and were not at the bottom in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao and He Caitou's technique was still superior.
Moreover, this match required producing soul tools within a set time limit and then using those soul tools for actual combat.
With the addition of the Tang Sect's unique mechanism techniques, Huo Yuhao and He Caitou's production process was somewhat simpler, and their speed had pulled ahead of the other two by quite a bit.
Retracting his gaze, Lin Xiao shook his head. "Can't tell."
"Hey, I know what level my two disciples are at. If you don't think they'll win, just say it straight—no need to save my face."
Dark Lightning Douluo waved his hand casually, seemingly not minding at all.
"His Highness didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
"No, he just talked about some matters after the competition."
"Matters after the competition?"
"Mm." Lin Xiao's expression shifted slightly as he continued. "The Cult Master previously said that after the competition ends, we will enter the army and act together. His Highness only arranged my placement."
As he spoke, Lin Xiao slowly came to realize something in his heart. Probably all those tasks Xu Tianran had previously assigned to Zhongli Wu were just to keep him from becoming suspicious.
After all, by assigning so many tasks to the Holy Spirit Cult, Zhongli Wu would naturally feel that Xu Tianran placed great importance on the Holy Spirit Cult.
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