Chapter 811

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

The aristocratic clans overthink everything, yet the demons have a clear objective; from this perspective, the demons are indeed more certain of success than the clans.

System: ……

Worthy of being its own Host — the words she speaks leave it unable to react in time.

But if the demons truly achieve final victory, the fate of Jin Jue City… goes without saying, it will be miserable; after all, demons have no regard for humans whatsoever — they are all the type who love to slaughter indiscriminately.

Shen Yao pinched her chin and nodded, "So, we make a grand entrance at the end to perfectly save the world, and conveniently collect some interest on top — isn't that perfectly reasonable?"

Shen Yao did not feel this was profiting from others' misfortune at all; clearly, it was merely obtaining the benefits they ought to receive on the basis of her mental and physical labor.

System: ……

"Host, if you think like that, will they agree?" Those aristocratic clans value profit above their own lives, to the extent that they would rather die than concede the slightest benefit.

No wonder people say aristocratic clans are miserly ghosts; everything they do — beginning, development, turn, conclusion — must yield profit; whether it concerns themselves or other clan members, everything is weighed and sold by the catty; the most obvious example is clan marriage alliances — behind the scenes they scheme in full sets of routines, while on the surface they hypocritically maintain relationships.

Aside from other matters, the System has long seen different versions of this same routine in different worlds; right now this world has the exact same thing happening — one can only say human nature is universal; as long as they are human, no matter which world, no matter what Task World, they cannot escape vulgarity and calculation.

"System, you've attained enlightenment?" Being able to spout so much philosophical nonsense — truly makes her look at it with new eyes.

The System constantly felt the Host was being sarcastic; what did she mean — could it be it was only allowed to be a naive sweetheart, without a single independent thought of its own?

"No no no, that's not what I mean; I'm saying you can understand the underlying logic of how these aristocratic clans operate, proving you haven't slacked on surveilling them during this period," Shen Yao propped her chin with one hand, while the other hand idly fiddled with several crystal-clear Spirit Fruits on the table, "At that time, they will already be crippled and powerless to fight further; whether they agree or not, the initiative won't be in their hands."

Why would Shen Yao care what they say? It just so happens she can use the demons' hands to dispose of them — she doesn't even need to find an excuse.

Mm

But the final disposal method needn't be told to the System, lest it frighten the System's little heart.

"Go on, keep watching them; I want to see just how far they can drag this out," and how this absurd farce will end.

Everyone wants to be the hunter, not the prey — this is sufficient confidence in their own strength; coincidentally, she is also very confident in herself.

Shen Yao suddenly revealed a trace of a smile; clearly this room had nothing in it.

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Over the next few days, Lu Yan was busy leaving early and returning late to gather evidence against the Sima Clan.

Surprisingly, he did not come to request Shen Yao's help; he just single-mindedly buried his head and worked furiously all by himself — Shen Yao was convinced by Lu Yan this stubborn fool; he really treated himself as some Child of Fortune, as if evidence would deliver itself to his door the moment he showed up.

Another ordinary day; Shen Yao puffed with anger and knocked open Lu Yan's door, pushing her way in without waiting for Lu Yan to invite her.

Lu Yan: ……

"Wasn't today for going shopping?" He had just asked this morning.

Shen Yao: ……

Shen Yao hmphed twice and went straight to Lu Yan's side; without waiting for Lu Yan to say anything, she simply sat down in Lu Yan's embrace.

Lu Yan raised his hand and subconsciously clasped Shen Yao's waist, his expression puzzled — clearly he didn't understand what this scene was for.

"You've been investigating this long; any clues?" Shen Yao played with Lu Yan's hair, even maliciously untying the hair ribbon on his head and tying it into a butterfly knot.

Lu Yan let Shen Yao fool around at will; he pointed to the several letters before him and said, "The Sima Clan's problems began over a decade ago; I've sent people searching for so many years for the missing population numbers related to Jin Jue City.

Among them, cultivators are the most numerous; whether inside Jin Jue City or on the way to the Jade Mines, all are cases of vanishing alive and leaving no corpse in death.

There have been several fairly large-scale incidents, all inextricably linked to the Sima Clan."

The ultimate fate of these people goes without saying; parasites are carnivorous creatures — there's no logic that they could survive drinking flower dew and absorbing moonlight every day.

Lu Yan planned to start from these aspects: first investigate the Sima Clan's outer perimeter situation, then find a way to enter the Sima Clan's interior for investigation.

"Doing it this way takes too long; given Jin Jue City's current situation, we might not have time to wait."

It's not that Jin Jue City's problems were triggered by Lu Yan's appearance; rather, whether Lu Yan came or not, Jin Jue City's problems would erupt on schedule.

Even the mastermind behind Jin Jue City didn't want Lu Yan to come at this time; they attempted to stop him midway, only they failed to intercept Lu Yan.

"You mean to—" Lu Yan raised his head to look at Shen Yao in his arms; in his heart he understood Shen Yao wouldn't visit while he was busy unless there was something to say.

"I'll take you on a trip to the Sima Clan Residence; the problem is definitely inside the Sima Clan, and the evidence you want is most likely hidden in a Secret Realm," only a Secret Realm is safest; left in the open, who knows what might be taken away without a trace.

Lu Yan raised an eyebrow, "Know something?" that would make you this urgent.

Given Shen Yao's temperament, she most disliked these messy trivial matters; every time Lu Yan got busy she would hide far away to the side.

Unless there was a reason she had no choice but to act, Shen Yao would never let herself work hard.

Shen Yao helplessly shook her head, then buried her whole body in Lu Yan's embrace; she angrily tugged at Lu Yan's sleeve and collar, "Originally I wanted to go out and have a good time, but certain people won't allow it; then don't blame me for finding them some little troubles."

Who can be blamed for this? Lu Yan's earlier speculation became reality.

That Sima Clan female cultivator, named Sima Zhenzhen, truly was arrogant and domineering, lingering like a vengeful ghost; at the restaurant she acted wronged and let others step forward, but once things passed she actively jumped out to find fault with Shen Yao.

Today Shen Yao was clearly in a good mood; when she went out she even changed into her most beloved Flowing Immortal Skirt; result — wherever she went she ran into her; everything she took a liking to was snatched away, not to mention she had to endure the other party's veiled insults.

Shen Yao: ……

Heaven knows how long it's been since she suffered this kind of grievance; the Sima Clan people truly have no brains — no wonder they dare act recklessly and collude with demons; they really aren't afraid of being eaten by demons until not a scrap of bone remains.

"... That's how it is; I'm not deliberately making things difficult for them," Shen Yao pursed her lips, "The Sima Clan has recently gotten so full of themselves they don't know heaven from earth; they need a lesson, to properly understand the principle that success lies in secrecy."

Lu Yan: ……

Fine then; so it turns out the little ancestor in his arms is unhappy and wants to stir up a storm, and came to find him — purely incidental.

Looks like he really should thank those Sima Clan female cultivators; without their unreasonable troublemaking, how could he have infiltrated the Sima Clan Residence this quickly.

Said and done; Shen Yao had Lu Yan prepare, and the two figured why wait for an auspicious day when the day itself works — they simply went straight for a night infiltration of the Sima Clan Residence.

They didn't even change clothes; Shen Yao just swaggered along, bringing Lu Yan to Jin Jue City's East City; she casually raised her hand and pinched out two Magic Techniques, passing straight through the Sima Clan Residence's Main Entrance and phasing through the wall.

Lu Yan: ……???

Lu Yan was stunned, also not expecting Shen Yao to be this strong.

Shen Yao let out a light hmph, "It's merely a minor magic technique used to deceive human perception," it's just that this world's trajectory has already gone off course, otherwise she still wouldn't be able to pull off a dimensionality reduction strike.

'As expected, people really should transmigrate more and learn more, what I learned before just happens to be usable right now,' what is this called? This is called being prepared and having no worries.

The System thought to itself that the Host really knows how to gild her own face, it's just an opportunistic little trick; back when she was in the Immortal Cultivation World the Host's Spiritual Root was poor, and being able to extend her lifespan or even raise her Cultivation Realm mostly relied on Offspring and Dao Companion carrying her, but now there's finally the scene of the Host carrying her partner, it truly is the wheel of fortune turning.

"Let's go to the Sima Clan's Study first," normally anything would be placed there, and even when everyone discusses matters they would choose the Study.

Before coming, Lu Yan had already obtained the layout map of the Sima Clan Residence, with each courtyard clearly marked on it.

Very quickly the two arrived at the Sima Clan's Study, inside the lamps were brightly lit, obviously someone was currently discussing matters.

What are we still waiting for? Opportunities to eavesdrop aren't many.

Shen Yao raised her hand and tugged at Lu Yan's hem, and the two simply flew onto the roof.

Just as Lu Yan avoided the Sima Clan's arranged alert Array and wanted to investigate further, Shen Yao suddenly reached out and grabbed him, "It's not over yet."

As her words fell, Shen Yao took out a Wooden Box from the Ring she carried, inside the box lay her treasured Spirit Pearl, and as a thread of dense white vapor rose up, specks of five-colored sand grains suddenly appeared in the direction where the two of them were.

Lu Yan's complexion abruptly turned ugly, "This is Five-Colored Sand produced in the East Sea."

Five-Colored Sand is a special Spiritual Resource, with diverse uses and hard to find.

The Sima Clan actually scattered a full layer of Five-Colored Sand around the Study, looks like they also know their deeds would cost them their heads, directly pulling the alert to the max.

Pity no matter how formidable Five-Colored Sand is it still can't escape Shen Yao's sharp perception, she borrowed the True Dragon Treasure Pearl in her hand to completely neutralize the effects produced by the Five-Colored Sand, and conveniently backhandedly screwed over the Sima Clan.

Tsk tsk tsk

You have to know Five-Colored Sand is a consumable, right now the Dragon Pearl is suppressing the Five-Colored Sand's ability on one side while wearing down the Five-Colored Sand's own function on the other, by the time they leave, if others infiltrate the Sima Clan Residence in the future, they'll be able to persist for a very long time under the Five-Colored Sand's effect.

If at that time they hear some things they shouldn't hear, Shen Yao just thinking of this scene finds it interesting.

Hehehe

As expected, people are most excited when doing bad things, not even feeling tired in the slightest.

With the Five-Colored Sand's alert gone, the two people smoothly heard the conversation inside the Study.

As expected, these people all mentioned the Secret Realm inside the rockery in the Back Courtyard.

"Elder, we cannot be unprepared."

"Right, the Sima Clan's accumulation in Chen Zhou for many years, cannot be lost entirely."

"Hmph! In the end, is returning to the Central State important, or are the benefits you speak of important? Don't speak further, the Family Head is already aware and has agreed."

"Success or failure rests on this one move, is that Lord inside the Secret Realm really trustworthy?"

"Trust or not trust, to us, is merely cooperation."

"..."

Shen Yao raised her head and exchanged a glance with Lu Yan, the two didn't finish listening before leaving from the roof.

They didn't leave, but went to the rockery in the Back Courtyard, Shen Yao located the rockery's Secret Realm at a glance.

"They still made other back-ups, the Secret Realm exposed here first is fake," once you enter you'll face attacks exceeding your own strength, Ordinary People leave no bones, experts ten deaths no life.

Lu Yan looked at this rockery stone forest, also shocked by the Sima Clan's generous hand.

No wonder they're the Chen Zhou hegemon, the Spiritual Resources earned over so many years are probably impossible to estimate, despite this the Sima Clan's greed knows no bounds and they still choose to collude with evil demons, must say, these aristocratic clans shouldn't exist.

Shen Yao brought Lu Yan and in just a moment walked through the entire rockery stone forest, among them places with Secret Realm fluctuations numbered seven, one is real, there the firepower arranged is the most fierce, also don't know if it's to protect the things inside or to restrict the things inside.

"Let's enter this Secret Realm and take a look," Lu Yan chose another one that had no arrangements at all yet was also a real Secret Realm, he was a bit curious.

Shen Yao nodded, "There might be an unexpected surprise."

This Secret Realm really had no arrangements at all, the space inside wasn't too large either, the two people simply swept a circle and finally started digging downward, result was truly empty.

Shen Yao pointed at the top of her head, "Try?"

It's just a bit more tiring, moreover a single technique can restore it to original, she also isn't afraid of the Sima Clan's people noticing anything.

Lu Yan raised his hand and dug upward, result actually let him dig out a Token.

Token?

Shen Yao always felt this Token was a bit familiar, finally suddenly remembered, isn't this the one Lu Yan gave to Fan Sheng outside the Lian Tang Secret Realm back then?

"Still not the same, that Token was wooden, this one is made of Jade," Lu Yan flipped the Token over and also pointed at the patterns on the back, also not the same.

Shen Yao looked thoughtful, "Could it be this has a connection with the trouble Fan Sheng encountered?

Always feel this Token is even higher grade," just like that kind of top-down hierarchy.

Lu Yan in the end still planned to put the Token back, to avoid alerting the enemy, Shen Yao felt it could be carried on the body, "In case it's useful, wouldn't we be missing the most important Proof."

Shen Yao had Lu Yan hand the Token to her, and simply forged a fake right in front of Lu Yan.

Anyway the Token's material is easy to find, the patterns on it can also be carved on with techniques, the only trouble is there's a bit of spiritual light inside the Token, Lu Yan had no way to handle it, but to Shen Yao she can use her own to substitute, anyway the fake isn't for them to use.

Lu Yan:...

Shen Yao skillfully handed the forged counterfeit to Lu Yan, and conveniently put the real Token into her Ring (actually an even safer space), "Put it back."

Lu Yan put the counterfeit Token back in its original place, the dug-out deep pit also smoothed over again.

"Wait, before leaving there's still one more thing to do," Shen Yao mischievously blinked, then she simply ran to Sima Zhenzhen's Small Courtyard, after knocking everyone unconscious, she directly robbed Sima Zhenzhen's Ku Fang clean, not leaving a single bit for Sima Zhenzhen.

Shen Yao:... hehehe, this is the consequence of offending her, just wait to welcome the pain after waking up tomorrow.