Chapter 238: Yao Lao's Plan

"Yao Chen, how do you intend to deal with the Soul Hall?" Xuan Kongzi asked in a deep voice.

Although the relationship between the few of them was good, this was not a reason for them to help Yao Chen mindlessly; it would be irresponsible to the Pill Tower.

In fact, the action the three giants had prepared had not been discussed with the Elder Council of the Small Danta at all; it was a private operation, which already counted as a serious violation of rules.

If Yao Chen did not have a viable plan, they would absolutely not execute it; otherwise, if it caused major losses to the Pill Tower, they would be unable to shirk the blame even if they died ten thousand times.

"Rest assured, I won't let your Pill Tower suffer any losses!" Yao Lao also understood Xuan Kongzi's concerns and chuckled.

"Besides, I never said I wanted your Pill Tower to stand at the front this time!"

"You mean..." Xuan Kongzi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yao Lao laughed: "I, Yao Chen, am not as foolish as I was back then, blindly clashing head-on with the Soul Hall!"

"Over these many years, this old man's title of Venerable Yao has accumulated quite a few connections, and among them, there is no lack of those old fellows who do not fear the Soul Hall."

"Aren't you afraid of exposing the fact that you have returned to the Central Plains?" Xuan Yi asked from the side, worried.

Friends are friends, but those people were not worthy of Yao Lao's complete trust; currently, Yao Chen's greatest advantage was secrecy—the Soul Hall did not even know the other party had returned to the Central Plains, or even that he was still alive.

Therefore, Yao Lao had sufficient time to plan and look for suitable opportunities.

But once the other party's news was exposed, not only would it fail to cause effective damage to the Soul Hall, but they might even be counter-attacked by the latter, which would be more trouble than it was worth!

Xuan Kongzi also felt that this approach of Yao Lao's was very inappropriate, and his brows furrowed.

"You all know those old fellows too; it is impossible for them to betray this old man," Yao Lao said quite confidently.

"Who?" the three giants asked curiously. Although they had confidence in Yao Chen's judgment and had rarely misjudged people over the years, wasn't there the precedent of Han Feng?

"Burning Flame Valley, Flower Sect, and two peak Dou Venerate rogue cultivators I befriended back then; now they have all broken through to the Half-Saint level."

"If we pay a certain price, we can still invite them to act."

"So that's it!" Xuan Kongzi and Tianleizi both wore expressions of understanding; they certainly did not think Yao Chen was referring to the Sect Master and Valley Master of the two factions, but surely the Supreme Elders behind them.

Four Half-Saints, plus the two Dou Saints Yao Chen and Huo Yun Lao Zu, the odds of winning were indeed not small.

However...

"Did you go find that vixen?" Xuan Yi's tone was unkind, and the three, Xuan Kongzi included, felt a cold wind blow behind their backs.

A jealous woman is quite terrifying; the moment she heard her old flame was actively delivering himself to another woman's doorstep, Xuan Yi's mood was not very pleasant.

Yao Chen also suddenly came to his senses—oh no, why did he say that here!

However, relying on his experience from his youth spent among the flowers, Yao Lao still quickly pacified the jealous Xuan Yi.

"So how do you plan to act?" Xuan Kongzi asked.

"That depends on to what extent your Pill Tower can perform," Yao Lao smiled gloomily.

"What do you mean?" Xuan Kongzi was stunned.

"The Central Plains Pill Gathering!" Yao Lao said solemnly.

"You want to make a move against the Soul Hall at the Pill Gathering?" Xuan Kongzi was first startled, then suddenly realized.

It was not just a day or two that the Soul Hall had designs on their Pill Tower's Three Thousand Burning Flames; at the Central Plains Pill Gathering in over two years, the latter would definitely stir up trouble, and taking the opportunity to trap and kill a batch of Soul Hall experts was absolutely no problem.

"But isn't this using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?" Xuan Kongzi asked strangely.

Although the Soul Hall coveted their Pill Tower's Three Thousand Burning Flames, it was unlikely they could send any overly powerful existences; ordinary people could not enter the Xing Yu, so at most, it would just be a few Dou Venerate experts.

Six Saint Realm experts coming out just to kill a few Dou Venerates—wasn't that using a butcher's knife to slaughter a chicken?

"This is only the first step," Yao Lao said with chilling killing intent.

Back then, he had been trapped so miserably by the Soul Hall; if not for good luck and meeting a good disciple, let alone returning to the Central Plains, he wouldn't even know where he was suffering now!

Now that he had paid a huge price to invite several Saint Realm experts, how could it be just to kill a few Dou Venerates.

"This old man's target is here." Yao Lao pointed his finger at a map of the Central Plains.

"Zang Shi Shan Mai?" The three giants looked at the location Yao Lao was pointing to and asked strangely, "Does the Soul Hall have any important place here?"

However, in the eyes of the three giants, since Yao Lao dared to point this place out, it must be a quite important location for the Soul Hall.

Yao Lao sneered, "This is the location of the Ren Dian, one of the three Heaven-class halls of the Soul Hall! It is usually guarded by two Heavenly Venerables."

"Ren Dian?!" The three giants exclaimed. This was one of the three most important branch halls of the Soul Hall, and could even be considered a headquarters. If something happened to the Ren Dian, the Soul Hall would definitely suffer an earthquake.

"How did you find out that this Ren Dian is in the Zang Shi Shan Mai?" Xuan Kongzi asked strangely. Wasn't this Yao Chen just back, and his body was still refined with Xuan Yi's help? It was not right that he could obtain intelligence that even their Pill Tower had overlooked!

The corners of Yao Lao's mouth curled up; although it was embarrassing, this time he, the teacher, had indeed borrowed the power of his own disciple.

However, he also knew that the current situation of the Xiao Clan was not very good; this time it was a win-win deal—he was responsible for revenge and stirring up trouble, and the Xiao Clan was responsible for providing intelligence on the Soul Hall.

But it was enough to understand this in his heart; Yao Lao naturally would not be foolish enough to say it out loud, and just talked about other things. The three giants guessed that this might involve some secrets, so they did not ask further.

"But can your forces handle the two Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Hall at the same time?" Others only looked at the success rate and results, but Xuan Yi had always been concerned about Yao Lao's safety.

"The Great Heavenly Venerable and Second Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Hall are both Dou Saint experts; even if the six of you join forces, the probability of killing them is not high, right?"

Even more seriously, once the Soul Hall's experts arrived in time to rescue them, they would likely all be left behind there.

"Even if you kill both Heavenly Venerables, how will you deal with the Soul Hall's retaliation afterward?"

Out of worry, Xuan Yi directly raised a series of questions.

"If it were only us, it would naturally be impossible, but I am not the only enemy the Soul Hall has."

Yao Lao felt a warmth in his heart; he had not enjoyed this kind of concern for many years. His tone of voice carried a hint of fawning, and the two exchanged glances, feeding a mouthful of dog food to the two Xuan Kongzi beside them.

"You wouldn't be thinking of joining forces with the Langya Pavilion, would you?" Xuan Kongzi naturally would not sit and wait for death, and instead quickly changed the subject.

Xuan Kongzi did not think much about the Soul Hall enemies Yao Lao mentioned; the Soul Hall's enemies were all over the streets—if you grabbed ten people at random, nine would have a grudge against the Soul Hall.

But among the few Central Plains factions capable of clashing head-on with the Soul Hall, excluding the Pill Tower, there was only the Langya Pavilion.

Xuan Kongzi said uncertainly: "The Langya Pavilion has rarely fought with the Soul Hall in recent years; are you sure they are willing to accompany you in provoking the Soul Hall?"

"They will!" Yao Lao smiled mysteriously and said with certainty.

"In that case, we will listen to you!"

Thinking about the imminent killing of two Soul Hall Dou Saints, Xuan Kongzi felt his blood boil. Although their Pill Tower was only responsible for providing the venue and logistics in this grand drama, that did not prevent Xuan Kongzi from projecting himself into it.

At the same time, Xuan Kongzi was also considering whether he could persuade the Elder Council again later to allow the Pill Tower to form an alliance with Yao Chen's group and the Langya Pavilion.

With the three parties joining forces, wouldn't that be able to beat the living daylights out of that Soul Hall?