Chapter 285: A Flexible Mind Wins a Lifetime (Part Two)

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Luo Jing bowed. As a graduate of the Shrek Inner Court, Xu Jiawei treated him with enough courtesy that he did not need to kneel for a simple salute.

"Speak. Why do you know clues regarding the theft of Number One from the Sun Moon Empire? Wasn't Number One already stolen by the Body Sect?"

Xu Jiawei had many doubts in his heart. He wanted to hear what kind of answer Luo Jing would give. Since he ascended the throne, the waters of the Three Great Empires had become increasingly murky. He did not understand why the Su Family always had one problem after another, and Shrek was also full of issues.

During the last Soul Guidance Competition, he had thought Shrek would surely lose, but Su Yu emerged out of nowhere, leading Shrek to victory with the ability of an absolute leader, only to then retire at the peak of his success and vanish from the public eye. Thinking back on it now, Su Yu's actions were highly suspicious. With the status of Shrek team leader and numerous honors bestowed upon him, anyone else would not have refused, so why did Su Yu refuse?

Perhaps Su Yu's potential was limited, but later intelligence from various sources showed that Su Yu still possessed terrifying potential. However, Shrek's information blockade was too tight, causing him to lose his proper judgment and response. If he had known earlier that Su Yu possessed such ability, he would never have minded that slight overstepping by the Su Family, nor would he have been stingy with resources, and it would have been even more impossible to let others offer a higher price than him.

"Your Majesty, while searching the Su Family this time, some letters were discovered." As he spoke, Luo Jing picked out a few of the letters and handed them to Xu Jiawei. "Please look, Your Majesty. These letters involve two matters: the Su Family's large-scale trading of Rare Metals and Su Xinyuan's whereabouts being unknown."

"In terms of the timeline, the first time the Su Family purchased a large quantity of Rare Metals was shortly after Su Yu enrolled in Shrek Academy. Subsequently, after Su Yu won the competition, the Su Family increased their procurement volume again. At the same time, Su Xinyuan and Mu Hanyan disappeared for a period. As far as I know, Su Yu set off for Mingdu immediately after learning that their whereabouts were unknown."

"You mean to say that Su Xinyuan and Mu Hanyan were often in the Sun Moon Empire?" A bad premonition arose in Xu Jiawei's heart. This ominous feeling made him very uncomfortable; it seemed things were developing in a direction he did not wish to touch.

"As Your Majesty says, Su Xinyuan transferred schools after studying at Shrek for a time, then entered the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy to study until graduation. Both the Family Head of the Su Family and Mu Hanyan are disciples of Hall Master Jing Hongchen. According to reports from my Luo Family's secret agents in Mingdu, Su Xinyuan and Mu Hanyan are not dead, and both have appeared within the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy."

Luo Jing's expression was neither happy nor sad as he quietly presented the evidence. The Star Luo Empire was a knife that was easy to utilize. In the original story, Xu Jiawei of the Star Luo Empire always gave people the impression of not being very smart, and many decisions made by the Three Great Empires and Shrek were pure garbage.

"Anything else?" Xu Jiawei suppressed his anger, looking coldly at the evidence in his hand. He wanted to know what that Luo Jing, who had been recommended by the Luo Family, could uncover.

"When Number One was stolen, Su Yu was also inside Mingde Hall, and according to the Body Sect's own account, they did not obtain that Soul Beast Embryo. Although the possibility of Su Yu obtaining Number One Experimental Subject is extremely small, we cannot deny the possibility that Su Yu took advantage of the chaos to come into contact with Number One Experimental Subject." Luo Jing did not continue, waiting for Xu Jiawei's reaction.

"Continue!" Xu Jiawei wanted to know how Luo Jing had analyzed this.

Luo Jing continued: "From all the clues we have obtained, the Body Sect did not get Number One Experimental Subject; their goal was always that Soul Beast Embryo. But everyone knows what happened later: the Soul Beast Embryo self-destructed, and after the chaos, Number One was stolen. After we verified this multiple times with Mingde Hall, and combined with the route the Body Sect revealed they had taken, I discovered a point most easily overlooked!"

"That is, the tunnel dug by the Body Sect happened to have a path right near Su Yu! Combined with the fact that Su Yu has been active in the Sun Moon Empire ever since, I suspect that Number One was likely obtained by Su Yu during the chaos, but he had no way to bring it out of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. As for why Su Xinyuan appeared in Mingdu and was protected by the Sun Moon Empire, the identity of being disciples of the Hall Master alone is completely insufficient..."

"So, you mean Su Yu used Number One as a bargaining chip to trade?" Xu Jiawei was stunned; he suddenly remembered something.

Originally, Xu Jiawei had suspected the Body Sect of hoarding it, but even if Number One was important, the Body Sect's successors were almost wiped out, and Du Busi still couldn't produce it. At the time, he couldn't understand why Du Busi's mouth was so stubborn.

So you really didn't have it!

"It cannot be ruled out. Because after that incident, Su Yu graduated from Shrek Academy in a hurry. In the subsequent Battle of Mingdu, the elites of the Three Great Empires were all captured. Although Shrek had Xuan Zi sitting in command, Luo Yu actually brought out the Sun Moon Empire's secret weapon, a Level 7 Soul Engineer who took two moves from a Peak Douluo and did not die. Not to mention, Shrek actually bypassed the Sun Moon Empire's army encirclement, avoided the Holy Spirit Cult's pursuit and interception, and finally escaped safely!"

As Luo Jing spoke, he felt emotional in his heart. This was all too logical; you kid, even if you wanted to avoid Qiankun Wenqing Valley, you shouldn't have left such a big flaw.

"You mean..." Xu Jiawei looked at Luo Jing, a trace of shock appearing in his eyes.

"Of course, this is just my suspicion. Shrek's Xuan Lao's combat power is rarely matched in the world, and it is not impossible for Su Yu to have detailed knowledge of the Sun Moon Empire. But Shrek can be said to be clean, because if Shrek were not clean, then in the subsequent rescue operation, Shrek would absolutely not have sent out their Shrek Seven Devils, as well as the most elite batch of the new generation, together."

Speaking of this, Luo Jing paused and took out a letter: "This letter is a very normal one, but the timing was half a month after the Body Sect stole Number One Experimental Subject, sent back from Mingdu. The purpose was still to increase the trade of Rare Metals. Actually, these are not the problems; the problem is that at the same time, the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Inner Court suddenly increased its investment and began to research Soul Guidance Devices in large quantities. I am not clear where these Blueprints came from, but not long after that, Su Yu returned from the Sun Moon Empire once. Obviously, Su Yu knew the value of Number One, so from then on, he rarely returned to the Three Great Empires."

At this point, Su Yu's trajectory was already extremely suspicious, not to mention that Su Yu had once gone missing for a period of time. At that time, the explanation given by the Su Family was that Su Yu was training within the family.

"In all the records of the Su Family, there was a blank period in Su Yu's whereabouts. That period was after the Body Sect attacked Shrek; Su Yu suspended his studies at Shrek and returned to the family, and the subsequent records were a blank. The only three people who might know are Su Xinyuan, Mu Hanyan, and that Soul Saint secret guard of the Su Family. It is a pity that Su Xinyuan and Mu Hanyan are now both at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy in the Sun Moon Empire."

Luo Jing knew that the Su Family's secret guard was also no longer in the Star Luo Empire, because the Su Family was now just an empty shell. From the current situation, this operation would likely fail without Su Yu's help. Huo Yuhao's combat power was low, and Shrek's backbone was all on Su Yu; how many of these people could survive basically depended on whether Su Yu was willing to save them.

"Then what about that secret guard of the Su Family?" Xu Jiawei thought of that secret guard immediately.

"That secret guard also went missing. There has been almost no news since Su Xinyuan faked his death. If nothing goes wrong, he is also likely in the Sun Moon Empire." Luo Jing's tone was flat. He knew he was just making a report and could not say too much. If he exceeded the scope of the current plot, Su Yu would lock onto him as a target immediately.

Although he had certain means to save his life, he had no confidence that he could escape from Di Tian a second time, because the current Su Yu had already taken away half of the luck of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Then do you have any other ways to verify your guess?" Xu Jiawei knew that Luo Jing must have a way; if he didn't, he would never have come to report these things.

Luo Jing observed Xu Jiawei's expression and slowly said: "From the current situation, we indeed have no way, but just because we have no way does not mean Shrek does not."

"So, you mean..."

Since things had reached this point, Xu Jiawei was not a fool. The good students you Shrek taught naturally need to be handled by you yourselves. Letting Shrek take over the matter of cleaning up the sect was the best thing possible.

"It's just that according to my experience studying at Shrek Academy, even if we expose the matter, Shrek will not admit it, because we had already suppressed the Su Family before this, so we need time to wait for an opportunity." Luo Jing could not produce direct evidence, but he believed that since Su Yu chose to join the Sun Moon Empire, the Sun Moon Empire would definitely publicize it extensively, completely cutting off Su Yu's path back to the Three Great Empires.

The Sun Moon Empire had done its fair share of backstabbing. You can doubt the health of the current Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, but you absolutely cannot doubt his brain.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, this subject will withdraw." Luo Jing bowed, then withdrew from the main hall at Xu Jiawei's signal.

After Luo Jing withdrew from the main hall, Xu Jiawei fell into deep thought for a long time. He was hesitating whether to tell Shrek and tell the Three Great Empires.

If this news were leaked, what would happen to the Three Great Empires, and what would happen to Shrek?

This was a choice worth weighing the pros and cons.