"You set up the formation so she can't escape, and I'll handle the rest," Ye Xingchen said. "I'd feel bad if it were a personal matter and I hurt your fellow disciples."
"The duty of the Xuan Yi Sect is to uphold justice. That woman has harmed many people in her pursuit of cultivation, and we in the Xuan Yi Sect cannot stand idly by," Zhang Shih-hao said with righteous indignation.
"Alright, just do as I say. Reinforce the Fire Array. If she escapes again tomorrow night, we probably won't be able to catch her," Ye Xingchen said.
“That’s no problem, but why tomorrow night?” Zhang Shihao asked, puzzled. “Is Chen Liang up to something?”
"That's normal. He originally wanted to use me to get rid of Chen Roujin." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly and said, "As for why tomorrow night, only he knows."
"Perhaps he wants to keep Chen Roujin around tonight to deal with Chen Wanning. After all, Chen Wanning has been holding onto power in the Chen family for a long time. If he doesn't deal with it soon, things could get complicated."
"Using someone else to do your dirty work? Are you really willing to be used like this?" Zhang Shih-hao was taken aback.
"What else can we do?" Ye Xingchen said helplessly. "Only he can make Chen Roujin willingly plunge into the Fire Array you set up."
"Moreover, after this woman escaped last time, she absorbed all of Yin Laoda's strength, and now her power has greatly increased. It is conservatively estimated that she has at least mastered the Five Elements. If she escapes again this time, there will be endless troubles," Ye Xingchen said.
"This woman is truly a born heretical cultivator. The Five-Child Ghost Mother—others would probably need over thirty years of arduous cultivation to achieve that, yet she possessed it in such a short time." Zhang Shih-hao was also somewhat alarmed: "Give her more time, wouldn't she cultivate to become the Nine-Child Ghost Mother?"
“That’s right. If the Nine-Child Demon Mother succeeds, even your master will have to avoid her when he goes down the mountain.” Ye Xingchen said, “So this time, we must keep her here and not let her escape again.”
"Don't worry, she can't escape this time," Zhang Shih-hao said confidently.
Late at night, in one of Chen Wanning's villas.
Since the Chen family experienced a change of fortune and Chen Liang rose to power, Chen Wanning no longer lived in the Chen family compound. He moved to a separate courtyard at the foot of the mountain.
He played chess and drank with Wu Li until late at night before he yawned and said, "I'm tired. It's only a few o'clock, and I can't stay up any longer. I guess I'm getting old."
“If the head of the family is tired, then rest early. We can play chess another day. Don’t hurt yourself,” Wu Li said with a smile.
Chen Wanning nodded slowly and said with a smile, "Wu Li, how long have you been following me?"
"It has been twenty years since I left Xuanyang Sect," Wu Li said.
"So fast? Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye." Chen Wanning murmured, "I remember when you came down the mountain, you were already at the Heavenly Realm. In these twenty years of cultivation, you have only barely entered the Half Realm."
"If it weren't for you being by my side all these years, handling so many mundane affairs for me, you would probably be a master of celestial phenomena by now. I'm the one who held you back."
“Patriarch, cultivation cannot be forced.” Wu Li slowly shook his head and said, “My aptitude is not top-notch. Even though I have been working hard all these years, I am still far behind my fellow disciples.”
“My involvement in worldly affairs is itself a form of spiritual practice. Being able to serve you and do your bidding will actually help me temper my character, which will also benefit my spiritual practice when I return to my sect in the future.”
“Alright, then in a few years, I’ll go back to the Xuan Yang Sect with you and cultivate properly.” Chen Wanning nodded slowly and said with a smile, “Actually, I’ve longed for a secluded life in the mountains for a long time.”
"Having been in charge of the Chen family for so many years, I've seen through the ways of the world and people's hearts. Dealing with people is really exhausting."
"Haha, very well then. When the time is right, I will return to the mountain with the patriarch to cultivate." Wu Li laughed and said, "At that time, we can still play chess, drink tea, and appreciate flowers and the moon like this."
"Okay, then it's a deal." Chen Wanning laughed, stood up, yawned, and said, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to rest."
"Take care, Master." Wu Li slowly stood up.
Chen Wanning nodded, turned around, and slowly left.
Wu Li bowed slightly as he watched Chen Wanning leave.
Then he slowly straightened up, glanced at the full moon in the sky, and sighed softly: "The moon tonight is really round."
Wu Li didn't go back to rest immediately. He sat down again, picked up the wine jug, and poured himself three cups.
He sipped his drink slowly, seemingly waiting quietly for something.
The moon disappeared behind the clouds, and the once peaceful courtyard was suddenly filled with a cold and menacing aura.
Wu Li stared ahead and saw a woman in black who had somehow entered the courtyard. She was none other than Chen Roujin.
"You're here?" Wu Li smiled.
"You knew I would come?" Chen Roujin was slightly surprised. She had come tonight to kill someone, but the person she was going to kill didn't seem surprised at all.
"At fifty, one knows one's destiny. At my age, I have a certain foresight about the future," Wu Li said calmly.
"Did you foresee that you would die today?" Chen Roujin smiled gently.
“I knew it.” Wu Li nodded slowly. “That’s why I’ve been waiting for you here.”
"Hehe, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wu, waiting here for so long." Chen Roujin chuckled.
“Miss,” Wu Li sighed, “the internal strife within the Chen family is inherently very intense.”
"You are a girl. Although you have power, don't rashly get involved in these struggles. Be careful not to be used as a pawn," Wu Li sighed slightly and earnestly advised.
"I only do what I like. Being used as a pawn? That's impossible." Chen Roujin held her head high, appearing very confident: "Anything I do is something I feel I should do and that is worth doing."
"For example, if I kill you and remove Chen Wanning from power, I will have achieved my goal."
"What good will this do you?" Wu Li stared at her.
“Benefits? Not having a self-important elder lecture me in a condescending manner, isn’t that a benefit?” Chen Roujin smiled and stepped forward slowly: “Chen Wanning has always looked down on me.”
"Because in his eyes, I am a madman, a pervert, and everything I do is incomprehensible to him."
“Perhaps you have misunderstood the head of the family. No old person dislikes their own children.” Wu Li sighed. “Miss, let’s go back. Don’t believe Chen Liang’s words.”
"Of course I know I can't trust them, but in this world, who can I trust?" Chen Roujin said quietly.
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