Chapter 173 The Demon Cult Witch 2

Yao Rong returned to Juexian Pavilion and sent someone to find the Right Protector.

The Right Protector had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by a knock on the door. He was furious when he went to open the door.

When he learned that it was Yao Rong looking for him, the Right Protector's anger dissipated for the most part, and he forced himself to meet Yao Rong.

The sky was clear and the sun was shining. Yao Rong sat by the lake, feeling the cool breeze, took out some fish bait from the bowl, and sprinkled it into the lake.

The fish rushed to the surface, competing for the food.

"The owner of the pavilion seems to be in a good mood?" The Right Protector smiled and stepped forward.

Yao Rong handed the half-full plate of bait to the Right Protector and picked up a freshly sharpened dart from the side: "Is it obvious?"

"It seems that I really guessed it right."

"So the Right Protector guessed it." Yao Rong smiled and looked at the indigo in the Right Protector's eyes, "But the Right Protector, it seems that you didn't sleep well last night?"

"I practiced until late at night yesterday, and I am sorry to make you laugh."

"I asked the Right Protector to come here to tell you something alone." Yao Rong put down the dart he was playing with, turned around and looked at the misty sky in the distance, "I can't kill the Xuyang Sect during the sword-fighting competition, but I don't want to watch them hold the sword-fighting competition smoothly."

The Right Protector tried: "What does the Pavilion Master mean..."

Yao Rong said faintly: "On the day of the sword-fighting competition, I want to send two groups of people to infiltrate the Xuyang Sect, one group to poison the wine, and one group to assassinate, to make things difficult for the Xuyang Sect."

The right guardian's eyes turned slightly. No wonder Yao Rong looked in a good mood. She couldn't kill the Xuyang Sect, but she could use this incident to dislike the Xuyang Sect.

"As expected of the Pavilion Master, You can actually come up with such a brilliant plan!"

Yao Rong shook his head and smiled: "To complete this plan, we need to prepare a large dose of poison and arrange some trustworthy people. I called you here to ask for your advice. You know the people in the pavilion very well, who do you think are more suitable to send to poison?"

The right protector pondered for a moment and mentioned two names: "They can be responsible for the poisoning. Before they joined the Juexian Pavilion, they were all well-known poison masters in the world."

Yao Rong nodded, and seemed to be quite satisfied with the candidates he proposed: "Then who should be sent to assassinate?"

The right protector said again He mentioned a few names: "They are as powerful as the subordinates in the sect, and are very suitable for carrying out this mission."

However, the Right Protector soon added a note: "The subordinates just said it casually and did not think about it carefully. If the leader thinks there is something wrong, just speak up."

Yao Rong praised: "The candidates mentioned by the Right Protector are all suitable. When you go back, make a more detailed list, send more people, and submit the list to me as soon as possible."

The Right Protector had to force himself to write a list with more people, send someone to deliver it to Yao Rong, and then fell asleep on the bed with his head covered.

Yao Rong held the list with the ink not yet dried, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

The system asked: [Why did you find an excuse to let him write this list?]

"Of course it's to find his accomplices."

[Relying on this list?]

"Do you think assassination is more dangerous or poisoning is more dangerous?"

[Of course it's assassination.]

"Then do you think assassination is more lethal or poisoning is more lethal?"

The system suddenly realized.

Poisoning is something that is hard to prevent and has a very strong lethality. And as long as the person who poisoned is more careful, it will not be easy to be caught.

So when the Right Protector recommends candidates, he will definitely recommend his own people.

Assassination is completely the opposite.

Once an assassination is launched at a sword-fighting competition, it is basically impossible to escape death.

Therefore, the people recommended by the Right Protector are definitely not his people. They may even be people who are equally powerful as him and will pose a threat to his grand plan.

With this list, Yao Rong can easily identify who is trustworthy and who can be used.

[What are you going to do next? ]

Yao Rong flicked the list in his hand: "Of course, while the Right Protector is recovering, I will talk to the people above and assign the tasks."

If you want to put on a show, you must do it in full.

Yao Rong picked up the pen and added a few more names to the end of the list of people responsible for the assassination.

[Why did you add more people to it? ]

Yao Rong smiled: "The list given by the Right Protector is still a little short of people. I have to add a few more for him."

[Then what? 】

"The few people I added have much more experience in the Xuyang Sect than the Right Protector, and they don't have much contact with the Right Protector. When I assigned the Right Protector to the position of Protector, these people were very dissatisfied. It can be basically concluded that they are not the Right Protector's people."

"It's boring with fewer people. Of course, more people are needed to make the water more chaotic."

Yao Rong put the brush back on the pen holder and first met the three people in charge of poisoning, asking them to find a large dose of poison in a short time.

Afterwards, Yao Rong found those who were responsible for the assassination one by one.

When meeting each person, Yao Rong's words were similar.

"You have been with me for so many years. I know your loyalty very well. This time, there is an important mission in the pavilion. I was worried about who to send to carry it out, but someone recommended you, so I thought of talking to you."

After telling the mission, he asked the other party if he was willing to carry out this mission and solve the major problem for Juexian Pavilion.

Yao Rong said this, and the other party's lips were bitter, but he agreed reluctantly.

One of the elite disciples named Chen Nan caught Yao Rong's attention.

Before he left, he asked Yao Rong casually who recommended him.

Yao Rong looked at his calm eyes with a hint of cruelty, smiled without saying a word, and served tea to see him off.

It doesn't matter if you can't get an answer from Yao Rong. Chen Nan checked who had come to see Yao Rong today and found out immediately.

Soon, everyone who should know also knew about it.

You are right protector. Our relationship is not very good, but it's because you and I have different temperaments. I have never done anything to let you down. But you secretly push me into the fire pit?

You are trying to kill me!

If you are unkind, then don't blame me, your brother, for being unfair!

I heard that you are responsible for this assassination and poisoning mission? No, no, if I give it to you, won't you kill us?

Someone suggested a trick: "Why don't we keep an eye on the Right Protector during this period of time and see if we can find any evidence to threaten him, so that he will be cautious when he acts. What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other and agreed with this idea.

Those who were sent to carry out assassination missions were all strong. Their status in the pavilion was not as high as that of the Right Protector, but they were not comparable to ordinary disciples. It would be easy for them to set some traps and do some tricks for the Right Protector in secret.

When the Right Protector was still dreaming of eradicating the Demon Sect and becoming famous in the world, the Juexian Pavilion had quietly changed.

After Yao Rong finished his work, he sent a message to the Right Protector, asking him to take full responsibility for the assassination, and then he closed the door to all visitors in the name of seclusion.

Once Yao Rong went into seclusion, all the big and small matters of Juexian Pavilion fell to the left and right protectors.

The left protector was not good at handling affairs, so most of the time, it was the right protector who was busy with these things.

Logically, the days of holding such power should be more comfortable, but the right protector's recent life is too aggrieved.

I don't know why, but when he goes out recently, he always feels as if someone is watching him secretly, but when he carefully senses it, he thinks he is too suspicious.

The Right Protector shook his head, walked out of the room, and went to the martial arts training ground for the disciples to instruct them in martial arts.

Calculating the time, the reply from Juexian Pavilion should arrive.

"Why has the Right Protector been running to the martial arts training ground these two days? I didn't know he was a person who liked to instruct disciples."

"Because he didn't come here much before."

"Huh?"

"There must be something strange, let's keep watching."

The two people lying behind the tree whispered.

After the Right Protector met with the disciple, he took a note with fly-like small handwriting from the disciple.

"Hey, why does that disciple's movements seem like he passed something to the Right Protector?"

"As the Right Protector, is it necessary to be so careful and cautious when taking something from a disciple? That's not right."

The people hiding on the rooftop had the best angle and saw the disciple and the Right Protector exchange glances and pass things to each other clearly.

After receiving the reply from the Xuyang Sect, the Right Protector could not stay in the martial arts training ground for a moment and hurried back to the study in the courtyard.

The content of the note was very simple, indicating that the Xuyang Sect was aware of the matter and instructed the Right Protector to continue to lie low and wait for the next opportunity.

The Right Protector carefully cleaned up the note and opened the window to let the wind blow away the ashes of the note.

He pushed open the door and told the disciple guarding the door: "Go and call Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Wang and Senior Brother Zhang over. I want to ask them if they have collected the poison."

"Did those who were responsible for poisoning go to the Right Protector too often?"

The man hiding in the water tank in the Right Protector Court with a bamboo stick in his mouth frowned as he listened to the sound of the door opening and closing.

For more than half a month, these people were secretly observing.

The Right Protector had never revealed his true colors before, firstly because he would never contact the Xuyang Sect unless it was necessary, and secondly because no one would deliberately keep an eye on him.

But now, the Right Protector's contacts with the Xuyang Sect have become more frequent, and he has offended so many people. Every move has fallen into the eyes of the masses.

One person found one or two suspicious points, and finally put them together, and the doubts became very big.

The brothers in charge of the assassination gathered together, and the already small room became even more cramped.

"Everyone come and tell us what you saw."

As if opening a chat box, everyone talked at once and told everything they knew.

The last person to speak was Chen Nan: "I found that the Right Protector and the three disciples Zhou, Wang and Zhang have been in frequent contact recently. So I started to follow Zhou, Wang and Zhang."

"Yesterday afternoon, Junior Brother Zhou took his clothes to the servant room and asked an ugly servant to help him wash his clothes. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but suddenly I remembered that this servant was responsible for buying food, so I kept guarding near his residence."

"Sure enough, this morning, when the servant went down the mountain, he released a pigeon to the south."

Everyone was shocked.

Pigeon!

This is direct evidence!

"Did you shoot it down?"

Chen Nan smiled and took out a bird cage from under the table.

In the cage, a carrier pigeon lay listlessly, with a slight arrow wound on its right paw, which was not fatal, but enough to shoot it down from the sky.

But at this moment, no one cared to admire Chen Nan's archery skills, and their eyes fell on the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's paw: "Have you seen what's inside?"

"It's a serious matter, I didn't see it." Chen Nan shook his head.

"So what should we do now?"

"What should we do? Humph, there must be something wrong with the Right Protector! No wonder he put us on the list, it turns out it's because we are not his people, he is taking the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, and when those of us who are loyal to the Pavilion Master die, Juexian Pavilion will become his world."

"You tell me, should we report this matter to the Pavilion Master as soon as possible?"

"The Pavilion Master is in seclusion, isn't it said that we can't disturb him?"

"Such a big thing has happened in the sect, if the Pavilion Master is not allowed to come out to preside over the affairs of the sect, that will be too much! Do you really want to follow the orders of the Right Protector and go to the Xuyang Sect to die?"

Of course, everyone didn't want to die.

They just wanted the Right Protector to die.

So everyone quickly reached a consensus to find the Left Protector first and tell him everything.

The Left Protector was furious and almost drew his sword to settle accounts with the Right Protector.

Everyone pulled the Left Protector back and urged him: "Left Protector, the most urgent thing is to let the Pavilion Master come out to take charge of the situation."

The Left Protector was finally calmed down by their words.

The Right Protector was of equal status to him, so he couldn't let anyone capture the Right Protector. Now he could only disturb the Alliance Leader.

"We can't make a fuss. The rest of you go back to your room and rest. Chen Nan, you take this pigeon with me to the back mountain."

There was a special person guarding outside the gate of the back mountain.

Upon learning the purpose of the left protector, the guard immediately made way: "Before the pavilion master closed the gate, he told his subordinates that if the left protector had something to find her, he could directly close the gate."

The left protector felt warm in his heart. This was the trust that the pavilion master had in him.

After a while, Yao Rong walked out slowly from the gate.

After listening to the report of the left protector and Chen Nan, Yao Rong stretched out his hand: "Give me the pigeon."

Taking out the note from the mailbox, Yao Rong quickly read it and handed it to the left protector: "You all can take a look too."

The left protector and Chen Nan read together.

The content of the letter was very simple, revealing that Juexian Pavilion would poison and assassinate on the day of the sword-fighting competition.

What shocked the left protector was: "This letter is written to the Xuyang Sect!?"

Chen Nan was also furious: "The people of the Xuyang Sect are hiding so deeply." The

left protector came back to his senses and said with a fist: "Pavilion Master, we must immediately arrest the right protector and his accomplices?"

Yao Rong looked at Chen Nan: "You have been tracking the right protector for more than half a month. Have you found out who his accomplices are?"

Chen Nan looked at Yao Rong in a daze. The Pavilion Master knew! ?

The Pavilion Master actually knew! ?

Yao Rong smiled and said the names of eight people: "These eight people are all accomplices of the Right Protector. Left Protector, take your men to capture them all."

Chen Nan finally came to his senses and lowered his head in shame: "My Lord, we only found six people and missed two of them."

Yao Rong nodded and said to Chen Nan: "Come with me to capture the Right Protector."

Yao Rong rushed to the Right Protector's house and flicked his finger, and the heavy wooden door opened.

"Who!?"

The Right Protector woke up from his sleep and pulled out a weapon from under his pillow.

Looking at the figure walking slowly in the moonlight, the right protector's face changed drastically, and he was both surprised and suspicious: "Master, are you out of retreat?"

"I have never been in retreat, so how can I come out of retreat?"

The right protector was confused and realized that things were out of his control. The next moment, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and dozens of dense white rays attacked Yao Rong from between the beds.

Yao Rong drew out the long sword from his waist and slashed in the air.

The white rays collided with the sword and were knocked away on the spot.

The sword was as fast as the wind, and Yao Rong did not give the right protector a chance to sneak attack for the second time. The sword was already on the right protector's neck.

She moved her fingertips slightly, and the small stones she picked up on the way just now flew out and hit several acupuncture points of the right protector.

The right protector felt pain, his wrist loosened, and the rain of pear blossoms needles fell from his hand.

He tried to fight back, only to find that he had been acupunctured, and his whole body was numb and limp.

Yao Rong ordered Chen Nan, who was waiting outside the door: "Take him to the martial arts field."

Chen Nan looked at Yao Rong with more and more awe.

In the past, he only thought that this pavilion master was a martial arts master, but today he realized that the pavilion master's mental means are more powerful than his physical strength.

Watching Chen Nan escorting the right protector away, Yao Rong slowly put away his sword.

The system popped up again: [Are you optimistic about Chen Nan? ]

These days, others don't know what Yao Rong is doing, but the system knows it clearly.

In name, Yao Rong is staying in seclusion in the back mountain, but in fact she has been outside all the time.

"Yes. Among these people, I am most satisfied with him."

For more than half a month, she has been hiding in the dark and observing them.

She was nearby when Chen Nan followed the servants down the mountain and shot the pigeon with a bow.

She also deliberately checked Chen Nan's life experience.

Chen Nan originally lived in the next state. More than ten years ago, there was a flood in the next state. Corrupt officials at all levels embezzled the disaster relief funds issued by the court. Chen Nan's family could not survive, so they fled to a nearby town.

Later, his parents died of illness. In order to beg for a bite of food, he knelt outside the Juexian Pavilion and begged the Juexian Pavilion to accept him as a disciple or a slave.

It was Su Xingze who nodded and agreed to accept Chen Nan as a disciple of the Juexian Pavilion. Only then did Chen Nan avoid the fate of starving to death.

Among the crowd, Chen Nan's loyalty, strength and skills are all top-notch.

[What are you going to do? 】

"After getting rid of the Right Protector, we have to find someone to take his place. Chen Nan is the person I chose."

System: [……]

[So you set up this plan not only to pull out the Right Protector's accomplices, but also to take the opportunity to find out their bottom line and see how they can cope with the situation, right? ]

"Of course, if you want to understand a person, you have to see what he has done." Yao Rong stepped forward and walked towards the martial arts training ground under the moonlight. "I don't have that much time to stay in Juexian Pavilion and sort out Juexian Pavilion's problems bit by bit. I can only use this method to cut the Gordian knot first, and by the way, pick a reliable person to help the Left Protector."

With the Left Protector and Chen Nan around, Juexian Pavilion will not be in chaos even if she leaves for a few months.