Immortal Father
Chapter 413 - 413 149 Difficult Times_2

413: Chapter 149 Difficult Times_2 413: Chapter 149 Difficult Times_2 “I never thought that the enemy would also understand the principle of ‘the eagle exerts full strength when capturing a rabbit’…

Right, Senior Wen Rou, please go keep the two ladies company for a while, it seems they are in the main hall.”

“Our defenses were not adequate this time, causing a fright for the two ladies.”

Wen Rou agreed with an audible response, looking worriedly in the direction where Li Dazhi had disappeared.

She said, “If there is any problem, just tell me.”

Li Ping’an nodded with a smile, then watched as Wen Rou flew off toward the main hall of Yuan Sect to meet with the entourage of the Yellow Emperor’s concubines.

“Apprentice,” Qing Su asked, “do you suspect them?”

“No.”

Li Ping’an spoke in a low voice:

“The fire started from both sides simultaneously; there must have been two arsonists, who could only be members of the Yuan Sect.

They probably had their minds controlled, or they were spies planted by Forge-Heaven Gate from the beginning, likely having a detailed arson plan.”

“The probability of these eastern alliance female immortals being problematic is very small; their visit here was a spur-of-the-moment decision.”

“However, I indeed did not anticipate that the two concubines of the Yellow Emperor would come to visit this place.

Does the true mastermind behind the arson not fear burning the Yellow Emperor’s concubines to death?”

“The Yellow Emperor has only retired from worldly affairs, not died.

If he were to take action, annihilating Forge-Heaven Gate would probably take but a moment.”

Qing Su hummed softly, uncertain of what to advise.

“Let’s go, there is nothing we can do here,” Li Ping’an suddenly said.

“Where to?” Qing Su asked.

“Let me think…

nevermind, I’ll just stay here with father for now; he must be feeling terrible.”

Li Ping’an took the White Tiger out of his sleeve and handed it to his master.

Qing Su’s eyes lit up: “Where did you get this mountain cat?

Is it for eating?”

“A mount, just hatched.

Master, please help me raise it; I might be too busy to take care of it in the coming days.”

Li Ping’an folded his hands behind his back, watching the ash-covered grounds and the immortals from both sects beginning to search through the debris.

A slight breeze stirred in the woods, lifting the long hair and headbands of the master and apprentice.

…

In Dong’an City, within a yet-to-open shop,

Mo Yunshen frowned at the two ‘senior brothers’ in front of him, disliking their ghost-masked attire.

It always reminded him of those self-important women.

“Arson?”

Mo Yunshen asked in a low voice:

“Wasn’t it said that the Yellow Emperor’s concubines were within Yuan Sect?”

“So what if they are in Yuan Sect?”

One of them sneered:

“We are not going to burn them.

With the Returning Origin Furnace’s flames, two casks tipped over, the first branch hall was gone in two breaths—an end to both people and remnants of Magic Artifacts.”

Mo Yunshen frowned: “What if this angers the eastern alliance?”

“Don’t worry,” the other one said nonchalantly, “why are you being so overcautious, junior brother?

Don’t we have people in the eastern alliance?

To say it plainly, how many in the eastern alliance are not with us?”

Mo Yunshen sighed: “Still, there is something inappropriate about it.”

“Our master asked each of the three of us for a strategy, and you, junior brother, have not started yours, while both of us have completed ours.”

“Senior brother, your strategy was indeed brilliant, assembling a hundred Artifact Refiners and a dozen others near the end of their lifespan, blood spilled over Wanyun Sect…

Unexpectedly, it was thwarted by Li Dazhi with a simple wave of his hand.”

“My approach may be simple, but the effect has been the best.”

“Now, those cheap Treasured Materials on the market have been preemptively bought up by the sects we arranged, and just the cost of these materials alone amounts to more than twenty thousand Spirit Stones.

How can Wanyun Sect and Yuan Sect compete with us?”

Mo Yunshen gave a bow: “Senior brother’s ingenious plan, I am impressed.”

“No matter, the two of us came here to tell you to return; you don’t need to be busy here anymore.”

“They’re no longer able to provide the eastern alliance with enough Magic Artifacts on time, and others will take care of them afterward.”

“This,” Mo Yunshen said with a smile, “Senior brothers can return to the mountains first.

I plan to stay here for another year or two to learn about the operations of Wanyun Sect’s shops, to earn more Spirit Stones for our sect.”

“Good.”

“You are quite astute.”

The two masked Daoists said with a smile.

One of them opened a rift in space, stepped into it, and the other followed, closing the rift behind them, leaving no trace in the room.

The Golden Immortal Realm.

Mo Yunshen shook his head slightly, stood up, walked to the window, opened it, and surveyed the Wanyun Sect shop across the street.

“Great Wealth Immortal, I hope you don’t fall so easily.”

…

In the following two months, Wanyun Sect, Yuan Sect, and Tianyuan Gate, these three sects, were enveloped in an incredibly tense atmosphere.

The process of the fire disaster was quickly deduced.

As Li Ping’an had stated, the problem lay with two young Artifact Refiners from Yuan Sect.

According to witnesses in the central hall, the behavior of these two on that day showed no anomalies; they arrived on time for their shift, one went to the treasury to get Treasured Materials, following protocol by writing various messages, their identities, production times, production line batch numbers, etc., and entered the treasury.

Moments later, two lotus flames erupted simultaneously, rapidly devouring both the treasury and the Artifact Refining workshop.

Then Xu Sheng appeared, along with two veiled female immortals, and all three acted together to crush and suppress the flames, saving the central halls where most people were.

Otherwise, the casualties would have numbered in the hundreds.

The families and friends of these two Yuan Sect Artifact Refiners had no clue why they would do this.

To preserve Yuan Sect’s face, Castcloud Hall claimed publicly that these two had been controlled by Demon Cultivators.

The Yellow Emperor’s concubines stayed at Yuan Sect for two days, seeing they could not offer much help, they then returned to the eastern alliance headquarters.