1145: Kick-Starting the Plan

Kick-Starting the Plan

Su Yu thought for a second and replied, "Very powerful!"

"Wrong! It is extremely powerful! And that is only his current divine soul, which has deteriorated to only a thousandth of what it was when he was alive."

"Just think about it! How are you going to contend with a complete divine soul? I'm afraid it'll only take a single thought of his to kill you ten thousand times over!"

"It would be a different story if you were a deity. Then, you can destroy his godly spirit first and the divine soul later with complete ease. However, you're a mortal. Don't seek your own death! It's better to pack up and run!"

Su Yu was daunted. "I have learned something now," he said.

Upon leaving the Soul Dimension, the anxious voice of the Evil God sounded behind him. "Brat, don't do anything foolish!"

"Master Su!" During called out awkwardly.

If Sheng Yuanxin hadn't suddenly appeared, killing the Three Youths of the Bamboo Garden and scaring off Wuchou, the consequences would have been unimaginably fatal.

Su Yu opened his eyes and said placidly, "They probably won't come to look for trouble again for now. Let's return to the Crane Deity's house."

When he saw He Xianran again, she queried with concern, "How did it go?"

"The danger has been temporarily eliminated. It shouldn't affect our plan." Su Yu looked at He Xianran and brooded for a long time before saying, "Are you really confident that you can destroy the Crane Deity's godly spirit?"

"I am!" He Xianran replied staunchly. "Father's godly spirit has been severely damaged, much worse than our people have imagined! I got to learn about it when I found out that he secretly murdered his divine servants. Much to my surprise, his godly spirit is on the verge of crumbling!"

Divine servants were normally loyal servants that safeguarded the deity's descendants after they had accomplished the state of Peak Mortal Fairy. They were the people who were most trusted by the deities and also the ones who knew the most about the deities' secrets.

"There was a divine servant who had sensed the crisis and had prepared the means of escape for himself beforehand. He recorded the tidings about the imminent crumbling of the Crane Deity's godly spirit in ten messenger jade pendants and hid them in different spots."

"If the Crane Deity were to kill him, he would threaten him with that. Unpredictably, the Crane Deity was absolutely swift and decisive in dealing with matters. He slaughtered every last one of the divine servants overnight and, with his magical power, found the ten messenger jade pendants which he destroyed completely."

"But what the Crane Deity hadn't expected was that even though the servant had prepared just ten jade pendants, there were eleven! The servant had erased the last copy of memory from his mind, thus even by means of Soul-Searching, the Crane Deity would never know that there was a remaining piece of the information left in this world!"

Su Yu was moved. He asked, "And you've gotten ahold of that jade pendant?"

Proudly, He Xianran said, "Right, that divine servant has been bribed by me for a long time. He prepared a messenger jade pendant for me before the disaster befell him, in the hope that I could help him."

Regrettably, He Xianran did not manage to help that divine servant.

"The time wasn't right back then, but with your help now, success will be guaranteed!" He Xianran said.

Su Yu stared at He Xianran. The entire time she had been talking, she hadn't mentioned whether the state of the Crane Deity's divine soul was strong or weak.

Feeling Su Yu's gaze on her, He Xianran's gaze became evasive. She said, "Rest assured, the Crane Deity is doomed this time! And then, according to the promise, I will inherit the Family Master's position of the Crane Deity's family. Relying upon the divine assets left behind by Father, I will rise as a deity in a short period of time."

"Then I'll give you what you desire, promoting you to a position that is preceded only by me in the Crane Deity's family! Then, anyone in the entire Great Eastern Alliance who tries to lay a finger on you will need to consider the inner secret that is left of the Crane Deity's family!"

No one would be dauntless enough to provoke a deity's family before the advent of its complete downfall.

She was still talking ambiguously and had said nothing about the divine soul.

Su Yu nodded. "Alright! That's it then; let's get started on our plan!"

If the Crane Deity wasn't destroyed, not only would Su Yu be unable to gain his footing, but his life would even be at risk. This had been decided since the very beginning when he had abducted He Xianran.

The Crane Deity was callous and ungrateful by nature. He had always had the intention of killing Su Yu.

If he was alive, Su Yu's life would always be at risk.

To survive, to gain a firm foothold, and to defend Jiuzhou, Su Yu had no choice but to bet his fortune on this single stake and destroy the deity.

Two days later, He Xianran's condition worsened. Su Yu's vitality could only serve to delay the worst, but he was incapable of healing her injuries.

Five days later, He Xianran had only a faint breath of life left.

The Crane Deity showed up to check on her, with his eyes filled with sorrow, but he still wasn't thinking about getting even with the Jing Deity.

Despite their silence, all the people of the Crane Deity's family found him cowardly. As a proud deity, he was huddling up like a turtle, too timid to avenge his daughter who had been deliberately harmed by the enemy.

The Crane Deity wasn't timid: he was reluctant!

The Carnival of All Gods was right around the corner. Without the help of the Jing Deity, the Crane Deity stood no chance of having his godly spirit replenished. Soon, he would suffer a complete downfall, so he had no choice but to bear with it.

Even though the news about He Xianran being poisoned by the Acute Frigid Water was purposely concealed by the Crane Deity's family, the Great Eastern Alliance was full of elites. What kind of secrets could be hidden perfectly from them?

Having received the news, the Jing Deity's heart was heavy.

He surely had not poisoned her with the Acute Frigid Water. Neither had any of his people.

But the Crane Deity hadn't come forth to ask for his help up till then. The Jing Deity couldn't help but consider the possibility that the Crane Deity had thought that he was culprit, thus had not wanted to seek his help at all?

The more he thought about it, the more the Jing Deity found it possible.

If the Crane Deity had sought his help, it was evidence that the Crane Deity still trusted him. But he hadn't looked for him till now, and it could be troublesome.

The Jing Deity was vexed as he thought of that. He had realized that the Crane Deity was also on his guard against him.

But the Carnival of All Gods was fast approaching, and the last thing he wanted was a breach in their relationship all because of a small misunderstanding. That would cause the Carnival to be delayed.

"If things can't be talked over, I can only lend him a helping hand to resolve the misunderstanding," the Jing Deity sighed. He took out a little bit of the Acute Frigid Water and ordered his divine servant to deliver it to the Crane Deity's family.

After the pause, the Jing Deity reminded them, "This thing has to be done openly in full view of people. They need to know that the Crane Deity and I are on good terms like we always have been."

When he learned that the Jing Deity had personally sent the Acute Frigid Water and had done it so flagrantly, as if he was afraid people wouldn't know that he had offered his help, the Crane Deity was taken aback too. Had he misunderstood the Jing Deity?

Although he did not understand the purpose of such an act, the Crane Deity was pleased anyway. Aside from saving his daughter, the conflict between him and the Jing Deity could be relieved, so why not go ahead with it?

The matter was widely spread in the community right after the Jing Deity's divine servant visited.

Some cunning party had tried to assassinate He Xianran and shift the blame on the Jing Deity.

But the Jing Deity had proven his integrity by offering the antidote.

A joyous story about the harmonious friendship between deities had raised a hubbub in the community.

Both parties were perfectly satisfied until He Xianran drank the antidote. Not only was the Acute Frigid Water not resolved, but it was also getting worse than before!

Even though Su Yu spared no effort in resuscitating her and maneuvering his vitality to sustain her life, the Acute Frigid Water contained in the antidote was even more horrendous. The Acute Frigid Water originating from the Jing Deity's bloodline couldn't be remedied with any amount of vitality.

After half a day of hovering at the brink of death, He Xianran finally passed away.

The Crane Deity was outraged. When he finished inspecting He Xianran's body, the look on his face grew even more grim and horrid.

He Xianran's body contained the Acute Frigid Water that was exclusively possessed by the Jing Deity!

Apart from the Jing Deity himself, his descendants who had inherited his bloodline power were the only ones who were capable of manufacturing the divine water.

However, his descendants had never stepped foot in the Crane Deity's cavern world before, so where had the Acute Frigid Water in the bloodstream come from?

There was no other explanation besides the antidote that was offered!

The Crane Deity finally erupted in anger. He thought that he had misunderstood the Jing Deity, but the Jing Deity had brazenly murdered his daughter! And had informed the entire world about it!!2

Even if the Crane Deity wished to maintain his superficial rapport with the Jing Deity, it would never be possible again!

The other person had overtly turned against him and killed his daughter in full view of people. How could the collaboration continue?

With the shocking death of He Xianran, their relationship had come to a complete, irrevocable end!

"Jing Deity!!" The Crane Deity was extremely furious. How could he not be? The whole world had its eyes pinned on him now. If he gave no response, not only would his reputation be jeopardized, but the other deities with some shrewdness would find out about the Crane Deity's debilitated nature soon.

Among those sanctimonious deities, which of them weren't predators that swallowed humans without spitting bones? Once they found out about it, the Crane Deity would be deep in trouble sooner or later.

Gaining a foothold in the Great Eastern Alliance wasn't easy. How could the Crane Deity not have offended anyone before?

Once the word got around, he would instantly fall victim to brutal, malicious revenge!

An intangible yet powerful force had placed him right at the center of the thunderstorm, and he had no choice but to take his revenge! And it had to be downright ruthless and wicked, to prove his fearless tenacity in the face of the Jing Deity!

Whoosh!

The Crane Deity stomped off angrily from beside of He Xianran's body.

Half a day later, the Crane Deity returned covered in blood, while holding a huge, fine human head in his hand!

It was the head of the Jing Deity's second son!

The Jing Deity had three sons in total. Jing Bai had been killed by He Xianran, leaving two of them behind. The Crane Deity killed another, thus only one of his sons was left now.

The Crane Deity deliberately proclaimed his deed to the world. He wanted people to know that he had no fear of the Jing Deity!

All of a sudden, a great clamor had arisen in the entire Great Eastern Alliance.

The Jing Deity had blatantly murdered the Crane Deity's daughter, while the Crane Deity had gotten even with him by slaying the Jing Deity's son.

Many deities in all corners of the continent were watching the two of them in silence.

Pow!

In the Jing Deity's family, the Jing Deity flared up in anger. "Crane Deity! You have taken this way too far!!"

Just how patient and forbearing had he been for the sake of accomplishing the great thing? Jing Bai was murdered by the Crane Deity's family, yet ye had pretended not to know anything just to maintain the rapport between them, and he even went as far as trying to save He Xianran!

Nonetheless, the Crane Deity had employed some surreptitious technique to infuse the Acute Frigid Water containing a tinge of his bloodline power into He Xianran's body and framed the Jing Deity!

It was no wonder that the Jing Deity would think of it that way because , apart from deities, who else could replicate the Acute Frigid Water infused with the scent of bloodline power?

Therefore, he was speculating that the Crane Deity might have found another backing, so he purposely murdered his own daughter to give the pretext of turning against him and get even with him once he gained enough fame?

As he thought of that, the Jing Deity suddenly had the feeling that it could have been the Crane Deity's plan to poison He Xianran with the Acute Frigid Water from the start.

Having integrated the sequence of events, the Jing Deity believed even more firmly that it was the Crane Deity's intrigue!

The Crane Deity was trying to overthrow him!

After all, the collaboration between them would invite a major catastrophe once it was leaked, so the Crane Deity wanted to shut him up by eliminating him!

He figured that out because the Jing Deity had also thought of eliminating the Crane Deity, and that once the Carnival of All Gods was over and done with, he would find a way to get rid of the Crane Deity.

Before long, the Jing Deity received the news.

Sheng Yuanxin had been spotted at the Crane Deity's family headquarters!

In fact, Sheng Yuanxin was only there because she had received a message from Su Yu saying that he had gathered more details about Qin Kuo's death, and she was there to look for Su Yu.

But since Su Yu was at the Crane Deity's place, she had no other way besides paying a visit to the Crane Deity's.

However, it was like a bolt of thunder to him when the Jing Deity heard about it.

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