Chapter 53: 53. Conspiracy
Yang Liwei ordered someone to take the body of Yang Wudi from the secret realm.
He opened the secret realm again to let that person pass; he and the sect master wouldn't be able to go personally. If they went inside, the secret realm would collapse in their presence alone.
Their level of life is high compared to the rules of secret realms, so they send a god-king realm expert to take his body as soon as possible.
During the month that Yang Wudi trained under him, he developed some affection for him as a son. He didn't have any sons or grandsons to take care of, so he decided to consider Yang Wudi as his grandson and also gave him a Tier 4 talisman to save his life in case of any possible danger.
Unfortunately, Yang Wudi died inside the secret realm; it was the reason Yang Liwei was angry since it happened under his supervision.
Soon, the person who went to take Yang Wudi's body arrived.
"Yang Wudi, I will destroy the entire family of the person who did this." Yang Liwei swore before everyone.
Yang Chen didn't say anything; after seeing Yang Wudi, he went near his body and cried.
"Muyue, how am I going to face you in the future? I became a sinner. I became a sinner." Yang Chen cried after he saw his son's body. He didn't care about his status as a sect master or a supreme powerhouse.
He cried like a father would cry for his child. Even though both Yang Wudi and Yang Chen aren't upright people and have done a lot of evil, Yang Chen's care for his son is real.
There is no perfect person in the world; everyone has made mistakes in their lives. Nobody can live without making a single mistake in their life.
Even eating meat is considered a sin since they were killed without their consent. But nobody considers them sins, so both good and evil change from person to person.
The law of nature is survival of the fittest, and a person can do anything to survive. That's how all living beings are created by nature.
"Yang Chen, don't worry. We cannot change the past, but we can change the future." Yang Liwei consoled Yang Chen, seeing him cry.
"But what about my promise to Muyue? I promised her to take care of him; it was her last wish. I'm an incompetent man who can't fulfill his wife's last wish."
Hearing Yang Chen's reasoning, Yang Liwei fell silent.
Muyue is the mother of Yang Wudi. She was from the Mu family, a supreme-tier family. She saved Yang Chen from danger when they were younger.
Both of them had many interactions after that, and Yang Chen fell in love with her. She also accepted his confession, and both of them got married with the consent of their families.
After Yang Wudi was born, Muyue was affected by an incurable disease and eventually died after persisting for two years. Both the Yang and Mu families weren't able to find a cure for her disease.
Her last wish was to raise Yang Wudi without any harm, and Yang Chen accepted her wish. But in his sect, Yang Wudi died, and he, as a father, wasn't able to help his son at the time.
'If I hadn't gone to seclusion, this wouldn't have happened.' Yang Chen started blaming him for this incident.
"Yang Chen, something is wrong with Yang Wudi's body." Yang Liwei said it in a hurry, without any respect for him.
Yang Chen didn't mind that and immediately checked his body. After checking his body, his aura exploded, and all the disciples, including him, fell to their knees.
"Yang Chen, control your anger. Some disciples are struggling to breathe." Yang Liwei said this after seeing the disciples struggling under oppression.
Yang Chen controlled his anger and came to his senses.
"Sorry, disciples, I lost my control after seeing my son's condition." He apologized to the disciples after realizing his mistake.
"Grand elder, who is the person that delivered food for Yang Wudi last month?" Yang Chen asked. He found out about the existence of poison in his body.
Yang Liwei ordered someone to check, and he soon found out it was Williams.
He immediately captured Williams and handed him over to Yang Chen.
"So, are you going to tell the truth by yourself, or did I have to make you reveal the truth." Yang Chen asked without any emotions.
"Sect master, I d-don't know anything. Let me go, please let me go." Williams pleaded, but his expression already showed that he was lying.
Yang Chen checked his memory, but he felt a resistance and wasn't able to check it.
He used more of his powers, but he still wasn't able to check the memories.
"Grand Elder, it seems his memories are sealed by someone; help me break them." Yang Chen asked for help from Yang Liwei.
He is cultivating both the body and the Qi path; he wasn't adapting in breaking seals that needed soul power to break.
He can use his strength to break the seal, but it would kill Williams in the process, and he isn't willing to do that, so he asks Grand Elder, who is adapt to using soul energy to do that. He cultivated both the soul and the Qi path.
Yang Liwei used his soul power on him to inspect, and he also felt resistance upon invading.
He increased the input of soul power subtly without killing Williams, and soon he broke the seal.
'I am going to die; should I escape before he breaks the seal?' Anna thought nervously while gritting her teeth. Her involvement would be revealed after checking the memories of Williams because she was the one who gave him the poison and ordered him to add it to his food.
"What is the result, grand elder?" Yang Chen asked after sensing the sudden change in expression in Yang Liwei.
"It was the plan of the Nine Stars sect, and they planned him as a spy for more than 15 years."
"So, they decided to go all-out war with us? Or is it that they can't see our rise?"
"He didn't know such information. He is only a useless pawn, but before that, we had to take care of another spy."
Anna became nervous after hearing her voice. A lot of sweat formed on her head due to nervousness.
The grand elder suddenly turned his head in her direction and formed a big hand. It moved in that direction, and Anna closed her eyes with bitterness.
'It's over, Mom, Dad, and sister; I will meet you soon.'
But instead of catching her, the hand captured another girl.
'Why didn't I get caught?' Anna opened her eyes in confusion. She didn't know how she escaped this sudden death situation.
"She is also a partner in crime with him." The grand elder gave both of them to Yang Chen.
"Place them in the core area of Hell Field and torture them daily. Don't let them die; if they die, you have to endure their punishment." Yang Chen decided to place both of them in the most cruel part of Hell Field.
"Grand Elder, sect master, please leave her. I'm the only one who is responsible for poisoning the holy son, please let her go." Williams pleaded for that girl.
"Who are you anyway? Sect Master, I don't even know him. Please let me go; I'm innocent and don't know anything." The girls cried in grief.
But the elder who came to take them didn't hear their pleas and took them to the core area of Hell Field.
"Sect master, we should prepare for war. We should destroy them and end this generation of hatred." After seeing both of them taken by the elder, Yang Liwei said to Yang Chen:
"Yeah, we will start a war in three days. Inform all the elders and disciples to get ready."
"I will inform them immediately," the grand elder said and left.
"There is a contribution point for killing every single enemy in the war, and the injuries that occurred during the war will be treated by the sect without any cost."
The sect master said that to the disciples present at the place and left to consolidate his realm.
Anna watched everything unfold before her eyes with confusion.
'What happened? Why didn't I get caught?' She also left the place while thinking about the reason.
"That was because I interfered during the process." A monotonous voice suddenly spoke.
"What, you interfered to save me?" Anna asked in disbelief. She didn't know why the heavenly dao saved her.
"I saved your life now. So, from now on, we don't owe karma to each other."
"What do you mean by that?" Anna asked doubtfully; she realized the meaning of the words, but she still asked to confirm.
"I won't help you revive your parents in the future since I saved your life."
"What do you mean by that? This wasn't an equal trade. You only saved me once, and it is not the price you need to pay for helping me revive my parents." Anna asked in desperation.
"No, I saved your life twice. You would have died during the battle with Kai if I hadn't protected you during the battle. Now, if I didn't alter the memory of Williams and use another girl as a sacrifice, you would have died."
Anna fell silent after hearing Heavenly Dao's voice. She wasn't able to refute anything since all of them were facts.
Kai manipulated her without any effort and also made her a sacrifice with her permission. He is the one who suggested her make contact with Williams, expecting this kind of situation to happen in the future.
So he prepared her as a sacrifice in case something went wrong.