Chapter 602 - 332: Schemes and Stratagems (2)

Chapter 602: Chapter 332: Schemes and Stratagems (2)

He took out the blood-written confession he had Han Qiuzhe write earlier.

Liu Zhaonian took it and asked,

"What is this?"

"Han Qiuzhe’s confession."

"Han Qiuzhe? Where did you get this?"

Liu Zhaonian instinctively inquired.

Then Chu Qing replied,

"Before coming to Celestial Sound Mansion, I visited Star Split Mansion.

"Captured Han Qiuzhe and forced the confession out of him."

"..."

Just as Liu Zhaonian was about to bow his head to read, he instinctively looked at Chu Qing again.

His heart filled with both shock and exhilaration.

Is Star Split Mansion so easy to enter? Is Han Qiuzhe so easy to capture?

Not to mention Han Qiuzhe’s [Star Splitting Nine Transformations] had already reached the Fourth Grade Realm; just approaching Star Split Mansion without formidable martial arts prowess would mean instant death.

Yet this young hero not only broke into Star Split Mansion but directly captured Han Qiuzhe!

What kind of young hero is this?

And this young hero is his own nephew!?

It’s an honor indeed!

With this feeling in mind, he finished reading the blood-written confession, his pleasurable mood abruptly stopped, and followed by a furious laugh:

"Good, good, good, our Celestial Sound Mansion has been dormant for years, did they truly think we are weak and easily bullied? What a Star Split Mansion, what a Han Qiujun!!"

His anger showed on his face, Gang Qi burst forth.

Chu Qing said nothing, but took out the letter found by Youzong.

After Liu Zhaonian finished reading it, his heart skipped a beat, then upon matching it with the blood-written confession, the case of the Duan Clan massacre was extraordinarily consistent.

Two identical results from different directions basically meant it was true.

Liu Zhaonian stroked his chin:

"Han Yiren came to demand accountability, but he only brought a blood-written confession.

"Now with Han Qiuzhe’s confession and Duan Qinghe’s true farewell letter...

"Then my Celestial Sound Mansion’s collusion with Celestial Evil Cult is groundless.

"All we need to do is announce this to the Martial World, and the crisis at Celestial Sound Mansion can be resolved!"

After finishing, he looked at Chu Qing:

"What do you think?"

Chu Qing smiled:

"It’s easy to be a thief for a thousand days, but how can you guard against a thief for a thousand days?"

His words seemed unrelated, but Liu Zhaonian only pondered for a moment and understood his meaning.

Celestial Evil Cult was the thief...

This matter was a meticulous plan by them, aided by Star Split Mansion, and with Han Yiren’s so-called Martial World assembly, they pushed Celestial Sound Mansion directly to the eye of the storm.

Now, this confession, along with the farewell letter, can temporarily clear Celestial Sound Mansion of suspicion.

But... it’s hard to say whether it will be completely clean.

Some might believe it’s fabricated evidence by Celestial Sound Mansion.

And some foolishly self-righteous idiots, who knows what they will believe or what they will do?

These two letters may even hardly deliver a major blow to Star Split Mansion...

The result might just be more endless bickering.

Celestial Evil Cult remains hidden behind the scenes, becoming the ’thief’ Chu Qing referred to, with Celestial Sound Mansion being watched by this thief, how can they fend it off?

This time they managed to guard against it... but what about next time?

"Then, what do you suggest we do?"

Liu Zhaonian looked at this nephew solemnly.

Chu Qing smiled slightly:

"Simple: form alliances, use tactical deceptions, lure the snake out of its hole, and capture them all!"

Youzong glanced at him:

"Did you just recite all the idioms you know?"

Chu Qing silently looked at him:

"The miracle doctor I mentioned earlier, I seem to have forgotten where he lives..."

"No!"

Youzong hurriedly said,

"I was just speaking hastily, don’t act recklessly."

Chu Qing didn’t bother with him, softly said,

"The Ouyang Family from Liaoyuan Mansion who came along this time were purely coaxed.

"For the time being, they should have no relation to this matter, we can possibly seek a joint opportunity."

Liu Zhaonian nodded but still expressed concern:

"Celestial Evil Cult is no ordinary foe, if Ouyang Tianxu knows that our aim this trip is to completely capture Han Family and Celestial Evil Cult... they might back out."

"Who said we have to tell them everything?"

Chu Qing smiled and said,

"At least, we must retain the Heart Method and Forging Technique of the Duan Clan for ourselves.

"Some things, just revealing half is enough.

"As for the Ouyang Family... we only need to let them know Han Family has an ulterior position in this matter, targeting not just our Celestial Sound Mansion but also their Liaoyuan Mansion.

"Everything will proceed as we planned, and even if Celestial Evil Cult truly shows up at this point... with Ouyang Family caught in the middle, how can they remain unaffected?

"When the time comes for action, they won’t have a choice."

Liu Zhaonian laughed heartily:

"Good! Well said!"

"Don’t get too excited."

Chu Qing stroked his chin and said,

"The biggest problem with this matter is actually luring the snake out of its hole...

"So-called tactical deceptions just borrow the stage set by Star Split Mansion to play our game.

"The key is the hidden Celestial Evil Cult.

"Once Han Family is surrounded, they will surely know the plan has failed, how then might they appear?"

These words suddenly left everyone present stunned.

Youzong furrowed his brows tightly:

"Indeed, how can we make Celestial Evil Cult’s people show up?

"According to their original plan, it would only be a few insignificant people surfacing to substantiate the accusation of Celestial Sound Mansion colluding with Celestial Evil Cult.

"Even if killed, this ’thief’ remains lurking in the shadows, it won’t shake their foundations, nor will it greatly wound them..."

"It requires bait."

Liu Zhaohua softly said,

"But where are we going to get this bait?"

Chu Qing’s gaze swept over everyone, softly saying,

"Actually, I think Celestial Sound Mansion may already have this bait."

"Oh?"

Liu Zhaonian looked at Chu Qing:

"What do you mean?"

Chu Qing thought for a moment and asked,

"Before this, there’s something I want to ask first."

"Just say it."

Liu Zhaonian waved his hand:

"We’re all family, would I hide anything from you?"

Liu Zhaohua glanced at Liu Zhaonian, her hand lightly clenched in her sleeve.

Chu Qing smiled:

"I want to ask, does Celestial Sound Mansion have any place related to the words ’Divine Sound’?"

"Divine Sound?"

Liu Zhaonian was slightly taken aback.

Then Liu Zhaohua said,

"There’s a Divine Sound Waterfall, it’s a forbidden place in Celestial Sound Mansion.

"Why are you asking this?"

Chu Qing slowly exhaled:

"When I was in South Ridge, I accidentally obtained some intelligence about the Nine Treasures of Heaven and Earth.

"Among them are two secret phrases, the first is ’Wind on Cyan Simurgh Mountain’, the second is ’Divine Sound Shadow Moon’.

"I’m not sure whether this ’Moon’ refers to the moon or music...

"But I know, Celestial Evil Cult people seem to always have a peculiar fondness for Heaven and Earth Nine Treasures.

"Divine Blade Hall’s God’s Tears Iron, Celestial Secret Valley’s Celestial Demon Robe, they are their must-acquire items.

"So I’m thinking... their choice of Celestial Sound Mansion as the breakthrough point in Lingbei might not be just a coincidence."

Everyone was momentarily at a loss, and Youzong looked utterly surprised:

"I didn’t even know about this, how did you get such information?"

"Prince Xue told me."

Chu Qing smiled,

"This woman is crazy, and dares to say anything, who knows where she gets such confidence."

Youzong was left speechless, the confidence of the Twelve Saint Kings naturally builds on powerful strength.

But powerful as Twelve Saint Kings might be, they likely didn’t expect to meet a prodigy like Chu Qing.

"Divine Sound Waterfall is indeed extraordinary, perhaps it really harbors hidden secrets..."

Liu Zhaonian softly said:

"Since that’s the case, why don’t we first try to search at Divine Sound Waterfall?"

"What I mean is... not necessarily finding the object now, but we can claim the object has already been found.

"Then find someone to leak the information to Celestial Evil Cult."

Youzong was stunned:

"Who are we going to find... Oh!"

Before Chu Qing could answer, he had already thought of someone... the extremely suspicious Ning Wufang!