After Wan Caimei clearly saw He Qiu’s choice, she could not help but tremble inwardly.
Actually, just now Wan Caimei handed the choice to He Qiu because she saw that He Qiu was young, proud, and his cultivation was unfathomable.
So she deliberately gave him extra face and let him choose among several young ladies from great families who held weight in Tianxin City.
She wanted to see just how high the ambitions of a young man like He Qiu were!
Or rather, to probe what kind of woman this youngster was more interested in.
But she truly could not imagine that He Qiu’s first move was to want to kidnap the youngest daughter of Tianxin City’s City Lord, Bai Hong!
That little princess, not to mention in Tianxin City, was famous throughout the entire Kyushu Heavenly Dynasty as a young lady from a great family with an extraordinary background.
Her father was the City Lord of Tianxin City, and her mother was a first-rank civil official at the Empress’s side.
If this kidnapping really succeeded, it could directly enrage the Empress…
This Young Master is truly audacious!
But I like it~
Thinking of this, Wan Caimei could not help but secretly chuckle.
She was increasingly fond of this arrogant youth.
“Good! Then next we prepare to pull off a big one. Does anyone object?”
“The big shot has spoken. Naturally, we have no objections!”
“Right! If we are going to do it, do it big. In the end, we will frame the current Demonic Venerable and that little Demon Girl Zi Menghan anyway. What do we have to fear?”
“Brilliant! This plan is truly brilliant! Let the Empress and the Demonic Venerable fight each other. We kill with a borrowed knife and reap the fisherman’s profit!”
For a moment, all the Demon Cultivators present became excited.
Countless terrifying Demonic Qi erupted throughout the hall, creating a scene of demons dancing wildly.
He Qiu sat in the center of this group, unable to keep the corner of his mouth from twitching.
He was so frightened by the terrifying Demonic Qi in the room that he did not dare make a sound.
He could sense that these Demon Cultivators were not the least bit weaker than the fleeing Demon Cultivators He Qiu had encountered when he descended the mountain!
These people were all at the small boss level of the Demon Sect.
Their cultivation was all above the sixth rank, and several were even eighth rank…
Then look at He Qiu.
He had only recently advanced to Spirit Realm Fourth Level, and truly could not withstand the suppression of these big shots’ Demonic Qi.
And the most outrageous thing was that He Qiu had just drawn his sword and released Sword Intent, yet he had actually won these people’s approval and even seemed to have frightened them.
This was truly too surreal.
‘My Can Xue’s deterrent power could actually earn the approval of seventh- and eighth-rank Demon Cultivators… She’s pretty strong.’
“Young Master, you do not look happy. Is there some concern weighing on you?”
Meanwhile, Wan Caimei saw that all the Demon Cultivators agreed with her words and were excited, ready to roll up their sleeves and pull off a big one.
But among those present, only this white-robed youth with the deepest cultivation was not excited.
Instead, his face was grave, his cold eyes worried.
So she was very worried that the plan might have some flaw that made this big shot feel it was inappropriate.
“Concerns…”
He Qiu was questioned again and could not help feeling a bit of a headache.
He actually still had not understood what the plan even was, so how could he know what concerns there were?
He was simply grim-faced because he felt uneasy.
But for now, He Qiu still said casually:
“I heard that next to Tianxin City is the Longyin Mountain Range…”
“To be honest, the Righteous Path Cultivators of the Longyin Sect are not easy to deal with.”
“But isn’t Tianxin City under the rule of the Empress’s Kyushu Heavenly Dynasty?”
“So even if we kidnap the daughter of Tianxin City’s City Lord, it should be the City Lord who gets angry and sends soldiers to investigate.”
“At worst, the imperial court would step in to investigate…”
“But this has absolutely nothing to do with the Longyin Sect, right?”
Wan Caimei became puzzled again, and the other Demon Cultivators around also sat down, carefully listening to the big shot’s analysis.
After a moment of pondering, He Qiu spoke again slowly:
“The Longyin Sect hides its true depths.”
“The interests behind it are deeply entangled.”
“It is better to be careful.”
Actually, this time He Qiu had a bit of confidence when he said this.
Because wasn’t he ordered by Elder Nan Gong to descend the mountain and investigate the movements of the Demon Sect in Tianxin City?
This showed that the Elders of the Longyin Sect paid close attention to the Demon Sect in Tianxin City.
And he, He Qiu, could return tonight and directly report the secret intelligence from the Demon Sect meeting to Master Nan Gong.
That way, their plan to kidnap Tianxin City’s City Lord’s daughter would be learned by the Longyin Sect first.
By then, the Longyin Sect would naturally gather cultivators, descend the mountain, and capture these Demon Sect members ahead of time, stopping their plan!
Thinking of this, He Qiu could not help but see a way out.
He felt he was simply a genius.
As for He Qiu’s unfathomable analysis, Wan Caimei could not help but become grave as well.
Thinking carefully, when the Demon Sect deserters had previously been hunted by the imperial court and fled past the Longyin Mountain Range, they seemed to have been stopped by a certain cultivator from the Longyin Sect, and in the end suffered heavy casualties.
From this perspective, although the Longyin Sect was situated high and spent years in deep seclusion cultivating, it actually meddled broadly.
Naturally, it would not sit idly by regarding matters of its neighbor Tianxin City.
If by then Tianxin City requested support from the Longyin Sect to help the City Lord find his daughter, that was not impossible either.
“I see. Young Master is truly thoughtful…”
Wan Caimei nodded thoughtfully, leaned on the table, and began to re-examine the reliability of the plan.
In the end, after pondering for a long time, she slapped the table and decided:
“Those Righteous Path Cultivators of the Longyin Sect are indeed not easy to deal with.”
“We truly cannot be reckless.”
“Time waits for no one. It seems the plan needs some changes…”
‘Yes, yes, better not kidnap the City Lord’s daughter. My Senior Sisters in the Longyin Sect are not easy to deal with either!’
“It’s decided. Before the Longyin Sect cultivators notice, we will strike tomorrow night!”
“Move the plan up and fight a beautiful lightning war!” the seductive woman declared firmly.
He Qiu:?
For a moment, the Demon Cultivators became excited again.
“I say it works! Tomorrow night we infiltrate the City Lord’s home and kidnap his daughter!”
“Great, just what I want! I’ve long been displeased with that old thing!”
He Qiu was dumbfounded.
He suddenly realized that these Demon Cultivators seemed to have discussed tonight’s meeting content not for the first time.
Otherwise, how could they actually act just like that after saying they would kidnap the City Lord’s daughter?
That was too rash.
He Qiu had thought that since these Demon Cultivators all wore masks, they must be hiding their identities from each other, so this was certainly their first gathering.
Therefore, he thought that if he frightened these Demon Cultivators a little, they would feel uneasy and postpone the plan, making it convenient for He Qiu to return to the Longyin Sect and report the situation to his Master.
But now it turned out the opposite.
His words did have an intimidating effect, but these Demon Cultivators instead became worried and directly moved the plan up…
No wonder He Qiu had not understood the plan they were discussing earlier.
It was because they had long since discussed kidnapping the daughter more than once!
So when they talked, many plans used abbreviated code names, and on top of that He Qiu himself had not listened carefully.
How could he possibly understand?
‘Now I’m done for. I seem to have caused trouble…’
Originally, these Demon Cultivators did not necessarily have to kidnap the City Lord’s daughter.
Now, thanks to He Qiu, they had made that choice.
Originally, these Demon Cultivators had not planned to act tomorrow night.
Now, thanks to He Qiu, they had moved it up.
In the end, He Qiu seemed to have become the mastermind behind everything.
Fuck…
A tiny “fuck,” a massive daze.