My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion-Chapter 882 - 527: Nationwide Manhunt (Double-Length)

Zhu E smiled faintly, her red lips slightly curved, reaching into her heart, leading one to look down, where her neck and chest revealed skin as white as snow, with a hint of red underneath. Her eyes flicked upward, drawing Chen Yi's gaze back up, noticing her simply-styled round bun, her hair jet-black, yet retaining an aunt's charm, perfectly complementing her curvaceous figure.

Chen Yi swallowed hard, his thoughts drifting.

In Hu-Guang for so long, his only companion has been Yin Tingxue. The girl is undeniably beautiful, her morning face like a dreamy illusion, even her tiny fuzz resembling thin mist, a beauty pitiable indeed. So much so, Chen Yi is enamored with her beauty, tenderly caring for her, unwilling to let her be tainted by the vulgar world... yet such beauty leaves one helpless, sighing deeply, preferring to share with her the waning body heat under the slanting sun. Snowflakes swirl in mid-air, merging into the creek, flowing unknown where, seemingly leading to the desert, halting continuously between crescent bays. Looking up, starry splinters are visible, like the inch of candlelight before the galaxy extinguishes... Chen Yi's thoughts are indescribable and undefined, just as the world inherently possesses many inexpressible musings, either leaving behind a pure blank, silent till death, or blooming defiantly in the snow, like madly infatuated.

But thoughts don't always linger on people,

The three spirits and seven souls, the mortal flesh, she touches the soul's softest part, yet helpless with his flesh.

Suddenly, Chen Yi finds himself amusing, his mind often flooded with thoughts, his heart surging, but after saying it a thousand times, fundamentally it revolves around Cao Pi's matters...

Simply put, with Zhu E in front, the Little Fox remains extremely beautiful, a beauty different in nature, but only to be admired from afar, not to be played with.

Gentle as jade?

Plain and tasteless!

Chen Yi is pained by his own lack of restraint, but there's no choice, he wishes he could impeach himself! Dismiss himself as the City God!

"Ow..."

In the yard came a loud yawning sound, ruining the scenery. Chen Yi turned back, realizing it was Miss Donggong.

Turning his head, her wise eyes met Chen Yi's.

This, instead, brought Chen Yi back to his senses. Last night, this stupid girl plucked him four times, seeming to leave phantom pain.

Yin Tingxue silently applauded, glanced up, seeing Miss Donggong stretching under the sun. Her movements large, her stretch even larger... hence she no longer applauds.

Chen Yi coughed twice, saying: "Let's talk business instead."

Zhu E charms in initiating, and smoothly wraps up: "If talking business, it's none other than the White Lotus Sect's affairs. The bigger issue lies in the division between the two sects, but everyone involved is like Ying Bu, doing the business of rebellion. The dispute between the two sects never surfaced openly, and the middle-and lower-level people aren't aware."

"It seems the turmoil would still be in Jiangxi. As of now, focus must be on Hu-Guang," Chen Yi stated clearly: "I have no good impression of the White Lotus Sect."

The latter half of his words, Chen Yi didn't express; he felt little affection for the Divine Sect too, merely due to Zhu E, and additionally due to Qin Qingluo, now nearing indifference, neither liking nor resenting.

"Governor Wang Fu's dead, the White Lotus Sect has no shortage of clever people, surely realizing this would cause a rift with Su Hongtao, adding trouble. Yet a little appeasement would suffice..."

Zhu E hadn't finished speaking as Chen Yi suddenly countered: "No, that's not enough."

Zhu E showed visible confusion.

"Once Governor Wang Fu dies, Su Hongtao won't be able to sleep." Chen Yi dipped his finger in tea, drawing a crack on the desk. "Judge knows my face, it only takes delivering a dream..."

Such underworld stuff is most adept at delivering dreams. Su Hongtao isn't a fool, once he accounts with Chu Yiyuan, designs it this way, he becomes the fish meat on the chopping board.

Zhu E was shocked upon hearing this; having met Chen Yi only two days ago, she hadn't known his identity as the City God Shadow Official, hence hadn't thought in this direction.

If so, then if the Divine Sect mishandles, it's one wrong move in the game, harming the White Lotus Sect from behind, yet being pushed to the front by the White Lotus Sect to take the blame.

"In this way, one must first find Chu Yiyuan, seizing the initiative as fast as possible…" Zhu E lifted her hand, making a throat-slitting gesture, "Kill him, severing their connection?"

The copper bell at the eaves moved without wind.

Chen Yi was in no hurry to answer, lowered his head sipping tea, his visage unchanged. Zhu E suddenly thought of how calculatedly he might have done the same in scheming herself and Qing Luo.

"When birds and clams fight, someone always profits as the fisherman. Killing, if not a bird then a clam, rather than letting others play the fisherman, why not profit ourselves?" He spoke slowly: "Once Chu Yiyuan is dead, it'd make Wuchang's White Lotus Sect more amenable to Su Hongtao's arrangement, also implicating the Divine Sect, thus benefiting Su Hongtao and others. The White Lotus Sect must create a stir, letting Su Hongtao's led Hu-Guang officials scramble frantically, plagued by patching holes, hastily erring, until a fatal flaw shows up."

Yin Tingxue's side-glance suddenly saw Zhu E glance outside the window. Miss Donggong was tiptoeing to reach for some cured meat under the gallery,

"Oh, they're the birds and clams."

"Do not contend, assist, let Chu Yiyuan understand that the Divine Sect is the White Lotus Sect's sibling." Chen Yi spoke slowly: "Blood is thicker than water, sharing honor and disgrace."

Zhu E, long accustomed to handling Prince Mansion affairs, indeed smelled a whiff of familiar eerie atmosphere, yet… easy to contemplate, hard to execute, if truly going by this, how should one proceed?

If acting as fisherman, one must invoke the bird and clam fight.

Next, hear him utter three words:

"Xique Pavilion."

.......

Night falls, chaos at Bright Moon Hall shows signs of calm, leaving a mess awaiting cleanup.

This matter clearly unrelated to the White Lotus Sect, yet Chu Yiyuan worried about the repercussions rebounding.

He intentionally conspired with the Divine Sect people to kill Han Xiu no doubt rightly, but halted at verbal plotting, never taking action. By rational evaluation, they were cleaner than the stone lions in front of the government office.