If Youyou was still a star cultivator of Shuoxing Pavilion, it would be very troublesome for the Star Master to deal with her. Although there were reasons for the infighting among disciples, it would be impossible for him to reuse her. However, the City Lord came forward to protect her and even adopted her as his adopted daughter, so everything became much simpler.

Huo Lingyao screamed: "Dad...how could you..."

City Lord Huo stopped her from speaking and said in a deep voice, "Feng Xingmu has done something perverse. If he really becomes your husband, how will people look at you when the truth comes out? You have already recognized his true face, so just forget about him and stop thinking about him."

Huo Lingyao was stunned when she heard this and fell to the ground.

……

Li Mo stood in front of the Hao Cang Xing Tower, looking at the Nine Mysterious Stars chessboard carved in the middle of the white jade pillar. It was said that this was drawn by the founder of Shuo Xing Pavilion, referring to the chess game he played against Tian Dao in the past. At that time, he competed with the leader of the human race, saved the world from catastrophe, and finally established unparalleled merits.

The founder of Shuoxing Pavilion once said: The world is treacherous and the human heart is hard to predict. Even though the Way of Heaven is the strongest, it cannot predict the deepest secrets of the human heart. The human heart is the most powerful weapon of the human race.

The world is like a chess game, and so are human hearts.

How to overcome nature?

Is it strength or calculation...

Su Xun came slowly to her, bowed and said goodbye to everyone in Shuoxing Pavilion, including Star Lord Ji Xing Canglan who was also seeing them off outside the palace. However, Huo Lingyao did not come. It was said that she was in a very bad mood recently. She threw a lot of things in the room and smashed them. She did not go out all day, as if she felt ashamed and could not see anyone.

Li Mo, who was standing next to Su Xun, who was returning the polite gift, raised his head and looked towards a window on the ninetieth floor of the Star Tower. There was a dark shadow with only half of its body exposed. The face could not be seen clearly and was very blurry.

Li Mo raised her eyebrows and smiled at her gently, with a smile that was very meaningful. She said to her silently from afar: "Your plan was successful, but you have to thank me..."

The black shadow was shocked and his eyes widened in disbelief...

she……

Half an hour later, Mu Chen, who was returning to the sect but taking a different route, came over. When he saw Li Mo, he asked directly, "When did you see through it?"

"See through what?"

"See through Huo Lingyao."

"..." Li Mo smiled and asked back: "You once said that Feng Xingmu would be the first one to die among us. Why did you say this when you were in the Trial Tower?"

Su Xun Yan Yi, who was standing next to him, showed a surprised expression when he heard this.

"you answer me first."

"From the first time I saw Huo Lingyao, I felt that she was very strange. Why would a city lord's daughter who is not bad in qualifications and beautiful in appearance bully others so openly and be so arrogant and domineering that people hate her? This is not in line with common sense, so I boldly guessed, why would someone with such great power disguise herself? It's because she has an even more powerful enemy. The only one in this city who is more powerful than her, except for her father, is..."

She paused and didn't say anything, but everyone present knew what she was implying...

The only person more powerful than the city lord in Xiaoye Luoxing City is the Pavilion Master of Shuoxing Pavilion.

In other words, the City Lord and the Star Lord may not be as harmonious and united as they appear.

"As things stand, the vast majority of the people in the city are more inclined to support the Star Lord, and the City Lord has become a dispensable decoration. How can he emphasize his power? His daughter is very smart. She has sacrificed her own reputation and reputation, and has repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the secular world and the Shuoxing Pavilion. She has repeatedly shown people her special status as the City Lord's daughter and the power she represents. The Shuoxing Pavilion has no choice but to tolerate her existence, which represents the highest power in the city."

"Why? Isn't that right? If, as you said, there are undercurrents between the two factions, and everyone hates the city lord's daughter, then they will be more inclined to the Star Lord and dislike the city lord even more."

"Like is not important, fear is the most important. Under the premise that the Lord of Xiaoye Luoxing City cannot surpass the Lord of Shuoxing Pavilion in strength, it is useless to win the love of the people. We can only find another way."

"Then what does this have to do with Feng Xingmu's death? And what does this have to do with Huo Lingyao? Wasn't he killed by Youyou?"

"Feng Xingmu's death was ignominious, but who was behind him? Who did he represent? Whose prestige and reputation could be damaged by his death?"

"...But he is Huo Lingyao's fiancé. Even if he is a disciple of the Star Lord..."

"So in the eyes of outsiders, Feng Xingmu doesn't like Huo Lingyao, and Huo Lingyao also makes him dislike her. They are only an engaged couple in name only."

Yan Yi stared: "Is this okay?"

"Feng Xingmu was destined to die in this Shuo Xing Conference. On the surface, he was a pawn used by the two factions to maintain balance, but in reality, he was a pawn destined to be sacrificed in the struggle between the two factions. The more Huo Lingyao acted in front of others to like him and was eager to marry him, and the more determined the city lord was to marry his daughter to him before the Shuo Xing Conference, the more everything was paving the way for his death, indicating that his death had nothing to do with them. How could the world have thought that someone who liked Feng Xingmu so much was also the mastermind behind his murder?"

Li Mo looked at Mu Chen: "Did you figure that out?" He said Feng Xingmu was the first to die among the eight people.

Mu Chen smiled evilly and said, "I can see that there is a turbulent undercurrent between the two factions. It is extremely dangerous for him to be caught in the middle."

Taking advantage of Feng Xingmu's death, he discredited the image of Star Lord Ji Xing Canglan among his disciples and the citizens. He also rescued Youyou, who could no longer stay in Shuoxing Pavilion, in a timely manner, adding a powerful force to his side, killing two birds with one stone.

One can even speculate that Huo Linyao and Youyou have actually colluded with each other for a long time, and the bullying scenes between them are actually just for outsiders to see.

So at that time, Li Mo said very meaningfully: The eldest lady is really interested.

Li Mo saw through their tricks from the beginning.

The purpose of framing Su Xun as the murderer was actually to draw out the intervention of a third party from the outside world, such as the Wentian Sect, and uncover the scandal. However, they did not expect that the elders of the Wentian Sect did not show up as planned, and a Li Mo exposed the matter and made it known to the world.

"Why are you so sure?"

"It's very simple. Who killed the gatekeeper and destroyed Feng Xingmu's body? A careful investigation will reveal the answer. Do you think Youyou is so powerful? To go deeper, where did the body of the nine-grade three-headed snake that seemed to have disappeared into thin air go? And the demon that appeared at the Shuoxing Conference... Who do you think is related to it?"

Yan Yi was shocked——"You mean..."

Li Mo smiled lightly and did not respond. Some things cannot be discussed in too much depth or detail.

The human heart is hard to predict, precisely because there are so many evil and ugly things in the world, and they are hidden too deeply.

……

Ji Xing Canglan dropped a white jade chess piece onto the chessboard, making a crisp sound. At this moment, she was playing chess with Xue Xiya. A sapphire incense burner was burning beside them. The smoke was curling up, filling the room, making everything look hazy and blurry...

Xue Xiya returned a chess piece, and Ji Xing Canglan thought for a while, then moved another white jade chess piece to a position on the chessboard, and this position was exactly in the middle - Tianyuan.

The two looked at each other, and Ji Xing Canglan suddenly said, "Before, our prediction of the candidate for Shu Yuan was wrong."

Xue Xiya lowered her long eyelashes lightly, her eyes were calm, but they seemed to be slowly changing. She was no longer as elegant and gentle as she was in front of others, nor as low-key as the deputy star master. Instead, she slowly gathered the domineering aura of a strong man, and there was a slight indifference between her eyebrows.

"Yes, it's time to change."

Chess is about change.

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