Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

"So where do you think we should start?"

Lin Bai did not immediately express his willingness to cooperate, intending to test the bottom line of the Phoenix Valley's patriarch first.

The Phoenix Valley Sect Master smiled and said, "Since we want to deal with the Shi family, we must first understand the power structure of the Shi family's top leaders."

"first."

"There are currently three people in power within the Shi family."

"First, the stone man is kind."

"That's understandable. He is the Eternal Elder of the Demon Palace Elders' Council, the Lord of the First Divine Temple, and the Patriarch of the Shi Family. Naturally, he is the most authoritative person in the Shi Family."

"Third, Shi Yuqing."

"This person is also one of the elders within the Shi family, and is also an eternal elder of the Nine Nether Demon Palace Elder Council."

"There is no doubt that he is also one of the people who truly hold power in the Shi family."

After listening to the introduction of the Phoenix Valley Sect Master, Lin Bai asked with curiosity:

"So which one of you do you plan to start with to make a breakthrough?"

The Shi family has been sitting in the Jiuyou Demon Palace for tens of thousands of years, so their roots must be deep and complicated.

The family is very prosperous. Even if there are not 100,000 members now, there are at least 20,000 or 30,000.

In such a huge family, the Phoenix Valley Patriarch chose to name these three warriors, which obviously had other intentions.

The leader of Phoenix Valley smiled mysteriously, and then said to Lin Bai:

"Shi Ren is kind and cautious. It's hard to find any flaws in his hands."

"So we have to deal with him last."

"Shi Tiande has been staying inside the Shi family for many years and rarely asks about the outside world. If you want to deal with him, you have to start from within the Shi family."

"The easiest person to deal with should be... Shi Yuqing."

The leader of Phoenix Valley finally brought the topic to Shi Yuqing. Lin Bai did not interrupt and listened carefully:

"In addition to being the Eternal Elder of the Nine Nether Demon Palace Elders Council and the elder of the Shi Family, Shi Yuqing is also the nephew of Elder Shi Renshan."

"More importantly... Shi Yuqing is still the head of the 'Treasure Pavilion' inside the Demon Palace."

"I don't need to explain what the Treasure Pavilion is, right?"

Lin Bai's eyes suddenly lit up. When the leader of Phoenix Valley mentioned the 'Treasure Pavilion', he almost understood where this Shi Yuqing came from.

The Treasure Pavilion is one of the numerous departments within the Jiuyou Demon Palace, responsible for counting and collecting the treasures and resources of the Demon Palace.

For example, if Li Guxian wants to use force against Phoenix Valley and Chunyang Sect this time, he will need a large amount of elixirs, weapons, etc.

Li Guxian would prepare a list in advance, which must state how many pills are needed, how many weapons are needed, what levels of weapons they are, etc.

After drawing up the list, Li Guxian will report it to the Council of Elders. After the Council of Elders agrees, the list will be sent to the 'Jubao Pavilion'. After the Pavilion Master of Jubao Pavilion reviews it, he will order someone to take out the relevant resources from the treasury.

Or maybe some warriors have made great contributions and the sect wants to give them special treasures as rewards, and the master of the Jubao Pavilion is also needed to take them out.

For example, the "one hundred Daluo golden pills" that Lin Bai obtained were distributed from the Jubao Pavilion.

Lin Bai's Daluo Golden Pill was originally collected in person by the Saint Elder Duanmu Peng. Shi Yuqing, who was in charge of the Jubao Pavilion, naturally did not dare to disrespect the Saint Elder Duanmu Peng and took out the Daluo Golden Pill obediently.

But if Lin Bai needed the "Daluo Golden Pill" and went to Jubao Pavilion in person to get it, Shi Yuqing, the controller of Jubao Pavilion, would definitely find an opportunity to trip up Lin Bai and make it difficult for Lin Bai to get the Daluo Golden Pill.

The leader of Phoenix Valley saw that Lin Bai was already interested, so he continued:

"Son of the Emperor, isn't it a coincidence that this elder 'Shi Yuqing' is already a warrior who has reached the Great Perfection of the Hunyuan Dao Fruit Realm."

"It's a pity that it's been thousands of years since he broke through the Great Perfection of the Hunyuan Dao Fruit Realm. More than three hundred years ago, he showed signs of a lack of lifespan."

"The Emperor's son should be very clear that these warriors who are about to die, no matter how famous they were before, will become extremely crazy when their lifespans are about to end."

"This elder Shi Yuqing is no exception."

He paused here, as if he was organizing his thoughts, and continued after a moment:

"It is likely that he started more than two hundred years ago. He used his position to steal precious medicines, elixirs, materials, fairy jade and many other treasures from the Treasure Pavilion."

"Most of these stolen treasures were exchanged by him for cultivation resources. He wanted to make a last-ditch effort to break through the Chaos Dao Fruit realm."

When he heard this, Lin Bai suddenly looked at the leader of Phoenix Valley strangely and asked with a smile:

"How come you know so much about the internal affairs of the Demon Palace?"

"And you have studied the Shi family so thoroughly?"

"How did you know that Shi Yuqing was taking advantage of his position to steal all kinds of treasures?"

Since the leader of Phoenix Valley specifically "named" Shi Yuqing, it was obvious that he had to start with this person.

Then Lin Bai must find out in advance whether the source of the Phoenix Valley Sect Master's information is reliable, so as not to be fooled by his false information, otherwise he will end up losing more than he gains.

At the same time, Lin Bai was also very curious as to why, as the patriarch of Phoenix Valley, he knew so much about the Nine Nether Demon Palace, and especially about the Shi family.

The Phoenix Valley Sect Master smiled and replied:

"If you want to deal with your enemy, you must first know his weak spot."

"As for why we are so concerned about the Shi family, the reason is very simple."

"The first, second, and third temples in the Nine Nether Demon Palace are undoubtedly the three most powerful temples in the Nine Nether Demon Palace."

"Once the Phoenix Valley and the Chunyang Sect go to war, these three temples will become our main focus!"

"We have already planned what kind of tricks we will play inside the Demon Palace."

"Unfortunately, plans couldn't keep up with changes later!"

Lin Bai gradually understood why Phoenix Valley was paying attention to the movements of the Shi family and the First Temple.

They had already planned to go to war with the Jiuyou Demon Palace in order to increase their bargaining chips and make it easier to negotiate terms with the Jiuyou Demon Palace.

Therefore, Phoenix Valley and Chunyang Sect started planning long ago to clear out the relationship networks between the First Temple, the Second Temple, and the Third Temple in case of emergency.

But later, the great ancestor of Chunyang Sect suddenly "went crazy" and did not intend to proceed according to the original plan. He planned to fight to the death with Jiuyou Demon Palace.

Naturally, Phoenix Valley was unwilling to be buried with Chunyang Sect, so they temporarily modified the plan and pushed Chunyang Sect out to take the blame, while Phoenix Valley hid behind and reaped the benefits.

Therefore, some of the "little tricks" prepared by Phoenix Valley and Chunyang Sect before could not be used for the time being.

However, I didn't expect that after the Phoenix Valley Sect Master reached an agreement with Lin Bai, he could use these "little tricks" again.

After learning whether the source of the news was reliable, Lin Bai began to seriously consider the feasibility of this matter.

"The Treasure Pavilion is equivalent to the money bag of the Nine Nether Demon Palace. If we can overthrow Shi Yuqing who controls the Treasure Pavilion, it will undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the Shi family."

"It is feasible."

Lin Bai nodded slightly and asked the Phoenix Valley Sect Master:

"But Shi Yuqing's behavior of enriching himself must be kept extremely secret. Do you have any relevant evidence?"

"If there is no evidence, even if someone reports it at the Nine Nether Demon Palace's Elders Council, with the power of the Shi family and Shi Renshan, it is estimated that they will not be able to do anything to Shi Yuqing, and will instead be bitten back by the Shi family."

The Phoenix Valley Sect Master thought for a moment and said with a smile:

"Phoenix Valley has already collected the evidence."

"Over the years, we have secretly sent people to contact Shi Yuqing several times and purchased a lot of materials from him."

"These materials are extremely precious in the demon world. As long as we publish the list of materials, we can ask Goddess Li Guxian to go to the 'Treasure Pavilion' to check and compare them."

"The materials on Jubao Pavilion's income and expenditure are clearly recorded. Even if Shi Yuqing is falsifying, it is impossible for him to be perfect."

After saying this, the Phoenix Valley Sect Master paused and continued:

"If a warrior is needed to testify, my Phoenix Valley can also send warriors to testify."

"Of course, they have ways to evade these evidences and witnesses."

"So we'd better set up a trap and catch Shi Yuqing on the spot!"

Lin Bai looked at the leader of Phoenix Valley with interest and asked, "What game?"

The leader of Phoenix Valley said: "We have already known that Shi Yuqing is looking for an extremely rare material, and it just so happens that we have this material in Phoenix Valley."

"When the time comes, we will send someone to contact Shi Yuqing and ask them to exchange it for an extremely important material from the Treasure Pavilion."

"In this way, he will definitely fall into our trap, and then we just need to catch him in the act."

Hearing the Phoenix Valley Sect Master talking about the plan, he seemed full of confidence, but Lin Bai still hadn't made a decision.

He planned to discuss the matter with Li Guxian after returning to the Demon Palace and listen to Li Guxian's opinion.

Moreover, this is just a prototype of a plan, and Li Guxian and the leader of Phoenix Valley still need to work out the details.

Lin Bai continued to think, and suddenly whispered:

"Even if we help Shi Yuqing down and your plan succeeds, and Shi Yuqing is severely punished by the Demon Palace, the Shi family can still immediately nominate a warrior to take over Shi Yuqing's job."

"Then Jubao Pavilion is still not in our hands."

The Phoenix Valley Sect Master nodded slightly and continued with a smile:

"So before we deal with Shi Yuqing, we must first deal with 'Shi Tiande', the chief elder of the Shi family."

"Because after Shi Yuqing fell, the only warrior that the Shi family could possibly nominate to take over Jubao Pavilion was Shi Tiande."

“Although the Shi family has many masters, the only one who can command the support of the people in the Nine Nether Demon Palace is Shi Tiande.”

"That is to say...if we take down Shi Tiande first and then deal with Shi Yuqing, then the Shi family will not be able to nominate other warriors to take over Jubao Pavilion."

When it came to this, the Phoenix Valley Sect Master said to Lin Bai:

“There is no one in the Shi family, but there are many idle people on Emperor Lin Bai’s side, and there are also many people who can convince the crowd.”

"The most important thing is... this is a very lucrative job. Whoever Emperor Lin Bai assigns this job to, he will definitely be able to win the support of a big family."

"For example, Yao Daogu's Yao family, Zhao Fengxia's Zhao family... and the other major families in the nine major temples that have not yet expressed their stance."

"But who will be given this position in the end depends on the ideas of Emperor Lin Bai and Goddess Li Guxian."

"It's best to give it to whoever is beneficial to us."

Lin Bai thought carefully about what the Phoenix Valley Sect Master had said before and after, and felt that the plan had a chance of success.

What’s more important is… once the Jubao Pavilion is taken away from the Shi family, the Shi family will lose a pillar in the Demon Palace.

Especially those families and warriors who are sucking blood from the Shi family will choose to leave, which will relieve a lot of pressure on Lin Bai in the Council of Elders.

"good."

"I'll think about this carefully."

Lin Bai took a deep breath and was not in a hurry to agree with the opinions and plans of the Phoenix Valley Sect Master.

The leader of Phoenix Valley obviously had not thought about convincing Lin Bai. He also hoped that Lin Bai could have a good discussion with Li Guxian after returning.

After all, the leader of Phoenix Valley could see that Lin Bai knew nothing about politics and power struggles.

Perhaps thousands of years later, or even ten or twenty thousand years later, after a long period of practice and tempering, Lin Bai will gradually understand the essence of political intrigue.

But definitely not now.

“It’s very troublesome!”

"Can't you just kill him with one sword?"

Lin Bai secretly complained in his heart. Just as the leader of Phoenix Valley said, he felt that this was too troublesome and it would be better to kill him with one sword.

But Lin Bai only dared to complain in his heart. In fact, he was not very willing to start a war.

After all, in the demon world and the spirit world, the current "cultivation realm" has reached the "ceiling" level.

The prosperous and top sects in the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm took away eight-tenths of the resources in the territory, resulting in them cultivating a large number of high-level warriors.

These high-level warriors are not only extremely powerful, but also the backbone of the sect. They are also masters that the sect has spent a lot of effort and resources to accumulate. They cannot be killed as easily as killing a chicken or a dog.

Therefore, within each sect, not just the current Nine Nether Demon Palace, but also within powerful forces such as the Chu State and Wansheng Mountain, private fighting between high-level warriors is strictly prohibited.

In order to avoid large-scale internal strife, which would lead to the death of high-level warriors in the sect and cause the sect to be unable to recover.

There is a ready-made example in the Eastern Region of the Demon Realm. The "Seven Nights Divine Sect" gradually lost its position as a prosperous force due to internal strife, which led to the death of many high-level warriors in the sect.

Since high-level warriors cannot engage in internal fighting, they can only focus their attention on conspiracies and intrigues.

Unless a world-class warrior with "great supernatural powers and the ability to transcend tribulations and ascend to heaven" appears in person, things will only become more troublesome once they intervene.