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Chapter 1297 - Chapter 1297 Chapter 589 Leave a Way Out

Chapter 1297: Chapter 589: Leave a Way Out Chapter 1297: Chapter 589: Leave a Way Out Everyone in the arena felt a deep disappointment toward Ying Yan, with only the Master of Bifang Mountain sighing faintly in his heart.

Illusion Technique is, after all, just an illusion, such a simplistic and absolute decree is not so much overbearing and unparalleled as it is a young person’s self-indulgent fantasy.

Every force has its dual aspects of yin and yang, to regard all those who oppose as enemies solely due to their opposition reflects a superficial understanding.

Let alone Ying Yan’s growth to a king-level realm, if only he had truly led a faction himself, understood the will of the people, then making such a decision would have been utterly different.

But now it is too late for any words, saying the wrong things at the wrong time is like sowing the seeds of regret.

Ultimately, he’s still a child who just set foot on the path of cultivation, his life experience is too shallow…

Cao Jinyu, who skillfully used the illusion to win people over to his side, was not satisfied yet and spoke again to guide them, “Your holiness Ying Yan, these forces have wide-reaching implications, many innocents involved, such an order will only lead to a world stained with blood, so please spare them!”

“Spare them?” Ying Yan scoffed coldly, “Fine, I will spare them!”

“Hum!”

A bright silver mace made of Spiritual Power suddenly appeared, resonating with a silvery light, the unique skill of the Han Family’s Battle Edge Tactics!

While everyone was baffled as to why Ying Yan conjured a spirit weapon, they heard him say, “All relatives connected to the Three Realms Holy Land, those shorter than the silver mace may live, the rest shall be executed!”

The unedged quadrangular silver mace, including the handle, was a total of four feet long (1.2 meters), and normally developed children aged six or seven years old would be this height.

In other words, after these terms, the leniency Ying Yan was willing to grant only extended to children and infants under the age of six or seven.

This method was more brutal than what the Three Realms Holy Land had done initially; after breaching the Han Family’s holy land, the An Clan had merely confined the remaining fair women and children of the Han Family, but Ying Yan intended to kill all these people.

It turns out that when the victim becomes the aggressor, their retaliation is a hundredfold more ferocious!

Wei Hanyuan, who had earlier stood up for Ying Yan, now only held anger in his eyes for his misfortune, without a hint of pity.

The timing was almost perfect.

Looking at everyone’s expressions, Cao Jinyu smiled with the confidence that everything was under his control. After the “cooperation” just now, no matter what he did to Ying Yan now, these people would no longer stop him.

Finally, he could show the full extent of his abilities.

Ten-thousand-year Glance, Spiritual Power at full throttle!

His pupils transformed into beams of light that pierced directly into Ying Yan’s eyes, breaking through the defense of the soul in an instant, tearing through the chaos within the Sea of Consciousness.

In just an instant, it felt like millenia had passed; Cao Jinyu became an observer, freely reading Ying Yan’s Sea of Consciousness.

He saw the Han Family, who had changed their names and hidden themselves on the secluded islands in the outer seas, living among the exiled heretics and plotting to return to the pinnacle of their holy land.

No wonder the Han Family’s traces couldn’t be found on the four continents; they had indeed abandoned the mainland’s resources, entertaining a ridiculous dream of sustaining a holy land with the meager resources of barren islands.

He saw how, over the years, the Ying Clan had used trade as a guise to visit various state capitals, quietly embedding clan disciples into various sects.

In Longzhou alone, the Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion, Yulin Pavilion, and Wuji Mansion each had a mole planted, all possessing the stature of a true successor.

He also saw the Han Family’s contingency plans; those leftover Minor Spiritual Realms, lamenting that Ying Yan was too young and of too low a status to clearly see any specific locations except for one Minor Spiritual Realm.

But luckily, this fixed Minor Spiritual Realm was the Ying Clan’s most important food supply source.

It truly seemed as if heaven was on my side.

Dismissing the Ten-thousand-year Glance, Cao Jinyu bowed to Master Bifang Mountain and said, “Many thanks to the Master. Jinyu’s wish has been fulfilled. The illusion created by the Ten-thousand-year Glance will naturally dissipate after a month, and the spiritual wear will recover in a few days. With this, our promise would be considered fulfilled, wouldn’t it?”

Looking at the still befuddled Ying Yan, Master Bifang Mountain shook his head and sighed, “Great Commander, you have impressive skills.”

“The Master flatters me. Such minor tricks are not worth mentioning. Now, I shall take my leave.”

“Great Commander, please wait.”

After much consideration, Master Bifang Mountain still spoke up to retain him, using a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Ying Yan has been fostered in the Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion since childhood, away from her clan members, with only a single-minded determination sustaining her. Please do not take the nonsense she spoke under the spell to heart. That Ying Clan…”

“Please rest assured, Master,” Cao Jinyu said with a slight smile and a nod. “If the entire Ying Clan harbored such animosity toward the Three Realms Holy Land as Ying Yan does, they couldn’t have escaped the scrutiny of the King’s patrols even in the outer seas. Presumably, such individuals are in the minority. I, as the Great Commander, will naturally deal with them justly.”

“If that’s the case… then that is good.”

Cao Jinyu waved goodbye to everyone and transformed into a beam of light, swiftly disappearing at the peak of Master Bifang Mountain.

Only the complex-faced members of Martial Saint Mountain remained, looking with a mix of sorrow and incomprehension at Ying Yan, who was still lost in her fantasy of the Saint Lord.

Perhaps this young person had no idea what he had just been through. Maybe it’s for the best this way.

“I ask the two of you to escort Ying Yan back to the Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion, and report this matter to the sect master for his judgment,” instructed Master Bifang Mountain to the two disciples from Hundred Herbs Immortal Mansion who had brought Ying Yan to Bifang Mountain. After speaking, he disappeared from the peak of Master Bifang Mountain.

The grandmasters from Martial Saint Mountain and the powerhouses from Bifang Mountain itself, one by one, departed as well.

…

Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you fight a hundred battles without danger.

In other words, if you don’t know the details of your opponent, rushing into battle can lead to peril.

The most difficult thing in the world is for someone with a plan to overturn the schemes of one who is unprepared.

War is like chess, if one can prepare in advance, perhaps there is a chance to turn the situation around in the mid-game or end-game. But without preparation and inferior skills, defeat is like a river’s collapse, difficult to reclaim.

This was the situation now facing Cao Jinyu and Dutian Heavenly King, a game where even closing their eyes, they could not lose–a sure victory at their fingertips.

If they won this battle, it would resolve the biggest concern of the Three Realms Holy Land. As long as the Han Family remained, the An Clan would not have peace, feeling as if a fishbone was stuck in their throat.

As the old saying goes, there are only so many days one can be a thief, but there are not that many days one can guard against a thief. If you can rid yourself of the thief once and for all, then the Three Realms Holy Land can truly be at ease.

But Cao Jinyu also had his own considerations. The Han Family, lying dormant for a thousand years, may have been severed from their highest lineage, but their foundation still remained. Even the decaying Ying Clan, isolated overseas, had produced several Grandmasters. But this surely wasn’t the entirety of the Han Family.

The Ying Clan was but one branch of the Han Family, but how many branches there were in total, Cao Jinyu was unclear. Only after leveling the Ying Clan could he trace the vine to find and root out the remaining offshoots.

What followed was bound to be a bloody battle, and Cao Jinyu’s role would be orchestrating the middle of it and ensuring the Beast Taming Sect maintained its strength through the shifting landscape.

After all, once the Han Family had been handled, the powers of the world would need to be reshuffled, and it was only right for him to make plans for the longer term.

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