Gu Changhuai, slightly displeased, said coldly:
“Aren’t you afraid that these people from the Xiao family, while ostensibly siding with the Xia family, are secretly colluding with the Gui Water Sect, ruining this plan?”
Xia Canonical Official shook her head, replied calmly, “It’s not up to me. Uncle Gu knows what he’s doing.”
“Uncle?” Gu Changhuai’s eyes narrowed, “Are you referring to… Master Xia?”
“Yes,” Xia Canonical Official nodded, “This time, the Xia family came to the Qianxue State Boundary, and all matters are solely handled by Uncle.”
Gu Changhuai remained silent.
Involving a Dao Court Inspector, as a Supervisor, he could only keep quiet.
Gu Changhuai turned his head, no longer looking at Xia Canonical Official, but instead gazed at the dark river water, with furrowed brows, pondering something.
Xia Canonical Official also stopped looking at Gu Changhuai.
She appeared calm, looking straight ahead, her gaze firm.
The two seemed to have a falling out, refusing to look at each other.
Mo Hua sighed slightly, but at the same time, he was also silently pondering.
Master Xia… Who on earth is this?
Inspector…
It seems their status should be higher than a Supervisor, able to suppress Uncle Gu. Their cultivation must at least be Feather Transformation, and it seems their authority is also vast.
“This Master Xia, received intelligence from the Xiao family, and using the incident at the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons as an excuse, citing the lack of scholarly atmosphere at the Qian Learning State Boundary, extended his influence into the Taoist Court of Qianxue State Boundary…”
The first step is to investigate the Gui Water Sect.
But what is the reason for investigating the Gui Water Sect?
To show loyalty to the Taoist Court, to uphold the Taoist Law?
Mo Hua shook his head.
And after investigating the Gui Water Sect?
What will the Xia family, or rather, this “Master Xia” do?
Mo Hua furrowed his brows, feeling the situation becoming increasingly chaotic.
Everyone wants to interfere, and the Qianxue State Boundary is about to become a mess.
“Think about it slowly later…”
For now, the immediate priority is to capture the Water Yama.
Originally, Mo Hua was quite confident, but with the Xiao family mixed in, he felt a vague sense of unease.
Things are getting more and more complicated.
And, does Master Xia really trust the Xiao family that much? For such a crucial matter as eradicating water bandits, capturing the Water Yama, would he really let the Xiao family interfere?
Mo Hua found it a bit hard to believe.
He couldn’t figure it out, and at this moment, he remembered the words Elder Master Xun had taught him before:
“Don’t only consider things from your own perspective, or you will inevitably be short-sighted and have limited understanding, getting caught in dead ends without realizing it.”
“Learn to stand at a high vantage point and look down from above.”
“Put yourself in the shoes of an ‘Ancestor’ and think about how they see things…”
“Consider yourself an Ancestor…”
Even if Master Xia isn’t an Ancestor, they hold a high position, and naturally view matters from a top-down perspective.
Mo Hua put himself in their shoes for a moment.
The Water Yama is important to him.
But to a cultivator of Master Xia’s level, it probably doesn’t even matter to him.
The Water Yama is just one of his pawns.
Even the Xiao family and Gui Water Sect are his pawns.
This time, he drove a tiger to swallow a wolf, letting the Xiao family consume the Water Yama pawn while also using it to grab a handle on the Gui Water Sect, and perhaps…
Testing the Xiao family?
If the Xiao family obediently kills the water bandits and captures the Water Yama, it would show their allegiance is sincere.
If the Xiao family schemes behind the scenes, it would reveal their ulterior motives.
If the Xiao family indeed harbors ulterior motives, feigning compliance while acting against orders, then once Master Xia finishes dealing with the Gui Water Sect, he might turn his hand and take care of the Xiao family as well…
Driving a tiger to swallow a wolf, and then killing both the tiger and the wolf.
The more Mo Hua thought about it, the more it made sense, and he couldn’t help but mutter to himself:
“These people, so many schemes, and such dirty minds…”
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