Mr. Daheng quickly put the copper coin away and moved over to Chen Le. He grabbed the Monarch and then left.
It did not matter. If things were exposed, then so be it. Mr. Daheng did not intend to try to keep things hidden for long anyway.
Besides, in the end, Luo Shan had escaped. Lu Yin’s scheming ran too deep, so it would have been good to keep Luo Shan around to restrain the young man. The biggest issue was still the stones. Did Luo Shan have any at all?
In Proximity, the displays returned to normal.
Wendy Yushan watched on quietly. Behind her, Sage Bodhi and an entire group of people had been watching a display showing the entire scene of Mr. Daheng attacking Luo Shan and Chen Le.
Proximity had observed everything from the very beginning.
Sage Bodhi's face revealed her displeasure. "Inform the Arboreal Realm that Mr. Daheng has attacked the Three Monarchs Universe without authorization, and ask them to send someone to take the man down and demand an explanation."
While there were various disputes within the Sixverse Association, those matters were never allowed to affect the Endless Frontier.
The Endless Frontier was already a battlefield, and it was even the primary battlefield that protected humanity from Aeternus. If disputes between the Sixverse Association’s members were allowed to spill over into the Endless Frontier, there would be unforgivable consequences to the overall war.
That was a burden that no one could afford to bear.
Of course, this was also under the assumption that such matters were known by the Sixverse Association.
Generally speaking, even if someone attacked someone else on the Endless Frontier, the matter would not be noticed by the Sixverse Association. There were countless people fighting on the Endless Frontier at all times. Who among them did not have some sort of grudge with another? As long as such matters were not discovered, there was no issue.
Everything remained hidden in the dark.
However, Mr. Daheng had attacked Luo Shan in a public manner, and the people of Proximity had watched the entire exchange take place. This was not a small matter, and if the Sixverse Association did not deliver judgment for this violation, how would order be maintained on the Endless Frontier in the future?
If the Endless Frontier was negatively impacted, the entire Sixverse Association would suffer the effects.
The Endless Frontier was not occupied solely by humans, as there were other creatures there. They could choose to ally with the Sixverse Association, but they could also choose to betray the Sixverse Association.
Mr. Daheng had never dreamed that his actions would be noticed by Proximity. The Three Monarchs Universe had no data center, which was a big reason why the Arborean had assumed that his actions would not be noticed by the Sixverse Association. However, Lu Yin’s plan had taken everything into account.
Lu Yin wanted to target Luo Shan, but he had also wanted to deal with Mr. Daheng at the same time.
The grievances between them could not be dismissed easily, which meant that Lu Yin needed to seize the initiative in order to handle matters.
If either Luo Shan or Mr. Daheng were given a chance, neither of them would let Lu Yin go, and he was fully aware of that. His goal was to unify the Sixverse Association and make it so that no one there would ever plot against him. ?
The Great Sovereign was in the process of overcoming Dukkha, and her selfishness had caused her to agree to exile the Lu family. It was all to push her own plans to deal with the Aeternals forward.
Lu Yin’s goal was to unite the Sixverse Association, and he did not care about anything else. He intended to force the Great Sovereign to pay for what she had done.
This Sixverse Association had been founded by the Great Sovereign, but it had now fallen under the Lu family’s control.
Mr. Daheng returned to the Liberation Palace in the Arboreal Realm. He had no idea that Proximity had already contacted the Arboreal Realm.
Chen Le dropped to the ground. His face was pale, and he looked quite miserable.
Wu Heng gave the man an indifferent look.
Mr. Daheng looked down at Chen Le. "Chen Le, you’ve finally visited the Liberation Palace."
Chen Le was badly frightened, as he still did not understand what was going on.
How had Mr. Daheng known that he had been in the Three Monarchs Universe, and why had the man attacked Chen Le?
Mr. Daheng looked at the fear in Chen Le's eyes. "That is a wonderful look. That expression is precisely the reason why I chose you. Unfortunately, you are nothing but Luo Shan's pawn, working against me."
Chen Le felt terribly confused. Was he Luo Shan's pawn? Since when?
"Luo Shan is certainly cruel enough. He wanted to use you to work against me, while simultaneously putting you in the Heavens Sect to work against Lu Yin. However, he overestimates himself. Does he really think that he can scheme against everyone?
"For a time, I wasn't sure if you belonged to Luo Shan. It wasn't until you sneaked into the Three Monarchs Universe that my suspicions were confirmed."
He stared at Chen Le. "Does Luo Shan have any more stones?"
This was the reason why Mr. Daheng had been so desperate to get his hands on Chen Le.
Chen Le had given the Peaks and Rivers Rock to Luo Shan out of fear of being targeted by Mr. Daheng. Lu Yin had also been worried about the same thing, which was why he had suggested it.
As far as Lu Yin and Chen Le were concerned, that action had been caused by their fear of Mr. Daheng.
But from Mr. Daheng's perspective, there could only be one reason why Chen Le had delivered the stone to Luo Shan; Luo Shan had to be collecting the stones for himself.
After ascertaining that Chen Le had always been under Luo Shan’s control, Mr. Daheng had then deduced that Luo Shan had to be the one with the stones.
It was a good deduction. The man was not an idiot, and there certainly were more stones. Unfortunately, they were with Lu Yin. Mr. Daheng’s deductions had led to the wrong person.
Chen Le was able to piece some things together, and he understood Mr. Daheng’s thoughts. It was a possibility that Chen Le had not considered. Was Mr. Daheng was certain that Chen Le had been following Luo Shan’s orders because he had secretly entered the Three Monarchs Universe?
At that moment, Chen Le understood everything. Lu Yin had suddenly ordered him to go to the Three Monarchs Universe. The order itself had already been suspicious, but Mr. Daheng’s reaction confirmed things. Had Lu Yin already planned everything out? Why? What was going to happen next?
Was Lu Yin really going to target both Luo Shan and Mr. Daheng?
Mr. Daheng was still staring at Chen Le. "I know that you fear death, so tell me. Does Luo Shan have any more stones?"
Chen Le and Mr. Daheng stared at each other. The fear in Chen Le’s eyes could not be faked. It was true that he was afraid of death, Luo Shan also did not have any stones. When Chen Le gave the one stone to Luo Shan, the man had had no idea what the stone was. Could Chen Le say that?
Lu Yin had used Chen Le to instigate Mr. Daheng into attacking Luo Shan in the Three Monarchs Universe, but Chen Le could not understand Lu Yin’s intentions. It was possible that the entire plan was to target Mr. Daheng. If that were the case, then what was Chen Le’s role to play?
Chen Le knew that he should be able to figure this out. What role did he want to play?
He started to panic. He was afraid of being destroyed by Mr. Daheng, as the possibility of being abandoned by Lu Yin was terrifying, as was the prospect of being sacrificed to Lu Yin’s schemes. Chen Le had no idea how Lu Yin wanted to handle things. Logically speaking, Chen Le, as one of the Heavens Sect’s peak powerhouses, could not be abandoned. However, Lu Yin might have decided to let Mr. Daheng kill Chen Le as a part of a greater scheme, as Chen Le’s death would give Lu Yin ample cause to openly go after Mr. Daheng.
Was that what was happening?
Chen Le’s fear grew stronger and stronger. He simply could not see through Lu Yin’s intentions.