Guo Chunfeng was dumbfounded. It took him ten seconds to slowly open his mouth.
His every tooth, including his tonsils, was emitting unbelievable brilliance. The brilliance condensed into a brief question. "Provocation?"
"Yes."
Lu Zui smiled frankly. "For Ding Ling Dong, a woman known as' Blazing Devilish Dragon 'by the demon race, is there any method more effective than provocation?"
Guo Chunfeng shut his mouth hard. Narrowing his eyes, he said coldly, "I will tell her. She is my friend. I will not allow you to fool her like that."
"It doesn't matter …"
Lu Zui seemed to have exhausted all his energy in the process of bewitching Ding Lingdang. Like a torch that had been burnt out, his body became more and more hunched. The black spots gradually covered his entire body and were turning into wisps of black gas that were spreading toward his head.
The last brilliance inside his eyes was gone. His pupils were completely melted into his eyeballs. Guo Chunfeng could not even tell whether or not he had lost his eyesight, but he vaguely felt that his old boss had gained a pair of terrifying eyes that were both hollow and deep, which seemed to be able to see through one's heart.
Lu Zui's body, which was on the verge of collapse, could not support his huge head anymore. He crawled a few steps on the wall and fixed himself in the corner. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he said with a smile, "After this failure, I realized that, in a competition that has lasted for a hundred years, all schemes will have loopholes, and failure is a high probability event. In such a chess game, the only truly effective thing is an open scheme."
"Just now, I was not scared that you would overhear my conversation with Ding Ling Dong. I am not scared that Ding Ling Dong would overhear my conversation with you right now, either! Provocation is an open scheme in itself. Those who are provoked will be mired in it even if they can break free for now! The fury, regret, and ambitions that are triggered have long been buried in the target's heart. Once they are awakened, they will not fall asleep easily!
"Anger and hatred are both extremely powerful forces that can be condensed into unstoppable sabers and swords. Just now, I've already seen the infinite anger in Ding Lingdang's eyes. This is far more useful than giving her an unmatched spiritual seed! Much more useful!"
"You are too … despicable."
Guo Chunfeng could not help but shudder. "So, you did not choose Ding Lingdang because she is Li Yao's woman. You chose her as the Sword Grabber because of her potential and capability!"
"Wrong again."
Lu Zui's face was crawling with black lines like a Boston Ivy. Spots of light flickered in the depths of the black lines, as if his brain was in the midst of an incomparably brilliant burning.
His voice was so low that it was barely audible, as if it were from the deepest level of hell. Guo Chunfeng had to bend over and listen carefully in order to hear it. "Ding Ling Dong was not the Sword Grabber that I chose. She was chosen by Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao. I was merely enlightening her on behalf of the deceased Fellow Cultivator Zhou."
"Only a pure warrior like Zhou Hengdao would like a successor like Ding Ling Dong, wouldn't he? How can I admire a female gorilla who jumps up and down at the slightest disagreement?! "
"As for the most ideal successor in my heart … Do you really need to ask? I said it when we were on Hidden Star. Of course, it's you, Ah Feng! "
Guo Chunfeng's body suddenly stiffened, and his face turned extremely weird.
Grunting noises were echoing from Lu Zui's throat, as if a few, if not all, of the veins all over his body had been burnt, broken, and shattered. They were surging up to his throat together with blood.
Guo Chunfeng tried his best to piece together his words from the noises. "Who says that there can only be one Sword Grabber? Since the Patriots Partnership in the past had two leaders, the Patriots Front in the future will naturally have two, too!
"The Patriots Partnership that I created is destined to be destroyed. Not even the slightest residue should be left. It has been decided since the moment I raised my saber against my compatriots despite universal condemnation. Nothing can stop it!
"But I still hope that the core of the organization can be passed on.
"It is exactly because the core of the organization needs to be passed on that the new Patriots Front should be completely cut off from the old Patriots Partnership on the surface. It must not have anything to do with the old Patriots Partnership at all. It must be open, pure, and able to withstand the fiercest sunlight. That is the only way that it will not give anybody a chance to attack it. That is the only way that it can step onto the battlefield in the future openly with a brand-new appearance!
"That is why I talked to Ding Ling Dong like that. As for the effect, you have seen it yourself. I believe that her Patriots Front will certainly create a new situation, won't it?
"However …
The train of Lu Zui, the greatest careerist of his life, was sliding to the end. Centered at his eyes, the last brilliance on his face faded away quickly, as if he were turning into a vivid statue.
After the word 'however', there was a long pause before a feeble voice echoed from the depths of the 'statue'. "Ding Ling Dong alone may not be enough. Ah Feng, since you love the Federation, the land, and all the compatriots on the land, just fulfill your responsibility as a citizen of the Federation and become another Sword Grabber. Supervise the demons and protect the Federation in your own way!"
Guo Chunfeng could not have been more conflicted.
He had been holding Lu Zui's spiritual seed in his hand, but after hearing Lu Zui's words, he could not help but loosen his grip. After hesitating for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and pushed the spiritual seed back.
"I … refuse!"
Guo Chunfeng's voice was hoarse and painful. "Old Director, you don't know that it is impossible for me to supervise the demons as a Sword Grabber! It will be a great joke! You'd better choose another Sword Grabber. I will help you transfer the spiritual seed to him! "
"Hehe …"
Low laughter or crying echoed deep inside Lu Zui's petrified chest. His eyes that had been drowned in the swamp of death beamed out the sharpness that seemed to have seen through everything for the last time. The withered hands that were burning with black flames picked up the spiritual seed softly and pushed it into Guo Chunfeng's arms again.
Lu Zui's eyes gradually turned gentle. Looking at the most excellent subordinate that he had raised carefully for decades, he was like a strict father looking at his most excellent child.
With a mysterious smile popping up on his face, he said in a voice as soft as a feather, "It's alright. Just take it. Maybe … I already know it."
The air that he spat out was not sucked back. Lu Zui's eyes sank into the immeasurable swamp again.
This time, they did not float up.
The mysterious smile lingered on his lips forever. Lu Zui's head gradually turned to one side.
Different from Zhou Hengdao, who died with everlasting regret, his eyes were closed very soon, as if he could not wait to meet his old wife in the netherworld. However, he crossed his hands in front of his chest and crouched like a child who had made a mistake. He was probably not sure whether or not his old wife would berate or even reject him for what he had done in the human world.
Guo Chunfeng was left alone in bewilderment, shock, chills all over his body, and his internal organs were on fire. Holding his father's body that was gradually cooling into a pile of ashes, he was in a daze.
Ten thousand thunders were echoing inside Guo Chunfeng's head!
He knows? He knows! What does he know exactly? When did he know it?
In any case, the question could not be answered. It was destined to haunt Guo Chunfeng for the rest of his life.
Lu Zui, the former director of the Secret Sword Bureau, the founder, the first, and the last leader of the Patriots Partnership, the planner of the explosion in the square of the Federation and the assassination of Speaker Jiang Hailiu, a high-level Yuanying Stage Cultivator, and a true and false patriot, had finally burnt up his life and soul and died for good!
Outside of the White Silver Fortress, the setting sun was making the last struggle on the ridge.
Perhaps, just like Ding Ling Dong said, with Lu Zui's death, an old era was slowly coming to an end.
The new era of the Federation, which belonged to the new generation of Cultivators and patriots, was about to arrive!
…
Three days later, at the edge of the Tian Yuan Realm, a small starship was flying toward Flora Satellite III.
Flora Satellite IX was the ninth satellite and the smallest satellite of the Flora God Planet, the fifth planet in the Heaven's Origin Sector.
There was no atmosphere or liquid water in this place, which was unsuitable for the survival of ordinary people. The resources here were rather poor, too. It was not worth developing on a large scale.
Also, it was blocked by the magnificent ring of the Flora God Planet. Few people knew of its existence.
Therefore, it was a quiet, unfrequented place. Even the Cultivators who wanted to train in the vacuum of space would not choose this place.
The starship, which was no larger than a yacht, slowly landed on the surface of Flora Satellite IX. On the head of the starship, a giant 'Li' was glittering in the sea of stars.
In fact, the small starship from the Flying Star Sector was a super luxurious yacht with a super high performance in the first place. It was used by the magnates of the Flying Star Sector for their vacation.
Hearing that Li Yao had returned to the Tian Yuan Realm, the Glorious Sunlight Group in the Flying Star Sector hurried to allocate a yacht of the highest level for his training in the sea of stars.
"Chi …"
Hardly had the starship landed when it automatically triggered a spiritual shield that covered one square kilometer and established an artificial boundary. Oxygen was poured into the spiritual shield to simulate gravity.
Li Yao and Ding Ling Dong flew out in thin mustard-seed spacesuits.
They were both seasoned Cultivators. Even without oxygen and gravity, they could survive in the vacuum of space with 'internal breathing'. They could even do strenuous activities for a long time.
Three days ago, when Lu Zui died after burning up his life, the spiritual seed that he passed on to Guo Chunfeng, on the other hand, contained tremendous secrets of the Patriots Partnership, including a letter that was carved with his soul.
With the help of the confidential information and the seed, the last remnants of the Patriots Partnership finally collapsed, and the whole issue was resolved perfectly.
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