Li Yao said solemnly, "I will judge for myself whether or not I should trust you. What else have you 'sorted out'?"
"All in all," Long Yangjun said, "after the discovery of the four new Sectors, the federation's expansion — oh, I'm wrong again. The 'integration' had reached the limit for now. It had eaten too much and couldn't take it anymore. The next step was to slowly digest the four new Sectors. Then, the sharp 'claws and teeth' of the Dim Moon Squad became useless. Guo Chunfeng, the experienced director of the Secret Sword Bureau, and Jin Xinyue, the aggressive director of operations and the founder of the Dim Moon Squad, had serious disagreements.
"The final result of the disagreements was that the Dim Moon Squad was completely dismissed, and Jin Xinyue left the Secret Sword Bureau. Soon after, with the support of the big shots of the sects and the entire Blood Demon Sector, she was appointed as the minister of the Department of Equality and Development of the Federation. She also recruited the Dim Moon Fund again, making it a secret armed force that directly belonged to the Department of Equality and Development.
"Right. The existence of the Dim Moon Squad seemed to be the fuse of the conflict between Jin Xinyue and Ding Ling Dong, too. The Dim Moon Fund often caused trouble in the four new worlds, but Ding Ling Dong's Patriots Front regarded the four new worlds as their base. One of them wanted to resolve all the uncertainties quickly, while the other wanted to be more conciliatory. It was during the minor conflicts that the two parties gradually escalated.
"Basically, that's all we know. Do you have any other questions, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture?"
Li Yao scratched his head hard. His head was almost as big as twenty times bigger, giving him a weird feeling that he was no longer in charge of his own decisions. After a long daze, he said, "Well, about that, I don't care about their competition of routes. It's perfectly normal that everybody has their own ideas. I don't know the first thing about politics. Let's just leave it to the professionals. All I want to know is, did Jin Xinyue's Dim Moon Squad do anything out of the ordinary in the secret operations in the past decades?"
"What do you mean by 'outrageous operation'? If you want to ask if they are saints who abide by the law, do not care about themselves, and are willing to dedicate everything to the people of the Federation, I'm sorry to say that they are definitely not. "
Li Yao coughed dryly. "Of course, that's not what I meant."
"Got it," Long Yangjun said. "If you want to ask if they ever hurt the lives of 'innocent ordinary people' during their operation, I haven't heard anything about that yet."
Li Yao heaved a sigh of relief. "That's good."
Long Yangjun was silent for a moment before she chuckled gloatingly. "Why? Are you worried that your good disciple has broken the boundaries of the Cultivators and fallen into the abyss of the Immortal Cultivators after a hundred years of metamorphosis?"
"I won't."
Li Yao shook his head. "I believe in my own disciple. It's impossible!"
"Don't be so sure."
Long Yangjun said coldly, "I've studied your three true disciples carefully. If any of them are determined to go against your belief, this' Venomous Witch 'Jin Xinyue has the greatest potential!
"Look, when your first disciple Wu Mayan followed you, he was only a twelve or thirteen year old kid. He was only in the Qi Refinement Stage."
"When your second disciple Xie Anan followed you, she was very young, and her Cultivation was not high, either. Also, she was very simple-minded and clear-minded. She had been devoted to the world of refining for a long time."
"At that time, these two disciples' Daoist hearts had not been completely solidified, and their worldview had not been completely established. They were influenced by you, so naturally, they would be greatly influenced by you and would never betray you."
"What about Jin Xinyue?"
"When she followed you, she was already an expert in the demon king stage. Demon king, in the Cultivator's terms, is equivalent to the Core Formation Stage. It's quite rare!
"For a high-level Cultivator in the Core Formation Stage, their belief has basically been formed, and their worldview has been solidified. It is barely possible for them to be changed by external factors.
"Also, in the past hundred years, Jin Xinyue has carried a heavy burden on her shoulders. The Red Tide Plan seems to be a splendid plan, but if nobody pushes it forward step by step dutifully, it will be nothing more than a castle in the air!
"Jin Xinyue is exactly such an executor. On one hand, she has to suppress the ambitious schemers in the demon race and even raise the butcher's knife against her own compatriots. On the other hand, she has to compromise in front of the big shots of the various sects in the Federation and try to fight for the slightest interests for the demon race. She is basically pushing forward the Red Tide Plan bit by bit. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Even I feel like applauding for her!
"Under such circumstances, it is understandable even if she slightly crosses the boundaries of the Cultivators and betrays your belief. She is not a natural-born Cultivator after all. She was transformed from a demon!"
After a brief silence, Li Yao's voice gradually turned cold. "Long Yangjun, I don't know what kind of mysterious purpose you are trying to sow discord between my disciple and me, or maybe you are trying to shake my belief. However, in any case, I believe that my disciple will not betray me and the boundaries of the Cultivators! "
"Don't misunderstand me."
Li Yao's solemnity made Long Yangjun smile even more mysteriously. "Do you think that I'm trying to sow discord between you? You couldn't be more wrong. I'm only telling you so much because I truly appreciate Jin Xinyue."
"What's wrong with betrayal? Every excellent disciple has to betray their master, and every strong son has to defeat their father!
"The civilization of mankind is a civilization based on 'betrayal' in the first place. The Pangu civilization created the civilization of mankind, but human beings betrayed the Pangu civilization. The Nuwa civilization once guided and helped the civilization of mankind without sparing any effort. But right now, there are only human beings scattered in the sea of stars but no Nuwa. Why is that?
"Perhaps' betrayal 'is an irreversible gene that has been deeply branded in the deepest part of the cells of human beings. Only suspicion can lead to betrayal. Only betrayal can lead to transcendence. Only transcendence can lead to evolution. Betrayal is the highest virtue of the civilization of mankind!
"What? Do you want to see three obedient disciples who have never jumped out of your framework when you return to the Federation after a hundred years? Could it be that you don't want your disciple to open up a new path and bring some … more interesting surprises? Even I, as an outsider, am looking forward to Jin Xinyue's performance in the future! "
"My instincts were right," Li Yao said gloomily. "You are truly dangerous. What … are you exactly?"
"An audience," Long Yangjun said with a smile.
"I have never lied to you from the beginning to the end. I was really just observing in silence."
Li Yao knew that Long Yangjun would not give him a straight answer even if he kept asking.
The situation right now was very clear at first glance. The technical party and the bureaucratic party on Firefly were in conflict. The technical party intended to raise a tide of merger with the Federation without caring about anything, but the bureaucratic party extinguished it in advance with their advantages in parliament. That was all.
It was indeed inappropriate for the government of the Federation to intervene in such a delicate situation. Was that why they had sent out the 'Dim Moon Fund' under Jin Xinyue's command? Was it as simple as that?
Li Yao pondered for a moment and slapped his thigh!
How was it possible?
Since when was the whirlpool that he had been sucked into so simple? It must be a series of complicated and confusing things!
Speaking of which, Li Yao absolutely trusted that his disciple would stick to the boundaries of the Cultivators and the national interests of the Federation. Now that Tang Xiaoxing had fallen into Jin Xinyue's hands, her safety was certainly not a problem. It did not seem necessary for him to disrupt Jin Xinyue's arrangements. All he needed to do was to observe in secret.
As the saying went, 'When something happens, the disciple will do the work.' Should he take a rest this time and watch his disciple save the world in the darkness?
While pondering, Li Yao said to Long Yangjun, "Alright. Let's cut to the chase. With that in mind, let's stick to the original plan and wait and see what happens later!"
"Well, it doesn't seem very likely," Long Yangjun said. "The fellow Cultivators here have learned some other interesting information by the way. After learning that Firefly and the Chamber of Commerce are going to have a big operation in Fish Dragon City tonight, all the fellow Cultivators have come up with a lot of brand-new plans. They are already yelling that they are going to get involved."
"…" Li Yao.
"Don't blame yourself. It's not your fault. Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun, the two Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, are not idiots. It's almost like a war out there. Even if you hadn't suggested it, how could they not have captured a few people to figure out the situation? "After they basically figured out the situation, they would certainly have tried their best to keep Tang Xiaoxing in our hands so that we could reach out to the government-in-exile of the Star Ocean Republic through her. Then, we could enter the Federation as the special envoy of the government-in-exile. That's your plan, too, isn't it? It's not hard to think of. If you can think of it, so can they. Great minds think alike!"
Cold sweat was dripping down Li Yao's forehead. "Who's blaming themselves? Hey, fellow Cultivators, please retract your techniques and stop yelling. Let's calm down and keep a low profile, shall we?"
"We are very calm and low-profile," Long Yangjun said.
"The fellow Cultivators here are considering calmly and low-profile how to get Tang Xiaoxing calmly and low-profile, sneak onto Firefly calmly and low-profile, become the special envoy of the government-in-exile calmly and low-profile, and then sneak into the center of the Federation calmly and low-profile."
"Why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?" Li Yao asked.
"Just now, you only asked me about the 'Dim Moon Squad', and then you slandered me for instigating discord between you and your disciple. What could I have said? Besides, I think the plan is not bad. It's much better than us sneaking into the bottom level of the Federation as regular Cultivators! "
Li Yao cursed hard in his heart.
Deafening noises and serial explosions suddenly echoed in the front. The fireball that expanded abruptly almost drained the air in the area. The place immediately became extremely hot and depressing!
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