His words were like a cluster of frigid mist that was close to absolute zero. It completely froze the tiny secret chamber and the three leaders into icicles, too.
Having managed the three renowned sects for almost a hundred years, none of the three leaders were fools. Just now, they had lost their cool because of their fury. After Jin Xinyue threw out the shocking bomb, they calmed down in the shortest amount of time.
"Jin Xinyue, so, you've been …"
"Leader Pang, you're wrong. I've always been loyal to the Federation. In the past hundred years, I never thought of betraying the Federation."
Jin Xinyue's eyes were bloodshot, as if something terrible was about to break out of her eyeballs. She said coldly, "In the past hundred years, my people and I have joined the Xing Yao Federation sincerely. We gritted our teeth and pledged our loyalty to the country without caring about anything!
"Let's take myself for example. Back when I was in the Secret Sword Bureau, when I was in the Dim Moon Fund, and when I was in the Ministry of Development, how many things have I done for the Federation? How many dirty, exhausting, and hard jobs have I done that other people would not bother to do? How many times have I suppressed the dissatisfaction and resistance of my people in person?
"I can say with confidence that Jin Xinyue's loyalty to the Federation in the past hundred years can be witnessed by the sun and the moon!
"However, hehe. Hahaha. Hehehehe. Hahahaha! How has the Federation repaid me? I've done so many things and sacrificed so much, but they can't see it at all. Yet, whenever my methods are slightly out of line, they will seize my weakness and bite me hard!
"Or maybe, now that the situation in the seven Sectors of the Federation has been stabilized, it's time to throw away the bow after the birds are gone and cook the hounds after the hares are gone. Someone like me, whose hands are stained with blood and whose job is to do the dirty work, can be thrown away like a dirty, smelly rag?"
Jin Xinyue's eyes were redder and redder. Her voice was louder and louder. Her face was more and more hideous. Her hair was messy, and she looked like a crazy devil.
"When other people wronged me, struck me, and suppressed me, I managed to hold it in. But as it turned out, even Ding Lingdang, my good masteress, bit me like a rabid dog without caring about our relationship at all, just so that she could climb up to the throne of the Supreme Speaker by stepping on my head!
"Hehe. How is a simple-minded, idiotic cow qualified to be the Speaker of the Federation? Does she deserve it? Will? Can she? I'm definitely ten times better than her as the speaker! Ten times! Ten times!
"If you're heartless, I'll be damned if I'll be. Since the Federation treats its heroes in such a way, since the people hate their heroes so much, and since Ding Ling Dong is hostile to her husband's disciple, why should I care?
"All in all, you were right last time. Those who are not my own kind are bound to have different intentions. I'm a demon in the first place, and I don't belong to the Federation. We surrendered a hundred years ago. What's the big deal if we surrender again a hundred years later?
"All in all …"
She flicked the cigarette to one side softly. Craning her neck, she truly looked like a creepy snake as she slithered toward the three leaders and smiled. "A hundred years ago, I swore that I would be the Speaker of the Federation. It was a vow that I made to my father, Jin Tuyi. Nobody could stop me at any cost or by any means!
"I was planning to become the Speaker of the Federation through legal methods and lead the Federation to resist the Imperium. Believe it or not, that was my plan.
"But the Federation didn't give me a chance. The public didn't give me a chance. Even Ding Ling Dong regarded me as her enemy! Ha. Did you see what the news said about me? 'The second Lu Zui, the traitor of the Federation'! Tsk, tsk, tsk. You really haven't seen what a 'traitor' looks like, idiots! "
The three leaders looked at each other thoughtfully and saw the vague brilliance flowing inside each other's eyes.
But none of them were willing to be the first to speak. They were all deep in thought.
"All in all, I've been forced into a dead end. I have no choice but to resort to desperate measures!"
Jin Xinyue took a deep breath and managed to calm herself down, but her hands were still shivering. She took out a long, thin cigarette, but she held it in her hands and rubbed it into powder subconsciously.
She stared at the three big shots and said, "What are you hesitating for?
"Your situation is no better than mine. We've been tied to each other for decades. We live and die together!
"Yes. With your reputation and position, even if you are skinned, you will still be able to live for a while longer. You might not necessarily be imprisoned. Or rather, on the surface, you will still be the glorious big shots standing at the top of the Federation.
"But you all know that after the series of scandals, your backbones have been shattered brutally. Your sects and families are like dews before the sun rises. There is not much time for you to shine!
"I think that none of you are afraid of death. In fact, you aren't even afraid of losing your reputation and being imprisoned. At your level of cultivation, you are already so old. Added together, you are more than a thousand years old. These things don't matter.
"But you are scared that the sects and families that have been passed on for a thousand years will be destroyed in your hands. You are scared that new forces will rise and stomp on your face so hard that you will never be able to rise again. You are scared that your descendants will become mediocre people. You are scared that your strength will fade away bit by bit until it is completely obliterated in the glory of the Federation, just like the sects that we crushed together in the past decades, right?
"But it's useless to be scared. With everything coming to this point, is there any way to protect your sects and families and even make them reach a higher level other than surrendering to the Imperium?"
It was as if the three Sect Leaders had drunk the worst wine. Their faces and ears were all red, and their breathing was rapid.
Jin Xinyue smiled again, with madness, aggression, and arrogance. "Stop pretending, leaders. I've seen through the leaders of the major sects and families like you a long time ago.
"In fact, for you, the so-called 'path of the Cultivators' is not important at all, right? You only became Cultivators because you happened to be born in the Xing Yao Federation, a country of Cultivators. Your loyalty to the Xing Yao Federation is based on the tremendous benefits that the Xing Yao Federation can bring to you, too!
"Your belief, the source of strength that has supported you to reach your current level, has nothing to do with the Cultivators or the Immortal Cultivators. It is your sects and families, isn't it? Your sects and families are your everything. For your sects, families, and bloodlines to be passed on and carried forward, you can sacrifice anything, including yourself and the Federation. That is what you think in the deepest part of your heart, isn't it? "
The expressions of the three highly respected Sect Masters with profound cultivation bases finally changed at the same time.
"It doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter. It is only human nature. How many people are truly loyal to their 'beliefs'? For the vast majority of people, even if they reach the Nascent Soul realm, they are still ordinary people!
Jin Xinyue opened her hands and narrowed her eyes. Sniffing the cigarette that she had just crumbled, she mumbled in fascination, "How fragrant."
"You …"
Leader Pang, who was the largest of the three leaders and looked like a mountain of meat, finally could not hold it in any longer. His bean-sized eyes that were embedded in the folds of his fat rolled quickly for a long time. Looking at the other two Cultivators next to him, he gritted his teeth and asked, "Are you certain that we will win?"
Jin Xinyue smiled and patted away the tobacco powder in her palm. She said slowly, "There are thousands of changes in a war. Of course, there is no guarantee that we will win the war.
"However, if you think about it carefully, the expedition army of the Imperium is very strong in the first place. Even if we don't betray them and fight them together, we may not be able to defeat them.
"But right now, I have a batch of elite warriors of the Blood Demon Sector in my hands. A fleet in the Union Army is absolutely loyal to me, too. Together with the strength of the leaders and the people behind you, how much trouble can we cause in the Tian Yuan Realm, the heartland of the Federation?
"If the Black Wind Fleet takes advantage of the situation and loots the burning house, you can deduce what the result will be yourself!"
A thin layer of cold sweat appeared on the faces of the three Sect Leaders.
Jin Xinyue looked at them in mockery and said, "Stop pretending. I don't believe that you have never considered the possibility of surrendering to the Imperium of True Human Beings. Big families and sects such as you are the most unreliable. In order to survive the changes of dynasties, it is your survival instinct to play tricks on both sides. Hehe. Why are you pretending to be loyal right now? When the situation is really not good, you will be the first to surrender!
"All in all, even if the Black Wind Fleet does conquer the federation, those people are all warriors who are unfamiliar with the place. How can they do without the help of the big sects in the local areas if they want to govern the place and loot for resources?
"By then, not only will you not be destroyed together with the federation, it is also possible that you will rise to new heights and extend the tentacles of your families and sects to the four new worlds and even more worlds in the future!
"Did I hit the nail on the head, Sect Masters?"
The faces of the three big shots were obviously unnatural.
Jin Xinyue smiled. "Let me tell you, your plan is not working out this time. You want to lead the way for the Imperium's army? I'm sorry, but such a glorious and sacred job has already been seized by me in advance. It will never be the turn of the renowned sects such as yours.
"However, we have been cooperating with each other for almost a hundred years after all. Our cooperation in the past has always been quite pleasant. You all know that I am not an ungrateful person. I value my conscience, my relationships, and my friends. Besides, I am not strong enough on my own after all. Therefore …" Li Yao smiled bitterly and said, "You all know that I am not strong enough to do anything on my own.
"Hehe. There is no tea today, only wine. 'Red Guts Dragon's Blood Wine', the strongest wine in the Blood Demon Sector!
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