"Yes. Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin must've intended to kill me a long time ago. However, if they attacked me when everything was peaceful, not only would it raise the suspicion of the other managers and shareholders of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, but it would also infuriate Blackstar the Great. It was too risky."
Jin Yuyan said calmly, as if he were talking about a stranger when he mentioned his wife. "However, Red Lady's ambush gave them a great opportunity to blame my death on the four families and take over everything that I left behind logically. That's why Qi Yuanbao took the risk.
"Had it not been for the unexpected factor that was you, he probably would've succeeded. As long as he could've stabilized the situation and led the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors to defeat the coalition fleet of the four families, I don't think that Blackstar the Great would've said anything later or care how I died exactly.
"After all, as the saying of the Immortal Cultivators goes, the victors are not punished!"
"However, Qi Yuanbao's fatal attack did not work out. You are still alive."
Li Yao curled his fingers and tapped his thigh softly. "So to speak, Qi Yuanbao's attack was very hasty too. It was very possible that he was not prepared yet. Also, he did not dare to report what happened in the Seven Seas Grand Market to Wuying Qi at all. Otherwise, Wuying Qi would've killed him if he discovered that he was such a troublemaker who put his cause at unnecessary risk.
"Director Jin, what do you think Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin will do next?"
"They will probably convene a temporary meeting of managers and shareholders to win the support of all the managers and shareholders so that they can temporarily take over the supreme power of the Business Alliance as well as the authority to command the garrisons and special squads under the Business Alliance."
Jin Yuyan said, "The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors has five senior managers, more than forty managers of different levels, and more than a hundred influential shareholders. Behind those managers and shareholders are countless warlords and Sector Masters from the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, as well as the frustrated middle class of the four Kurfürst families.
"If Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin want to succeed, they have to win the support of those people. Considering that the coalition fleet of the four families will launch a destructive strike on the Seven Seas Grand Market in a couple of days, a lot of warlords and Sector Masters from the peripheral worlds, as well as the bottom-level and middle-level people within the four families, are also considering which side they should take in a hurry. Should they destroy the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors according to the will of the Kurfürsten, which will also burn their money bags and the hope of a comeback, or should they simply raise their flags and fight the big shots of their families who are shitting on their necks?
"The matter cannot be delayed forever. If the Seven Seas Grand Market is in chaos for more than twenty-four hours, many people in the four coalition fleets will certainly turn on each other and completely wipe out the interests and friendships that have been established for more than a hundred years.
"Therefore, Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin must get all the permissions in one day and become the new leaders of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors!"
"Then …"
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think it's possible that they can convince the managers and shareholders? Or rather, they obviously have something to rely on when they are bold enough to do such a risky thing. How many people in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors do you think are their potential allies or even accomplices? "
"If we are not considered, it is very likely that Qi Yuanbao will succeed as the temporary director of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors."
Jin Yuyan said, "First of all, the capitals of the 'Wuying group' and the big shots behind them must've supported him and Wuying Qinxin. They even had a secret alliance in advance, but they were all bought over by Blackstar the Great. Secondly, the outside world does not know the truth and thinks that I was assassinated by the four families. Then, my loyal subordinates and the resources under my control will all fall into Wuying Qinxin's hands and be used by her to support Qi Yuanbao. Thirdly, a great war is coming. Without a leader, it will be suicidal. The coalition fleet of the four families is about to march into the Seven Seas Space Zone. As long as Qi Yuanbao behaves tough enough, nobody will compete with him at this moment. Even the senior managers who do not like him will certainly consider the big picture."
"That is to say …"
Li Yao said, "We have to unveil Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin's scheme in twenty-four hours when they hold the temporary meeting of managers and shareholders in order to stop them?"
"It's a pity that nobody will believe us."
Looking at his thick and clumsy body, Jin Yuyan smiled bitterly again. There was sorrow and helplessness in his hoarse voice. "My body right now is a woman from inside to outside. Even my soul has been slightly mutated under the influence of the 'Soul Transfer Technique'. The soul mark that I condense is completely different from the past. I can't even open the safes that I locked, the bills that I signed, or the Cosmos Rings that I sealed in the past. How can other people believe that I am the real Jin Yuyan?
"As for 'Vulture Li Yao', it is even less likely that you will be exposed. You are a great traitor that everybody in the reformists knows. All the assassin groups and mercenary groups under the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors have received high bounties for you. Too many people are sharpening their blades to take your life. You will be drowned by the storm of bullets the moment your real identity is revealed.
"Think about it. According to the news from the capital, you have been bribed by the four families and betrayed the reformists. Now, you suddenly showed up in the Seven Seas Grand Market, and even Red Lady betrayed the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and tried to assassinate me. How are you going to explain the whole thing? If you were an outsider who knew nothing, would you believe that the woman who looks like a gorilla next to 'Vulture Li Yao' is Jin Yuyan and the bulls * it about the 'Soul Transfer Technique'? "
Li Yao scratched his hair. "It does seem rather difficult to explain."
"The so-called explanation means' telling the truth '. But here comes the more critical problem. It is impossible for you to tell the truth!"
Jin Yuyan continued, "In order to unveil Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin's scheme, you have to confess your real identity and background. Then, you have to let everybody know that you are a Cultivator from Firefly that has been on the run for a thousand years.
"It's a pity that not all Immortal Cultivators consider money, capital, and profit as their belief as I do. As long as there is a thousand% profit, I can even form an alliance with the Cultivators through blood.
"Most of the Immortal Cultivators' disgust, hatred, and wariness for the Cultivators are deeply rooted to their bones. Your real identity is even more clandestine than 'a traitor bribed by the four families'. Besides, you have also destroyed 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. Countless people in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors have lost tremendous investments and a lot of promising researchers.
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. The five senior deacons, dozens of common deacons, and hundreds of shareholders large and small have mostly invested in 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky'. Many of them have even sponsored the slaughter stream in private. But after your interference, they have all suffered such a great loss that their eyeballs are bleeding.
"Even if they don't care that you are a Cultivator, they won't be fond of you at all. How are you going to persuade them?"
Li Yao scratched his head quickly. "Well …"
"One more thing. Qi Yuanbao knows that I'm not dead and that you exist. With his cunningness, it shouldn't be difficult for him to guess your identity."
Jin Yuyan raised the difficulty again. "I don't know if Blackstar the Great revealed part of your real identity to Qi Yuanbao in private, but I assume that he did. Although the universe is a vast place, there are few places that a Cultivator like you can go to. If you can think of cooperating with me, it's possible that Blackstar the Great didn't think of it.
"Then, it's not impossible for him to reveal your identity to Qi Yuanbao in advance so that he can be prepared.
"I know Qi Yuanbao's personality and style very well. In terms of head-on combat ability, he is certainly no match for you, but he never confronts the enemy head-on. He won't even let the enemy see through his real face.
"If I were him, I would've dispatched a large batch of special squads that are loyal to me to surround the two of us. Also, I would've ordered them to kill without mercy and not to communicate with us at all.
"Should you run into such special squads, would you have killed them or not? If you didn't, you would've been exhausted by the overwhelming number of people. If you went on a killing spree, it would've been even more difficult to explain yourself, and you would've been branded as' bought over by the four families'! "
"All the questions come back to the same point. In order to reveal Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin's scheme, we have to prove that you are the real Jin Yuyan first!"
Frowning and thinking for a long time, Li Yao asked, "Is there nothing that can prove your identity?"
"Yes, there are. The full set of operation records and data files of the 'Soul Transfer Technique'."
Jin Yuyan said, "However, all the relevant data have been locked in the central area of my office in the Seven Seas Grand Market. It is also the most heavily guarded place in the entire Seven Seas Grand Market. Not just water, not even a wisp of smoke can get in!"
"Why does that sound so familiar to me?"
Li Yao picked his ears and said, "So, the key to our reversal right now is the data about the 'Soul Transfer Technique' that you performed, and all the data are stored in a place that is guarded by … dozens of layers of thorough protection, the most advanced defense magical equipment, and countless assassins, killers, and special agents?"
"Exactly. Other than the data about the 'Soul Transfer Technique' that I accepted, tremendous business secrets of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors of the highest level are also stored there. Of course, it is under the most thorough protection."
Jin Yuyan said, "Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for it to be infiltrated. Why is your smile so weird?"
"Nothing. I'm just curious …"
Li Yao rubbed his cheeks. "Since the data is Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin's greatest loophole, couldn't they have destroyed it in advance?"
"They couldn't."
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