Chapter 346

Chapter 346: The Plan to Wipe Out the Radical Faction Succeeds

Shen Sang Ruo answered briskly: “Yes, I said it.”

With that, Qi Yan stepped right into her trap. He had no choice; she was the only person who could cleanse the devil qi affecting him. His long quiet heart flared after seeing a bit of hope. His urge to return to normal kept growing, and he did not want to delay any longer.

Qi Yan said with calm pride: “Then this Young Master will ally with you this time. Tell me, what do you want this Young Master to do for you?”

Hearing him, Shen Sang Ruo tilted her lips and smiled at Immortal Maiden Azure Luan and Ling Hu Min. [Done.]

The two still looked stunned. They did not understand how Qi Yan, the man the Radical Faction had lured in with unknown means, could switch sides so easily.

Qi Yan had stood with the Radical Faction to stir up the two factions so he could ruin Shadowmist Ravine, a place he hated. Because of certain limits, he could not attack people from the Conservative Faction, so he made that wild choice. Though he seemed to stand with the Radical Faction, he only wanted to fan the conflict. He never planned to strike, and he could not.

Now that he had a way to return to normal, there was no need to work with the Radical Faction anymore.

Shen Sang Ruo said in a clear voice: “Help us wipe out the Radical Faction. For Young Master Qi Yan, that should not be too hard, right?”

She naturally thought of the Judgment Formation. Qi Yan had said his Divine Spark was tainted by devil qi, and judgment was the last power he still had as one of the Five Divine Beasts. The Radical Faction’s devil cultivators were stained with the blood and flesh of countless cultivators and the Azure Luan Clan, so they would surely fail the judgment. Then Qi Yan could execute them.

Immortal Maiden Azure Luan stared at Qi Yan, and hope also rose in Ling Hu Min’s eyes. If it was Qi Yan, perhaps they really could wipe out the Radical Faction in one move. He was a Qilin, one of the Five Divine Beasts.

Yet Qi Yan’s expression turned strange. After hemming and hawing for a while, he said with an ugly look: “You think too highly of this Young Master.”

He curled his lip and said: “This Young Master is strong, yes, but you know my abilities are affected by devil qi. Judging them one by one is fine, but having me wipe out the entire Radical Faction?”

As one of the Five Divine Beasts, even half corrupted, he still remembered his duty. The Radical Faction committed every evil; he wanted to judge them and make up for his years of failure. But he planned to do it slowly, one by one. As the devil qi was cleared and his power recovered, he could judge faster and eventually remove them all.

He added with a frown: “With such a huge number, even summoning the Judgment Formation would take me months, and I cannot judge their crimes directly. I need a medium to define their deeds.”

Catching the key point, Shen Sang Ruo asked: “So if you have enough time, you can summon a Judgment Formation large enough, right?”

Qi Yan choked. [Is that the point? Shouldn’t the point be how hard this is?] She pressed again: “Just say it. Can you summon the formation or not?”

Being able to summon the Judgment Formation would be half the victory; the other issues could be solved one by one. This was the best way to wipe out the Radical Faction right now, and she would not waste the chance.

Qi Yan admitted his concern: “I can, but it will take a long time, and I do not have a medium to judge them.”

Immortal Maiden Azure Luan said suddenly, her cool voice firm: “Use my blood.”

She was resolved to make every Radical Faction member pay with their life. Shen Sang Ruo added at once: “Every Radical Faction member used the Blood Pool. The power they stole from the Azure Luan Clan is iron proof of their crimes. Immortal Maiden Azure Luan’s blood is the best medium for the Judgment Formation.”

The Radical Faction would never have guessed that the power and lifespan they stole with glee would turn into a key blade that stabbed their own hearts. They had handed over the solution to their own defeat. Immortal Maiden Azure Luan’s words fell like a judge’s hammer, pronouncing the Radical Faction’s death sentence.

Shen Sang Ruo looked at Qi Yan, unusually serious: “With time and a medium, those problems are solved. Can you judge them now?”

Qi Yan thought it through. From his face, this plan truly could work. He still asked: “But where do we set the formation? With a move this big, the Radical Faction will notice. Even if we set it up, they are not fools. Why would they step into it?”

Her eyes turned as a plan formed: “We lay the formation on the Conservative Faction’s side. They will not walk into it on their own,” she said, then lifted her gaze, a hint of cunning in her eyes: “But if I, as the Devil Lord, lead them to attack the Conservative Faction and make them step into the formation themselves?”

She turned to Ling Hu Min: “This needs the Conservative Faction’s cooperation. During this time, the Conservative Faction must follow my plan. Leader Ling Hu, are you willing to cooperate?”

At first she had worried that Ling Hu Min would not trust her and would not hand the Conservative Faction over. But with Qi Yan present, whether from pressure or faith in her skill, the chance of him agreeing was much higher.

As she expected, after a short struggle, Ling Hu Min said solemnly: “I and the Conservative Faction trust Young Friend Sang Ruo, and we will do everything we can to cooperate.”

The Conservative Faction had suffered under the Radical Faction for many years. No one wanted a hungry enemy watching at their side. Of course they wanted to end the threat forever. He had also seen Shen Sang Ruo’s ability. She had disguised herself as Ya Lan, slipped alone into the Radical Faction, and in a few days had Qi Yan under control. Handing the Conservative Faction over to her was the right choice.

The sudden thought Ling Hu Min once had now came true. The one to solve the Conservative Faction’s crisis turned out to be the outsider cultivator who had suddenly appeared in Shadowmist Ravine.

Shen Sang Ruo said just as seriously: “Thank you for the trust, Leader Ling Hu. I will not fail you.”

By now, all problems were solved. They only had to wait for Qi Yan to summon the formation. Qi Yan stopped dodging and named the time needed to summon it: “Give this Young Master about half a year.”

Shen Sang Ruo nodded. That matched the time the Radical Faction planned to attack the Conservative Faction. The tool they could use to break the Barrier Ward from within would take more than half a year to finish forging. Once completed, they would launch their all out assault on the Conservative Faction. It would be a little later than the formation’s completion, but she could control that timing. After all, she was arranging things on the Conservative Faction’s side. As a powerful Devil Lord, it would be natural to say she had found a way to break the Barrier Ward.