Villain : After Slacking Off, The Protagonist Collapse

Chapter 115: Supreme Palace

At the Banished Immortal Pean,

Mu Jianxue was instructing Jing Muyu. Jing Muyu, with her petite body, struggled to hold a divine sword taller than herself, swinging it around.

After Jing Muyu’s return, Jiang Chen had Mu Jianxue instruct her. In the vast Primordial Holy Land, even in the entire Nine Heavens Realm, no one was more suitable to instruct Jing Muyu than Mu Jianxue. Because no one’s swordsmanship was stronger than Mu Jianxue’s.

“Holy Son! As you predicted, the Undying Phoenix Clan has made a move against the True Dragon Clan, but the other ancient imperial clans are still sitting on the fence!” Yan Ruyu handed a cup of tea to Jiang Chen, speaking gently and slowly.

“That’s inevitable! The Undying Phoenix Clan has no way back; if they don’t act now, they will lose the opportunity in the future!” Jiang Chen took a sip of tea, looking refreshed and speaking lightly.

In the original story, the fate of the Undying Phoenix Clan was also quite tragic. After the True Dragon Clan fully emerged, the first to bear the brunt was the Undying Phoenix Clan.

Although not completely annihilated, the entire clan suffered great losses, forced to seal their small world and exiled into the endless void.

Now that the True Dragon Clan had not fully succeeded, it was the best opportunity for the Undying Phoenix Clan.

If they could stop them, the future of the Undying Phoenix Clan would be rewritten. He calculated all these because the True Dragon Clan’s schemes were all related to the Heavenly Demon.

The secret technique obtained by the True Dragon Clan was just a ploy of the Heavenly Demon, disguised as the lost secret technique of the ancient True Dragon Clan.

The True Dragon Clan had a very special secret technique. Through the sacrifice of clan members, it could continuously refine a person’s bloodline, allowing them to reach the level of a pure-blooded True Dragon in the legends, while also enhancing their cultivation.

If the sacrifices were enough, stepping into the Emperor realm was not impossible. This technique was the True Dragon Clan’s trump card, lost a long time ago and traceless.

The True Dragon Clan had always been searching for this secret technique. The Heavenly Demon, seeing this, disguised a very similar technique of his own as the True Dragon Clan’s, thereby deceiving them and weakening their power.

The difference between the two techniques is that the former could step into the Emperor realm and reach the level of a pure-blooded True Dragon. The latter couldn’t do either nor refine to the level of a pure-blooded True Dragon.

“Holy Son, if Huang Tian knows we are scheming against them, won’t they retaliate against us?” Yan Ruyu said with slight worry.

It was clear they were scheming against the other party; if the other party knew, according to the nature of the ancient imperial clans, they might not let it go.

Of course, the Primordial Holy Land was not afraid of these. It’s just better to have less trouble. After all, no force wanted to see a deadly battle with the Undying Phoenix Clan.

“Why would he act against us? He should be thanking us! Huang Tian is a very smart person, he already knows we are scheming against them!”

Jiang Chen said with a peculiar expression, speaking lightly: “Although we have schemed against them, we haven’t caused them any loss. Instead, we are warning them, making them aware of the True Dragon Clan’s schemes!’

“He himself also understands that if the True Dragon Clan’s scheme succeeds, it would be a huge blow to the entire Undying Phoenix Clan!”

“They didn’t know before, but now, through our scheme, he understands part of the True Dragon Clan’s plan.”

“Allowing others to have the opportunity to stop the True Dragon Clan, do you think he should thank us? And my scheme is something he can’t refuse!”

Hearing this, Yan Ruyu finally realized.

It appeared as though they were scheming against each other, but in reality, it was more of a trade.

Jiang Chen gave Huang Tian information, providing him an opportunity to change his fate!

Huang Tian’s intervention would help disentangle Primordial Holy Land’s predicament and simultaneously thwart the True Dragon Clan’s plans.

“Why don’t we join forces with Huang Tian then?” Yan Ruyu asked, puzzled. “Together, we could crush the True Dragon Clan!”

“It’s not that we don’t want to, but that we can’t!” Jiang Chen explained. “We don’t have a justifiable reason. If we attack the True Dragon Clan, we’ll face the wrath of all clans, including the ancient imperial clans!”

“Even with the strength of Primordial Holy Land, it’s hard to contend against all the clans!”

“The situation is different for the Undying Phoenix Clan. Their age-old feud with the True Dragon Clan means no one will stop or reject their intervention. But if we intervene, it’s a different story; the ancient imperial clans won’t just stand by and watch!”

“Despite the chaos among the clans, they unite against a common enemy. Besides, both sides fighting brings no benefits and might give the Heavenly Demon the ultimate advantage! So we can’t act; only the Undying Phoenix Clan can.”

This was Jiang Chen’s true plan. He didn’t want to see the True Dragon Clan succeed but couldn’t leverage the power of Primordial Holy Land. He could only manipulate the Undying Phoenix Clan to become his sword—a willing sword.

“Holy Son, you’ve masterfully manipulated everyone, making them willing participants! If Huang Tian knew you were behind the scenes, I wonder what his reaction would be!” Yan Ruyu said in awe and admiration.

Jiang Chen’s plan had ensnared both the human race and all the clans. Especially by making the Undying Phoenix Clan and the True Dragon Clan fight to the death, while they stood aside. Such capability was rare.

“But Holy Son, can the Undying Phoenix Clan succeed?” Yan Ruyu asked.

“Who knows!” Jiang Chen replied. “If Huang Tian uses all his means, the True Dragon Clan might struggle to resist. But doing so will also result in heavy losses for the Undying Phoenix Clan.”

“They probably won’t act unless they join forces with other ancient imperial clans, like they did with the Soaring Snake Clan.”

“But the True Dragon Clan is not the Soaring Snake Clan. Those old fellows might not be willing to act! Even if they know the True Dragon Clan is declining, they won’t intervene unless they witness it themselves.”

“Most likely, it will end in a stalemate, with neither side able to overcome the other. But it will thwart the True Dragon Clan’s plan. Making it not so easy for them.” Jiang Chen spoke lightly.

He never expected the Undying Phoenix Clan to succeed; he just needed them to disrupt the True Dragon Clan.

Preventing the True Dragon Clan from easily achieving the ‘Supreme Body Physique’ state, maybe only reaching quasi-Emperor Nine or Eight Layer. At such a level, the threat of the True Dragon Clan would be much less.

Just then, Mu Jianxue’s voice came: “The Supreme Palace is about to open. You should prepare!”

“This time the Holy Land wants you to save some face, but Mingyue said you don’t have to go if you don’t want to!”

Before, Dongfang Mingyue would have definitely sent Jiang Chen to the Supreme Palace, to save face for the human race and Primordial Holy Land.

But after a series of events, Dongfang Mingyue no longer insisted on Jiang Chen going, letting him decide for himself. Whether to go or not was up to Jiang Chen alone.

“Go! Why not!” Jiang Chen said with a smile: “Besides, I have to lift the curse on the Great Qin Dynasty!”

“If we don’t lift the curse, the Great Qin Emperor might lead an attack on Primordial Holy Land with the Qin Emperor Sword!”

“Moreover, after employing others for so long, and them working hard for us, especially deploying the Emperor Weapon twice, we can’t break our word!”

Jiang Chen was definitely going to the Supreme Palace. Besides lifting the curse on the Great Qin Dynasty, there were things inside he needed. Essential for his future endeavors.

So he had to make a trip to the Supreme Palace.

As for other things, he would not participate.

He wanted to see if he could receive some slacking off reward.

Based on the last reward, as long as he didn’t participate personally, he could get a reward.

Though not as rich. There are many plots in the Supreme Palace, he might just participate in some and skip the rest.

But Jiang Chen was also prepared for no reward.

Even without a reward, he didn’t feel a loss. Because the rewards inside were extremely important, relevant to future matters. In terms of value, it might be better than the rewards.

“By the way, Mingyue asked you to bring Qingcheng back once! The Supreme Palace is about to begin, and Qingcheng can’t miss it!” Mu Jianxue said.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen’s face immediately fell, saying, “No, no! Why bother me? Just send an elder from the sect to fetch her! Or you go, Master!”

Mu Jianxue, undisturbed, while calling Jing Muyu, said: “I don’t mind, but if you don’t go, you’ll inevitably be punished by Mingyue!”

“Even with the punishment, I won’t go!” Jiang Chen said coldly.

Others were okay he can deal with them, but he didn’t want to deal with Ye Qingcheng. It was best to stay far away from her.