Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Chapter 386: Use of Utilization

In the dead of night, two Xiao Clan holy guards patrolled as usual, with tense expressions on their faces.

Since the death of Xiao Shengyi, the life of the Xiao Clan Holy Guard has been far worse than before. The only good thing is that the mysterious murderer who kept hunting the Xiao Clan Saint Guard has not appeared again in the year after Xiao Shengyi's death.

However, during this period, similar things happened again. Almost every week, several Xiao Clan holy guards would have unprovoked accidents while patrolling.

It's just different from before. The Xiao Clan's holy guards who were involved in the accident were able to leave behind a mummy. But this time, the Xiao Clan's holy guards who were involved in the accident were completely missing. There was no news, as if they had evaporated from the world.

This situation was similar but different from before, which reminded them of a certain rumor: the reason why Xiao Wuyun founded the Xiao Clan Holy Guard was to recruit people of outstanding bloodline for him to absorb.

Although there were rumors about this before, if you think about it a little, you can guess that if it was really Xiao Wuyun who did it, he would never leave a mummy at the scene, but would do it in a way that leaves no trace, and At that time, the Holy Guard of the Xiao Clan was still benefiting from Xiao Wuyun's resource tilt, so they basically didn't think about it. The only people who really believed this rumor were the Xiao Clan people whose resources had been greatly cut off at that time.

However, the current situation is completely reversed.

The Xiao Clan Holy Guard who had the accident this time really didn’t even leave a mummy behind. In addition, the current situation of the Xiao Clan Holy Guard was far worse than before, which made many people feel resentful towards Xiao Wuyun, and gradually believed in this person. Rumors they didn't believe.

Although the facts are still inconclusive, it does not prevent the Xiao clan's holy guards from becoming suspicious of Xiao Wuyun.

At this moment, one of the Xiao Clan's holy guards suddenly saw something, his eyes narrowed, and he walked over quickly, and the other Xiao Clan's holy guard quickly followed.

As the distance got closer, the two of them could see clearly what was hidden in the corner.

That was a person, a person who was seriously injured and extremely weak.

When they saw this man's appearance, both of them were shocked.

Captain Xiao Shengyi? !

Isn't the captain dead?Even the body was stolen, who is this?
Xiao Shengyi seemed to hear the two people's movements, raised his head with difficulty, and looked at them with distracted eyes.

"Are you the Xiao clan's holy guards?"

The hoarse and weak voice slowly flowed out of Xiao Shengyi's mouth, causing both of them to freeze, and a thought could not help but swirl in their minds.

Could it be that Xiao Shengyi was not dead at all?The body was not stolen at all, but ran away by himself?

"Quick! Go to the clan leader. No, go to Captain Xiao Yu!"

The Holy Guard of the Xiao Clan, who originally wanted another person to inform Xiao Wuyun, suddenly stopped in his words. Because of his doubts about Xiao Wuyun, he turned the target of the report to Xiao Yu, the current leader of the Holy Guard of the Xiao Clan.

The other person responded sternly, and immediately ran towards the patriarch's mansion through the void. However, before he had gone far, he suddenly heard a low cry of pain from behind. He turned around and saw a woman flashing in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, his chest was suddenly pierced, and he stared at the woman in front of him in shock. Soon his eyes gradually lost their vitality, and everything contained in his body was absorbed completely, turning into a mummy. , and behind that woman, lay the mummified corpse of the No. 1 Xiao clan holy guard.

This woman was of course Xiao Ying. She put the two mummies away with a cold expression on her face.

A year had passed when Xiao Ying appeared in front of Xiao Lei and Xiao Yu as Xiao Shengyi, and it was just half a year ago that she returned to her old business and started hunting down the Xiao clan's holy guards.

But this time with the identity of Xiao Shengyi, it is much easier than before. A dead person suddenly appears in front of him alive. Normal people will be surprised, and then feel suspicious, and even guess in their hearts that Xiao Shengyi was not there at all. die.

However, because they saw that he looked like he was seriously injured and was about to die soon, although these Xiao clan holy guards were suspicious, they were not vigilant because they felt that they were not a threat, and because at least half of them believed that they were Xiao Shengyi deep in their hearts. After all, with Xiao Shengyi's Eight Star Fighting Saint's strength, there was no need to pretend to be injured when dealing with them.

Therefore, there is no defense.

There are two purposes for this move. One is to basically improve one's own strength.

As for the second point, it is to let the Xiao clan's holy guards slowly believe in the rumor that they did not believe in before.

"Five-star fighting saint?"

Xiao Ying lowered his head and felt his own strength. In the past six months, he had absorbed more than twenty people, including several one-star fighting saints, and then he was barely promoted from a three-star fighting saint to a five-star fighting saint.

Xiao Ying also experienced firsthand how big the gap was between each level of Dou Sheng. Even if there was only one level difference, the energy contained in the body would be completely different.

In this case, the next goal is also very clear.

Xiao Ying turned into a black shadow, slowly disappeared here, and returned to the secret room.

"Captain Xiao Yu, the list was counted today, and there are two more Xiao Clan holy guards missing!"

In the office of the Xiao Clan Holy Guard, Xiao Yu clenched his teeth with a solemn expression, listening to the report of the Xiao Clan Holy Guard in front of him.

More than 20 Xiao clan holy guards have disappeared in half a year, including several one-star fighting saints. This is definitely a big event.

Regarding this matter, Xiao Yu has two suspects. One is the murderer who once hunted the Xiao clan's holy guard, and the other is Xiao Wuyun.

Even Xiao Yu suspected that the former murderer of the Xiao Clan's holy guard was Xiao Wuyun. Whether he left the mummy before or not now, it was all to confuse the public.

Previously, I heard from Xiao Shengyi that Xiao Wuyun possessed the skill to seize blood. His deeds before joining forces with Xiao Wuyun, the previous rumor did not seem so unbelievable.

What's more important is that Xiao Yu has reported this matter to Xiao Wuyun many times in the past six months, but Xiao Wuyun's attitude has always been so indifferent, and he doesn't even care.

Different from the previous anger when the Xiao Clan's holy guards turned into mummies, the serial disappearances of the Xiao Clan's holy guards this time did not stir up much trouble in Xiao Wuyun. Word.

And this made Xiao Yu even more suspicious of Xiao Wuyun.

"Captain Xiao Yu, many colleagues now suspect that this matter may be..."

The holy guard of the Xiao Clan said half of his words and did not name him by name, but his meaning was quite clear.

Xiao Yu's face was cold, and after a moment of silence he whispered.

"Don't make any wild guesses yet. Instruct the people below that everything will continue as usual. The disappearance of the Xiao clan's holy guard must not be spread."

"Yes."

Watching his men leave, Xiao Yu sat on the chair with a gloomy face and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.According to Xiao Wuyun, the Xiao Clan Holy Guard was established to maintain the security of the Xiao Clan, so they patrol every night, but now it seems that the Xiao Clan Holy Guard is in a much more dangerous situation than ordinary Xiao Clan people.

Immediately, Xiao Yu remained vigilant, confirmed that no one was around, and flashed to the small courtyard not far away, entered the secret room, and reported the recent situation to Xiao Ying, who was disguised as Xiao Shengyi.

Xiao Ying frowned tightly after hearing this and confirmed.

"Does Xiao Wuyun really have an indifferent attitude?"

"Yes."

Xiao Yu nodded solemnly. Xiao Ying frowned even more after receiving the confirmation.

She has continuously attacked the Xiao Clan Holy Guards and made them disappear in the past six months, just to make the Xiao Clan Holy Guards suspicious of Xiao Wuyun and aggravate the Xiao Clan Holy Guards' resentment towards Xiao Wuyun.

Although the resources previously enjoyed by the Xiao Clan's holy guards were returned to the Xiao Clan, a group of people with status within the Xiao Clan want them to give up everything they have and fight against Xiao Wuyun at all costs. Resentment alone is not enough. They must feel that they are facing the threat to Xiao Wuyun's life, and have no choice but to stand completely against Xiao Wuyun.

In the end, Xiao Wuyun ignored him at all. What did he want to do?
Although Xiao Wuyun sounded very ruthless about Xiao Shengyi's incident, sacrificing Xiao Shengyi was indeed the best way to quell the anger of the Xiao clan at that time, as was redistributing resources.

But how could Xiao Wuyun not know how this action would change the attitude of the Xiao Clan Holy Guards towards him? Now that he knew that the Xiao Clan Holy Guards had complaints against him, he could not care less in the face of the successive disappearances of the Xiao Clan Holy Guards. Regardless, he allowed the Xiao Clan's holy guards to doubt him.

It sounds like he has completely abandoned the Xiao Clan Holy Guard. No matter what the Xiao Clan Holy Guard encounters or what attitude they have towards him, he doesn't care at all.

What is going on in this man's mind?
Xiao Ying really didn't understand, but to be on the safe side, she said to Xiao Yu in a deep voice.

"Try to calm down the resentment of Xiao Clan Holy Guard against Xiao Wuyun as much as possible. We still don't know what his purpose is for doing this, so we can't act rashly."

"Yes." Xiao Yu nodded, then frowned and asked: "Captain, are those missing Xiao Clan holy guards really the work of Xiao Wuyun?"

"It's probably him. I can't find a reason for the second person in the Xiao clan to do such a thing."

Xiao Ying's expression remained as usual, she lied without blushing and immediately waved her hand.

"Go ahead, be sure to stabilize the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard. Once Xiao Wuyun catches him, it will be just a casual matter to destroy the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard with his strength."

"As ordered."

Xiao Yu nodded solemnly, turned around and left the secret room.

Shortly after Xiao Yu left the secret room, Xiao Ying also returned to her original appearance, leaving the secret room and walking on the streets of the Xiao clan.

Unlike Xiao Ling who was wanted, Xiao Ying was secretly imprisoned by Xiao Wuyun and never made any further announcement after so many years. Apart from Xiao Wuyun himself, no one in the entire Xiao clan knows Xiao Ying anymore. This once proud daughter of heaven.

Xiao Ying strolled leisurely on this familiar street, watching the tribesmen coming and going on the street, thinking about Xiao Wuyun's intentions in her mind, and by the way, she searched the streets to see if there was any information that could be used.

"Hey, have you heard? I heard that the patriarch seems to be abolishing the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard!"

Suddenly, when passing a corner, Xiao Ying heard several people talking there, raised her brows, and hid quietly in the dark to listen.

"Yeah, I also heard from my cousin that it seems that the Holy Guard of the Xiao Clan is very dissatisfied with him for allocating resources to us."

"They still dare to be dissatisfied? They were so arrogant and domineering before. Xiao Shengyi dared to find any reason to kill people. It is only mercy that the patriarch did not hold them all accountable."

"Hey, hey, I heard from inside information that it was said that the first elder and the second elder resigned from their posts and left the Xiao clan. In fact, they were executed by the clan leader for rebelling. And the people who assisted the clan leader in executing them were the current Xiao clan's holy guards. people."

"Hiss~~ They rebelled and were executed? I was wondering why they resigned from their posts and left the family for no reason. It turned out to be this reason."

"Yes, the patriarch did not tell the matter in order not to cause unrest, but the group of people who followed him to execute the first elder and the second elder used this as an excuse to ask for a lot of resources. The patriarch had no choice but to give in for the sake of the family. "

"So that's it. Let me tell you why the clan leader was so merciless to Xiao Shengyi. It turns out that Xiao Shengyi was the one who held him hostage!"

"Our clan leader is really overworked, thinking about everything for the family, and yet we have such a close confidant."

Xiao Ying no longer needed to listen to the rest of the words, turned around and left, and at the same time understood Xiao Wuyun's intention in her heart.

Whatever he heard, any inside information, it was clear that it came from Xiao Wuyun himself, and it had obviously been passed on for a long time, but the Xiao Clan's holy guards didn't know about it.

Just as Xiao Ying feared, he really planned to completely abandon the Xiao Clan Holy Guard, the force he had established.

Because Xiao Wuyun also discovered that since the Xiao Shengyi incident, it has been difficult to calm down the resentment of the Xiao Clan's holy guards. He only calmed down the Xiao Clan's resentment by suppressing the Xiao Clan's holy guards. Now it is impossible to calm down the resentment of the Xiao Clan's holy guards. Will the resentment of the Xiao Clan Saint Guard suppress the Xiao Clan people again?
Doing this is simply a disservice to both parties. Once you do this, everyone will know that you, Xiao Wuyun, are a fickle person. Who will follow you?
And now the rumors coming out of Xiao Wuyun are mixed with truth and falsehood, and they instantly transformed him from a tyrant who used hegemony to rule the entire Xiao clan for his own selfish desires, into a person who only wanted to serve the Xiao clan but had to be restrained by others. A good patriarch.

The reason why Xiao Wuyun vigorously expanded the Xiao Clan's holy guards was because after eliminating the positions of the three elders, he needed a new force to consolidate his power. But now that the power has been firmly concentrated, he does not need to Instead of keeping the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards, it would be better to use the Xiao Clan's Saint Guards to completely turn all the Xiao Clan people towards themselves.

When you're done using it, throw it away without mercy.

And according to Xiao Ying's guess, the reason why Xiao Wuyun was able to abandon the Xiao Clan's holy guards so decisively was probably related to what he had done recently.

Xiao Wuyun was probably able to guess that since it was already difficult for the Xiao clan people to be incited by him, the only ones he could incite were the Xiao clan holy guards.

In other words, as early as Xiao Wuyun decided to make Xiao Shengyi a scapegoat, Xiao Clan's holy guard had completely become a hidden danger in Xiao Wuyun's heart and had to be abandoned as soon as possible.

Only then did Xiao Ying realize that Xiao Wuyun had probably had two plans from the beginning when he expanded the Xiao clan's holy guards.

It would be best if the high-pressure rule could continue. While power is highly concentrated, it would also make it easier for him to do many things.

But if the high-pressure rule doesn't work, then change to a soft policy, label yourself as the victim, and let the entire Xiao Clan Holy Guard pay for their mistakes.

No wonder he ignored Xiao Yu's repeated reports of the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard's disappearance, just to make the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard more and more resentful of him. And as long as the Xiao Clan's Holy Guard did anything resembling rebellion, he would As a clan leader, it is natural to take action, and no one will question it.

In other words, Xiao Ying used the resentment of Xiao Clan's holy guards against Xiao Wuyun, but was instead used by Xiao Wuyun to achieve his goals.

Xiao Ying squinted her eyes slightly, her eyes filled with coldness.

Xiao Wuyun, your level of insidiousness is beyond my imagination.
　emmmmm To be honest, I didn’t plan to write this drama so long, but as I write it, I feel that it is too short. Many things are not explained clearly, so I might as well not write it. I also know that it will take too long. I will try my best to finish it in one day tomorrow. ,(Hands together)
　　
　
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