The Hero of a Cool Novel? I, the Villain, Will Kill You!

210: Confuse”King Qin the Slaughterer has been controlled. Next up are Yi Tianguang and Chu Daoren.”

Master Wu Yan sneered, then found a spot to sit down, quietly watching King Qin the Slaughterer, who was like a Puppet on strings.

Just now, he had worried that King Qin the Slaughterer might notice something amiss, until King Qin the Slaughterer mindlessly used the Soul Devouring Talisman and had his consciousness devoured.

With the scheme successful, his hanging heart finally stabilized. Next, he just needed to repeat the process and control Yi Tianguang and Chu Daoren.

”Since King Qin the Slaughterer has been controlled!”

”Tonight, we’ll have him call Chu Daoren and Yi Tianguang over. Once we control those two, we will have completed the task Wang Qing assigned.”

Chu Moqian laughed heartily, no longer paying attention to King Qin the Slaughterer, who had become a Puppet. Instead, he began sizing up the Dao Source Palace, seemingly wanting to see if there were any treasures worth taking.

As for Cave Master Shan Qiong, he remained seated to the side, resting his eyes, leaving all decisions to Master Wu Yan and Chu Moqian.

Master Wu Yan saw their relaxed demeanor.

He shook his head and carefully examined King Qin the Slaughterer’s cultivation.

He wanted to see how Gu Cangyang had enabled King Qin the Slaughterer, Yi Tianguang, and Chu Daoren to achieve Dao Exhaustion.

However, no matter how he checked, he could not find a single clue.

Helpless, he gave up the inspection.

Once he commanded King Qin the Slaughterer to call Yi Tianguang and the other man over tonight and execute the planned assassination, the mission arranged by Wang Qing would soon be completed.

At the same time... In the Southern Cold Immortal Domain, the Extreme Cold Forbidden Zone.

This was a territory eternally frozen; looking out, there was only white snow and profound ice that had not melted for ages.

The biting cold wind, like invisible blades, whistled across the vast ice plain, whipping up ice fragments and dyeing the world in a boundless Chaos.

The extremely low temperature was enough to freeze Immortal essence; even the light seemed to be frozen and stagnant, exuding a deathly pale silence.

Ordinary Immortals, let alone venturing deep, would find their Divine Sense eroded by the bone-chilling cold even near the periphery of this Forbidden Zone, making every step difficult.

The depths of the Forbidden Zone were shrouded in an impenetrable Devilish Qi and an invisible regulatory force, making it a forbidden land that the beings of the Immortal Realm spoke of with great reverence and fear.

However, this icy purgatory, mysterious and dangerous to the inhabitants of the Immortal Realm, was merely a fragile curtain in Wang Qing’s eyes.

He stood quietly on the outskirts of the Extreme Cold Forbidden Zone, his figure straight as a pine in the wind and snow. His surrounding Qi was smooth and contained, easily isolating the raging coldness outside.

The extreme cold, enough to freeze a Primordial Spirit, could not even stir a corner of his robes.

His gaze was calm as he looked toward the depths of the Forbidden Zone, as if the perilous environment before him was merely an ordinary scene in a courtyard.

The great ice and snow array set up here by Xie Shengtian was indeed intricate and dangerous, but in the face of an absolute difference in power...

Wang Qing knew that if he wished, he could turn this ten thousand miles of ice plain into trickling spring water with a snap of his fingers.

”Whoosh... whoosh...”

The cold wind swept across the ice plain, letting out a hollow and prolonged moan, adding to the sense of desolation and austerity.

Wang Qing did not wait long. A subtle ripple appeared in the Void Realm beside him, like water undulating.

Three figures silently materialized: Wang Jizi, Shui Tianqiong, and Nine Abyss.

They had originally been hidden somewhere in the Void Realm, and sensing Wang Qing’s presence, they now appeared.

”Kid, are you planning to make a move against Xie Shengtian?” Wang Jizi couldn’t hold back and asked first, his tone carrying a hint of anticipation and urgency.

Wang Qing nodded slightly, a faint curve appearing at the corner of his lips, and chuckled, ”Indeed, I plan to make a move against Xie Shengtian.”

However, beneath his smile, an unresolved cloud of doubt lingered.

He paused, his gaze returning to the depths of the Forbidden Zone shrouded in Devilish Qi, and his tone shifted to one of confusion:

”However, I find it strange

—how did he find the Son of the Great Dao?”

”The Hongmeng Sea is vast and boundless, and the Son of the Great Dao’s whereabouts are ethereal. Even I would need to spend some time to locate him.”

”Xie Shengtian... how could he find the Son of the Great Dao first?”

At these words, Wang Jizi and Shui Tianqiong exchanged glances, both seeing the same confusion in the other’s eyes.

They deeply understood the importance of the Son of the Great Dao, and this indeed seemed suspicious; they were also completely baffled.

Just as the brief silence made the atmosphere slightly stagnant, Nine Abyss frowned, seemingly trying hard to recall something.

Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, as if he had grasped a crucial clue.

He hurriedly stepped forward half a pace, his speech quickening, speaking with a mix of sudden realization and urgency:

”Wang Qing, your mention of this reminded me of an old matter!”

”Not long after the last War of Nine Burials to the Other Shore concluded, the Leader of the Transmigrator Alliance killed Gu Junan with a strike from across the distance.”

”Since then, an extremely violent fluctuation of Origin power occurred deep within the Hongmeng Sea.”

”The momentum was so fierce that it nearly shook the balance of half the Hongmeng Sea.”

”At one point, Xie Shengtian disregarded the danger and personally ventured deep into the core turbulent area of the Hongmeng Sea...”

”Afterward, he brought back an infant still in swaddling clothes. This matter was quite secretive at the time, known by very few.”

Nine Abyss took a deep breath of the cold air, the solemn expression on his face deepening.

He looked intently at Wang Qing and added with certainty:

”Now that I recall it, the sequence of events and the timing align, and the appearance of that infant is closely related to the unrest in the Hongmeng Sea... I dare assert that the infant Xie Shengtian brought out from the depths of the Hongmeng Sea is, in all likelihood, the current Son of the Great Dao!”

Listening to Nine Abyss’s account, Wang Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold light circulating in their depths.

Thoughts raced through his mind as he verified the information provided by Nine Abyss against the known clues.

The anomaly in the Hongmeng Sea, Xie Shengtian’s dangerous venture, the mysterious infant... all these connections pointed to an extremely high probability.

He mused inwardly: Nine Abyss’s conjecture is likely spot on.

The Son of the Great Dao was truly ”fished out” of the Hongmeng Sea by Xie Shengtian in this manner?

The Karma involved in this matter was indeed intriguing.

A moment later, Wang Qing waved his hand, temporarily suppressing that trace of doubt, and his expression returned to its usual composure and decisiveness.

”Forget it. Delving further into how the Son of the Great Dao came into the world holds little significance for the present moment!”

”We are going to move against Xie Shengtian eventually. Once we subdue him later, asking him directly is the most straightforward way to resolve all questions.”

His tone was calm. After speaking, he stepped forward and walked toward the depths of the Forbidden Zone.

Wang Jizi, Shui Tianqiong, and Nine Abyss all felt this made sense.

Since the goal was clear, excessive backtracking was indeed pointless.

The three men focused their minds and closely followed Wang Qing’s steps, entering the depths of the Forbidden Zone where the wind and snow were fiercer and the Devilish Qi was faintly visible.

They headed straight for the place where Xie Shengtian was daydreaming... Wuheng Mountain.