Chapter 609 - 603: The Only Way to Save the Peacock Great Ming King
The Peacock Great Ming King is trapped in Wa Huang’s Palace!
Upon receiving this news, everyone present exchanged glances.
Although everyone knew that the chance of rescuing the Peacock Great Ming King was minuscule, they couldn’t just do nothing!
The eyes of those present turned to Lin Yuan, as if asking what he should do.
Lin Yuan’s mind raced, and a bold idea emerged in his mind.
Capture Xi Huang.
Use Xi Huang to exchange for the Peacock Great Ming King.
Xi Huang is Wa Huang’s elder brother; this bargaining chip should be sufficient.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan secretly transmitted, "Fellow Daoists, since this person is Wa Huang’s brother, he naturally holds significant weight in Wa Huang’s heart."
"To rescue the Peacock Great Ming King, for now, there’s only one way, which is to capture this person. Capture him and make Wa Huang exchange the Peacock Great Ming King for him."
"Good!"
"Yes, capture him and make Wa Huang exchange the Peacock Great Ming King for him!"
"He, Xi Huang, is not one of the Four Great Primordial Spirits; with so many of us, we can definitely capture him!"
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Those present responded one after another, unanimously agreeing to this plan.
Xi Huang’s strength was unknown; Lin Yuan and the others only heard from the Peacock Great Ming King that Xi Huang had easily trapped the Peacock Great Ming King.
However, no matter how powerful Xi Huang might be, he couldn’t be stronger than the Four Great Primordial Spirits.
If he truly possessed that strength, then he wouldn’t be one of the Four Great Primordial Spirits but rather five.
As long as he wasn’t at the level of the Four Great Primordial Spirits, with the Human King Armor and Human King Sword, Lin Yuan might still have a chance to hold him back.
Xi Huang came to assure the Peacock Great Ming King’s safety, so logically, Lin Yuan shouldn’t make a move against him.
Doing this was somewhat against morality.
But at this point, Lin Yuan couldn’t think of any other way to save the Peacock Great Ming King except this.
Nine days from now is the final battle with the Buddha, and definitely, he cannot go into the Void at this time.
Once in the Void, regardless of life or death, what if he ends up like the Peacock Great Ming King and gets trapped?
Then, nine days from now, Elder Bai and the others would undoubtedly face defeat.
To rescue the Peacock Great Ming King, Lin Yuan couldn’t care less, even if it meant acting immorally.
Besides, no matter what, Xi Huang is an outsider.
Why speak of morality with these outsiders?
Since everyone agreed with Lin Yuan’s initiative, there was no need for hesitation.
Lin Yuan directly transmitted in secret: "I will lead the main attack, Tier Two Peak powerhouses will restrain him within the inner circle, ordinary Tier Twos will fight around the periphery."
"By any means, we must detain him; this is our only way to save the Peacock Great Ming King."
On the other hand, Xi Huang was no fool.
After conveying the message from the Peacock Great Ming King, Lin Yuan didn’t respond for a long time, making Xi Huang feel something was off.
Not only did Lin Yuan delay his response, but most crucially, this group was still exchanging glances secretly.
Xi Huang immediately understood that they were surely communicating through secret transmissions.
Though unaware of what Lin Yuan and the others were discussing secretly, he could more or less guess.
As for the content of Lin Yuan and the others’ secret exchange, Xi Huang was willing to sum it up in four words: "up to no good."
Among the people from the outer world, Xi Huang was relatively mild-tempered.
Realizing that Lin Yuan and the others were "up to no good," he didn’t begrudge them and was just about to leave.
In Xi Huang’s view, the battle between Lin Yuan’s group and the Buddha was an act of overestimating their capabilities, courting death.
Wa Huang’s Palace, on the other hand, simply wished to spread teachings in this world and had not intervened to help the Buddha like the Demon Lord or the Buddha did.
After all, these people wouldn’t last long and would soon die at the hands of the Buddha, so Xi Huang found it unnecessary to incur more blood debts.
With this in mind, Xi Huang prepared to leave.
Just as Xi Huang was about to leave, Elder Bai and others suddenly surged forward, forming a circle and trapping Xi Huang within.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"I came with good intentions to assure the Peacock Great Ming King’s safety, and this is how you treat your guests?" Xi Huang questioned with a hint of anger.
"Why did you trap the Peacock Great Ming King?"
"Delivering a message from the Peacock Great Ming King, you expect us to be grateful to you outsiders?"
"If you truly have good intentions, you should release the Peacock Great Ming King back!" Guanyin Bodhisattva questioned.
"Ha!" However, facing Guanyin Bodhisattva’s question, Xi Huang argued, "If not for Wa Huang’s intervention, the Peacock Great Ming King would have died at the Demon Lord’s hands."
"Wa Huang paid a heavy price to save the Peacock Great Ming King, accepting him as a disciple, so that he might serve Wa Huang’s Palace in the future; this is just debt repayment!"
"Could it be that Wa Huang should have saved the Peacock Great Ming King for nothing?"
With these words from Xi Huang, everyone was rendered speechless.
Granted, Wa Huang did save the Peacock Great Ming King from the Demon Lord, no doubt about it.
In other words, the Peacock Great Ming King owed Wa Huang a life debt.
Paying debts is a matter of course.
Wa Huang trapping the Peacock Great Ming King seemed indeed justified.
In terms of reasoning, Xi Huang indeed garnered the upper hand.
Seeing everyone dumbfounded, Xi Huang couldn’t help but feel slightly smug.
Compared to winning through force, Xi Huang preferred this feeling of silencing others through eloquence and debate.
Just as Xi Huang was feeling pleased, Lin Yuan spoke up.
"Enough with the righteous talk!"
"Don’t make it sound so grand!"
"You all pretend as if you’re the righteous party."
"First, it’s you who covet this world that doesn’t belong to you; you are the invaders."
"Secondly, if I’m not mistaken, the reason you gave the Peacock Great Ming King the token of Wa Huang’s Palace last time was to get him on your side."
"This time, when the Peacock Great Ming King pursued Demon King Bosun, he got carried away and rushed into the Void, attracting the Demon Lord’s intervention."
"Simply put, Wa Huang seized this opportunity, a justified chance to bring the Peacock Great Ming King under her command."
"Without this opportunity, you would still use other excuses to forcibly recruit the Peacock Great Ming King, making him serve your interests, wouldn’t you?"
"You say Wa Huang paid a huge price to save the Peacock Great Ming King from the Demon Lord; that, I don’t deny!"
"But if the Peacock Great Ming King were useless to you, or if someone else had chased after him that day, would Wa Huang still pay such a price to save them?"
"I suppose not?" Lin Yuan’s words were powerful, leaving Xi Huang speechless.
Now, it was Xi Huang’s turn to be silent!
"What a clever lad, no wonder he received the Human King’s legacy!"
"Eloquent and clear-minded, he is indeed a talent!"
"Nine days from now, if there’s an opportunity, bring him into Wa Huang’s Palace as well."
"Such talent, wasted in the hands of the Buddha, what a pity!" Xi Huang thought to himself.