Chapter 1137: The Celestial Palace’s Three Strategies
King Shi waved his hand.
"No worries, let them go."
He gave Jiang Cheng a deep look.
"Anyway, I’ve said before, if you can recruit followers, it’s your ability."
With those words, Yan Yi stepped forward.
"Then I’ll go with him too."
She wasn’t fond of Jiang Cheng.
She thought about lowering Brother Cheng’s ’Celestial Heart’, and she had to get close to him to do so.
Besides, she couldn’t stay at the Dance Consort Department even for ten days, let alone ten thousand years.
The five Divine Monarchs naturally guessed her intentions.
They sighed inwardly, honestly, you don’t need to try hard, that guy never had a Celestial Heart.
"Suit yourself."
They weren’t worried that Jiang Cheng would accomplish anything major.
He was unfamiliar with life and people in the Celestial Palace, had no connections, and on his first day, he offended so many ’big shots’.
Besides his own ability being just Emperor Realm Eighth Layer, his apparent Realm was barely above the bottom in the Celestial Palace.
In such a situation, who besides the Three-Eyed Tiger and Yan Yi would side with him?
Blind much?
So, there it was, Brother Cheng arrived with three people and left with three.
Well, the other two weren’t people, they were beings of the Demon Race.
As he left, he didn’t forget to call out to Miss Qiu.
"Are you not leaving with me?"
"No!"
Perhaps the consecutive gambling losses hit hard, Qiu Yuxuan was now scarce with words.
Jiang Cheng was a bit disappointed.
"Alas, without me by your side, you’ll lose my protection. If something happens in the future, how will I explain to your Granny Qiu..."
Qiu Yuxuan wanted to spit in his face.
How can you say such shameless words so casually?
You protect me?
Let’s not even talk about whether you have the ability.
Just look at what you’ve done to me during this period!
Would you call it outrageous?
Staying by your side for a day, I’d live ten thousand years less!
Seeing her remain silent, only glaring coldly, Brother Cheng seemed like he’d been abandoned by a heartless woman and was slightly melancholic.
"Oh well, forget it."
He waved his hand and didn’t forget to remind her as he left.
"Then don’t forget to say it three times a day..."
Left behind, Qiu Yuxuan almost gave in to the urge to shout curses.
After he left, the atmosphere in the hall turned bizarre.
The Daoist Venerables appeared extremely unpleasant.
Bowing their heads and calling grandpa earlier was a lifelong humiliation and stain.
Some even harbored thoughts of silencing by murder.
But considering the huge gap with the five Divine Monarchs, they could only abandon this immature thought.
Seeing Jiang Cheng already gone, Yingchi Daoist Venerable couldn’t suppress his strong curiosity.
"Divine Monarch! Who exactly is that Jiang Cheng, why..."
Even Qiu Yuxuan was very curious about this question.
Yet, faced with their question, King Shi just waved it off.
"Everything proceeds as it should."
He didn’t reveal the truth and spoke somewhat ambiguously.
"This person cannot be killed, but you don’t need to yield to him, nor fear him."
"He has no power or position, thus he can’t control you."
"Just treat him like a Celestial Palace idler."
The people present were all astute, immediately grasping something.
Looks like that Jiang Cheng isn’t an illegitimate child of the Celestial Emperor, nor are the Divine Monarchs his backing.
High-level figures don’t seem to favor him.
Otherwise, the tone wouldn’t be like this.
Honestly, they became even more perplexed.
What exactly is Jiang Cheng’s background?
Mere Emperor Realm Eighth Layer, without backing, even viewed unfavorably by high-level figures, yet he secured the title of ’Hidden Emperor’?
For a moment, their speculations were multiform.
The five Divine Monarchs didn’t linger further.
The next moment, they returned to the pinnacle of the Celestial Palace.
Here, they met with other Divine Monarchs, as well as the Emperor of Void.
"How is that Jiang Cheng?"
King Shi respectfully answered, "Reporting to Celestial Emperor, Jiang Cheng has already left the Reception Department, taking Three-Eyed Tiger and Yan Yi to establish a Cave Mansion."
Emperor of Void gave a slight nod.
Not particularly concerned with the outcome.
Prince Yi and others appeared somewhat worried.
"Celestial Emperor, Jiang Cheng doesn’t have a Celestial Heart, doesn’t that mean we’ve already lost the gamble ten thousand years from now?"
"What should we do?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other Divine Monarchs stroked their beards and chuckled.
"Prince Yi, there’s no need to worry."
"We already have three strategies prepared: high, middle, and low."
Jiang Cheng lacks a Celestial Heart, making defeat certain.
Yet under such circumstances, you still devised three strategies?
King Shi and Prince Yi were utterly puzzled.
"I would love to hear them!"
One Divine Monarch stepped forward and smiled confidently.
"The highest strategy is to enlighten Jiang Cheng, letting him develop the Celestial Heart."
"He isn’t from the Evil Immortal Realm, nor the Land of Dao Extinction."
"Moreover, he helped the Yunzhao War Zone eliminate an Evil Immortal, indicating he doesn’t resist our Celestial Palace."
"He lacks a Celestial Heart due to some accident."
"As long as he develops one, it’s highly likely to be higher than top-grade."
"If he forms a Celestial Heart within ten thousand years, we can still win!"
Regarding this high strategy, King Shi and Prince Yi were not optimistic at all.
They had dealt with Jiang Cheng.
That guy indeed doesn’t resist the Celestial Palace, but nor is he close to it.
He exhibits the attitude of an outsider negotiating business and setting terms with the Celestial Palace; even if he gains a Celestial Heart, his loyalty can’t be high, right?
"Then what about the middle strategy?"
"The middle strategy is to find someone to impersonate."
"Impersonate? You mean to find someone to replace him at the final reveal with the Evil Immortal Realm?"
"Yes, aside from Yan Yi and Yan Mu, no one else in the Evil Immortal Realm had contact with Jiang Cheng. Finding an Immortal Official with a high Celestial Heart Tier to take his appearance and fool them is not impossible."
"Uh, this..."
King Shi and Prince Yi felt this plan was too fanciful.
Changing another Immortal Official’s appearance to resemble Jiang Cheng exactly is simple; every one of them can do it.
But expecting the Great Powers of the Evil Immortal Realm to be deceived by such a minor trick is way too naive.
"Then what’s the low strategy?"
The Divine Monarchs collectively fell silent.
After a moment, they slowly uttered four words.
"Kill Jiang Cheng."
"What?"
King Shi and Prince Yi cried out in shock.
"How is that possible?"
"If we kill him, it means we’re dodging the gamble, viewing it as a loss. According to our agreement with the Evil Immortal Realm, we automatically lose!"
This agreement applies to both sides with the Evil Immortal Realm.
If either Jiang Cheng or Yan Yi gets killed by their ’own faction’, it’s a loss for that faction.
"So we can’t kill him, but must find a way for the Evil Immortals to do it."
If Jiang Cheng is killed by the ’opponent’s faction’, the opponent automatically loses.
That way, the Celestial Palace can claim direct victory.
"At worst, let people from the Forbidden Land kill him too."
If killed by ’third-party’ individuals, it counts as a draw.
Turning an inevitable loss into a draw is still acceptable.