Although An Jing was very confident in his idea, Chenyinzi did not hesitate to deny it directly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Why not, Grandmaster? I think my idea is very effective!"
An Jing was extremely confident in his idea: "If I pretend to be an insider, no side would surely reject me. In this way..."
[Who would believe that]
Mingguang Dust was speechless. An Jing’s wisdom could indeed be trusted, but it was generally only effective in combat and strategic decisions. In this kind of situation, it showed extraordinary wisdom—regardless of whether it was wisdom or not, just ask, is it extraordinary: [Indeed, if you really wanted to switch sides, no one would refuse you, even the Taiming Sect, which is determined to eliminate you, would immediately send a Heavenly Lord to bring you back]
[But here’s the problem, An Jing, do you think you are genuinely defecting? Do you think others can’t see through your act? Don’t assume others are fools!]
An Jing: "I think I am!"
Mingguang Dust: [Everyone thinks you are not]
"Then we won’t trick the Taiming Sect."
An Jing remained optimistic: "I think Da Chen and the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect would be happy to be tricked by me, especially since I have assets in Da Chen. I could say I don’t see a good future for the sect and want to temporarily return to Da Chen to lay low. I believe Da Chen would definitely send someone to escort me, and then we could find out, right?"
"Da Chen is not a problem at all. Your master was ambiguous with Da Chen, and we said nothing."
Chenyinzi sighed: "The issue is not here, An Jing. We actually don’t lack spies—do you think we don’t have spies in the Taiming Sect and Da Chen? We even have several collaborators within the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect, except for the Shangxuan Sect... I can get a lot of information from them."
"But the most critical information is about what those traitors are cooperating with them on. No amount of low-level traitors can get that!"
[As for the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect...]
Mingguang Dust understood the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect better: [They don’t care if you are genuinely defecting or not. Based on my understanding of them, you are probably still their Divine General. If you go ask, they are likely to tell you... But, they aren’t fools; they might not tell you the whole picture]
If An Jing were an old member of the Bright Mirror Sect, a genius Divine Mandate who grew up there, perhaps someone might believe him. After all, the longer you stay in the current Bright Mirror Sect, the clearer the situation becomes, knowing that human power is very difficult to change it.
But he was someone who joined mid-way, a Jiuli Commanding General who returned through burning, killing, and looting (literally), a Fiend God’s Destiny.
Such a person encountering problems would definitely not surrender halfway. They would fight to the end, kill to the end, even if An Jing were to carry out a major cleanse, killing half of the sect leading to its downfall, it would be more likely than him betraying the sect or fleeing back to Da Chen.
However, saying An Jing’s idea is useless would also be wrong.
"Since I can’t and won’t defect, there’s no problem with my Children of Calamity pretending to defect, right?"
An Jing still did not give up on his plan: "For example, I could have Ye Qi pretend to defect and ask her grandfather, or sneakily ask Xiaobai—that is, Bai Qinghan—to ask the Northern Patrol Envoy."
Whether it was Chenyinzi or Ye Po True Lord beside him, a thought emerged in their minds.
[Who is Bai Qinghan?]
Mingguang Dust, knowing this, explained: [Xiaobai is An Jing’s junior sister at Hanging Fate Manor, like Gu Yeqi. However, she joined the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect, under the Northern Patrol Envoy, and is the current Xuanyin Holy Maiden]
[But it seems she hasn’t cut ties with An Jing, and they seem to have good relations]
Immediately, Chenyinzi and Ye Po True Lord realized.
——So you have connections with the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect too!
——So you also know the demon sect’s enchantress!
"My relationship with Xiaobai is very good. If Ye Qi asks, she’ll surely know it’s from me."
An Jing exuded a confidence from who knows where: "She is also active in the northwest. The Northern Patrol Envoy should have told her about our related plans, anyway, just asking, if you know, you know, if not, it’s just a greeting."
"If the Heaven’s Will Demon Sect asks, just say Ye Qi wanted to rejoin the Demon Sect, it makes sense on the surface!"
An Jing’s statement added fuel to the fire, making Chenyinzi and Ye Po True Lord’s expressions even more intriguing, and they simultaneously looked at Mingguang Dust.
——You two, master and apprentice, are quite similar.
"Fine, I’ll explain it to you clearly."
Reasonably, Chenyinzi knew that without a clear explanation, An Jing would definitely stir up some tricks on his own, and thus directly in front of the Great Void Altar, holding a small high-level meeting of the Bright Mirror Sect with Ye Po True Lord and Mingguang Dust.
Firstly, it was the most critical and core issue of the current Bright Mirror Sect: Lord Cheng Guang is nearing the end of his life.
This is the origin of the current precarious situation of the Bright Mirror Sect.
As the strongest and longest-living Heavenly Lord in the history of the Bright Mirror Sect, existing for six millennia without dispute, Lord Cheng Guang was once nearly invincible among his generation in Dust Li. Even the Yin Ze Heavenly Monarch of the Taiming Sect and that person of the Huangyang Sect were his juniors. The reason it’s "nearly" is that some didn’t give him a chance to fight, even the Town King of Da Chen fought him several times, with both sides winning and losing, not losing the face of the Bright Mirror Sect at all.
However, even such a sea-stabilizing needle of the Bright Mirror Sect now probably had only one full-strength shot left.