"[Shedding skin]?!"
Fang Yu’s face changed color.
"Are you serious?"
Green Demon nodded slightly.
"I have to do this."
"The situation has developed to this point, if I don’t shed my skin... you will definitely die."
What?!
Fang Yu was ’stunned’ on the spot.
"It can’t be that bad, I’m after all one of the Foolish Underworld’s ten householders..."
"Not enough."
Green Demon sneered.
"You don’t understand the Five Great Families. Nor do you understand the Lin Family’s tactics."
"The human skin identity from the Foolish Underworld can’t protect you."
"If the Lin Family can’t find me, they will inevitably follow the traitor [Ancient Skin Demon]’s intel, probing into Li Baizhen’s subordinates."
"First and foremost, it will be you, the sole survivor of the Peony Workshop."
"No matter what the Lin Family says publicly, they will definitely target you in secret."
"Once they make a move, it will be a killing blow."
"They won’t give you a chance to talk it out, they’ll force your demon true form out first."
"If you can’t withstand it, you’re dead."
"If you can withstand it but your demon identity is exposed, you’re still dead, perhaps even in a worse manner."
Green Demon saw Fang Yu’s bewildered expression and sighed.
Young, ultimately still a bit too young.
Hadn’t experienced too much of human deception and conspiracy.
Without me by his side in the future, I don’t know if he can stay undercover till the end and protect himself.
"Blood Demon, be shrewd."
"The crisis you’re facing now is even more serious than mine, do you understand?"
"If I don’t [shed skin], no one can keep you safe!"
"I can only do this."
"And once you are exposed, next will be [Che Linfang] and the others."
"Where there’s a first, there will be a second. Once the seeds of doubt are sown, the people around Li Baizhen won’t be safe."
"Our undercover agents planted in the Foolish Underworld will quickly be rooted out one by one, leading to the failure of this line of operation."
"Whether for your sake or for the grand plan, I must make a decision at this moment."
After hearing everything, Fang Yu was already dumbfounded, feeling a chill down his spine.
Damn!
If the Lin Family really disregards martial ethics...
Doesn’t abide by the agreement with the Foolish Underworld and secretly attacks.
Then if they can’t find the undercover Green Demon.
Won’t they just follow Green Demon’s logic and come looking for trouble with me?
What about the three-day protection period, all gone to hell.
Others strike me with a sword, I don’t die but shed a layer of skin.
A few more fatal strikes and I still don’t die.
Either be determined as a demon.
Or expose my identity as a Demon Martial Artist; no more undercover work.
However, one thing Green Demon got wrong.
That is, my status in the Foolish Underworld still has its special aspects.
They are willing to protect me, just very limitedly.
If it were truly the identity of an ordinary householder, then all of Green Demon’s current speculations would be correct.
Fang Yu took a breath, thinking, silent, then raised his head, his eyes slightly ’moist’.
"Brother Qing, is there really no other way?"
Green Demon smiled.
He patted Fang Yu’s shoulder.
"It’s just a human skin, not a life-and-death separation; no need for such a big reaction."
"Only from now on, I might not be able to look after you all the time."
"You need to be more careful with what you do in the future."
Green Demon’s words were carefree.
But Fang Yu knew.
It was not easy for Green Demon to infiltrate.
Because the identity of ’Yue Guang’ allowed for a very short infiltration time.
Those who infiltrate beside a hundred householders for such a short time usually find it difficult to stay hidden.
Green Demon’s success was partly due to luck, but more so due to multi-faceted operation.
After all, Fang Yu had seen the actual ’Yue Guang’.
When he first entered the game, he had met ’Yue Guang’.
It was only later when he met again, it was Green Demon in disguise.
So Fang Yu knew exactly when Green Demon turned into Yue Guang.
To say, in such a short time, Green Demon turned into Yue Guang and could infiltrate deeply beside Li Baizhen without suspicion.
This human skin identity had been very successfully blended in.
Certainly, there was also the fact that the number of people Li Baizhen could use was dwindling.
But Yue Guang’s own efforts and management were also quite important.
The effort spent goes without saying.
Now to say [shed skin] is to [shed skin]; such resolution is no small feat.
Fang Yu was silent, and then spoke.
"Brother Qing, when do you plan to [shed skin]?"
"Not now."
Green Demon’s gaze was fixed on the stone chessboard.
"I need some cooperation from the big shots above."
"Do you need my help?"
Fang Yu quickly asked.
Green Demon shook his head slightly, chuckling.
"This time [shedding skin] might be very dangerous; you shouldn’t get involved."
Fang Yu’s face changed.
"How can there be a risk?"
Green Demon clarified.
"In ordinary [skin shedding], I can naturally fade away without a trace, and then find another skin to replace."
"But this time is different. I must complete a full [skin shedding] in front of a large audience and then ’fake death’ on the scene."
"That’s a necessary step. Otherwise, if I escape, the Lin Family will still point the finger at you."
"It can only be after I ’die’, that things will end. They will no longer focus their sights on someone as insignificant as a ten-householder like you."
The dead’s debts are written off.
It’s only natural.
Fang Yu understood.
As long as [Green Demon] ’dies’, the Lin Family with have no reason to trouble me.
Naturally, the Foolish Underworld can then easily preserve me.
In the end, everyone now thinks that it’s Green Demon who killed Lin Jie.
All the blame is on Green Demon, death puts an end to everything, it’s over.
To then vent their anger on ’irrelevant people’ like me after the fact, the Foolish Underworld won’t need to indulge the Lin Family’s arbitrary actions.
After all, it will no longer be justified.