Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 267: This Matter, I Was Wrong!
For three consecutive days, the Heaven-asking Sword and the Hades Blade appeared three nights in a row, and these three nights turned Zhongzhou City into complete chaos. More than half of the government offices were destroyed...
However, Diwu Qingrou's people were only capturing people, then capturing people again, and yet again capturing people, without addressing the root of this phenomenon.
The captured individuals were secretly transferred to the Golden Horse Knights Hall headquarters the same day; then the capturing continued...
Chu Yang was expecting to see the various families fighting for dominance during these three pivotal days, but that phenomenon never materialized.
He felt something was amiss and had been preoccupied for the past few days; it wasn't until the afternoon of the third day that he suddenly snapped back to reality.
“Not good!” Chu Yang slapped his thigh, his eyes suddenly flashing with insight.
“What’s wrong?” Gu Duxing was polishing his black dragon sword without glancing up.
“What we’re doing may have created chaos, but... it’s also very likely that we’ve done Diwu Qingrou a huge favor!” Chu Yang forced a bitter smile: “The martial arts world’s power, ah, the martial arts world’s power.”
“You mean... Diwu Qingrou is also fanning the flames?” Gu Duxing abruptly looked up, incredulously asking.
“That is inevitable.” Chu Yang sighed deeply, taking a long breath to quickly calm his emotions. At this moment, impatience would only lead to doom; even if he couldn't remain calm, he had to force himself to cool down.
“The old fox is still an old fox; I made a significant mistake in this matter.” Chu Yang felt the blood surging within him, so he began to analyze his own mistakes.
Analyzing one’s own errors is the quickest way to calm down and find a way out. Although he still felt a bit lost, he hoped that through this analysis, he would find a solution.
“A significant mistake you made?” Gu Duxing frowned: “Our plan is absolutely flawless; moreover, this is the best way to incite unrest. Only through chaos in the martial arts world can we provoke the greatest discontent from the court, allowing us to start our next plan. There’s nothing wrong with it, so why...”
“The martial arts world! The power of the martial artists has always been the court’s greatest concern, and the root of unrest; they have been opposing each other for many years.” Chu Yang slowly organized his thoughts: “The martial arts world, as a secondary power circle, can only be appeased by the court; it can never be eradicated or utilized.”
“But I provided Diwu Qingrou with such an opportunity.”
At this moment, Chu Yang recalled what Tie Butian had once said: the martial arts world is the predecessor of the court; when a secondary power develops to a certain degree, it can replace the court; then, swiftly rebranding, it becomes the court.
Martial artists have always looked down on scholars, but once they grasp power, the first thing they do is eliminate martial artists and elevate and support scholars.
This was something Tie Butian had said during their first meeting.
Now that Chu Yang thought about it, he suddenly felt regret. He understood that his greatest mistake was that this action had not been discussed with Tie Butian.
With Tie Butian’s outstanding political acumen, he could have certainly improved the plan's flaws. However, he had fallen into an inexplicable deadlock with Tie Butian at that time, leading him to make unilateral decisions.
Thinking of this, Chu Yang couldn’t help but sigh.
“Success and failure come from the same source.” This saying found a perfect expression here. To stop Diwu Qingrou's plan, he had forced Du Shiqing to go missing four months earlier. And this action disrupted Diwu Qingrou's entire deployment, giving Tie Yun a chance to breathe, and buying time for this trip to Zhongzhou. It delayed the pace of war.
However, because of this matter, it caused Tie Butian's dissatisfaction; although trust remained, the knot in his heart had not been untied. As a result, this major operation had not been discussed to complement one another with Tie Butian.