"Reporting to the young master, Chu He failed in the alchemy conference and his reputation plummeted. I heard that he was seriously injured. He is still recuperating. He woke up once during the period. But when he heard that you had finished picking peaches and the current situation, he seemed to have fainted again because of a mental disorder... Now, the situation is unclear."
Mu Liuling bowed and said.
"Heh, just as I expected..." Chu Tianxiao was not surprised at all, but a hint of a foxy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Liuling, what do you think will be the first thing Chu He will do after he recovers?"
Mu Liuling was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said, "Of course, we should improve the recipe and try to save the situation... For you, the support of the Dan Pavilion is like adding wings to a tiger, but for Chu He, losing the support of the Dan Pavilion is like adding insult to injury, and the situation will continue to deteriorate. Therefore, our third step of the plan is still difficult to achieve, because Chu He will not choose this time to fight with you, young master, which is contrary to his cautious character..."
Chu Tianxiao nodded and said, "That's right, so we... must force him to fight!"
"Oh? Young Master, have you come up with a solution?"
After these words were spoken, everyone except Mu Liuling and Chu Tianxiao tactfully withdrew.
In response, Chu Tianxiao nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Mu Liuling and said, "Liuling, what do you think will happen to Chu He if he loses his alchemy skills?"
Mu Liuling was surprised when she heard this, but soon, she put herself into this situation. After pondering for a moment, she said: "Then he... will have no choice but to fight to the death with you, young master."
"Even if the timing is not right, he has no choice but to do it. Otherwise... he will be eroded layer by layer, with no chance of a comeback!"
Chu Tianxiao nodded: "That's right, so next, we have to take advantage of Chu He's rare 'coma period' to destroy his alchemy skills!"
"... Young Master, I'm afraid that's unlikely. Chu He has been running the Chu family for a long time, and he still has two direct descendants around him. Even if the Third Master supports us, it is impossible for him to be protected by so many people..."
"Haha, Liu Ling, you are blinded by one thing." Chu Tianxiao smiled faintly and said, "Who said we have to rely on low-level means such as assassination and poisoning? Those means could still be used at the alchemy meeting last night, but doing this in the Chu family... Haha, you don't want people's support? You don't want the support of your uncle?"
After hearing this, Mu Liuling was startled: "Liuling was confused, the young master was right. But...how exactly is the young master going to start?"
"It's very simple..." Chu Tianxiao took a map of Kyoto and drew a circle with his finger on a suburb.
"Let's go to Mingai Village and make some money."
After saying this, Mu Liuling pressed his forehead and said, "Young Master... This is what Liuling was about to say. Although you have saved the day and your prestige has soared, some of the family members have already followed your lead... You see..."
"What? I can't stand it! Give me a strict order! In the entire Chu family, there can only be one loser like me! A bunch of ignorant people, how could they lose the family? Don't insult the two sacred words 'lose the family'!"
"...Yes, Young Master." Mu Liuling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but still shook his head and said, "Then the Third Master..."
"Well, I'll go see Uncle San first..."
Before he finished speaking, a hearty laugh was heard, and then, Chu Zhongtie's tall figure appeared in front of Chu Tianxiao, and a big hand patted him directly on the shoulder!
"Good! Good! You are worthy of being my second brother's son, and worthy of being the bloodline of my Chu family! You didn't bring shame to me, my third uncle!"
Chu Tianxiao smiled slightly: "Uncle San, I won't say any more polite words..."
"Don't worry. As promised, Third Uncle will fully support you from now on. However, Third Uncle has one request. You must not become arrogant and conceited because of this great victory and waste your energy internally! You must know that if we also lose too much, your results last night will be at least cut in half!"
Chu Tianxiao nodded: "I know how to handle this. If nothing unexpected happens, within three days, Chu He's faction will be at a very low point. By then, we will confront them with overwhelming force. Because of the huge disparity, there will be no more internal friction! The situation will turn into a duel between Chu He and me!"
"Three days? Are you sure you can control the internal friction within three days?"
Chu Zhongtie was really shocked this time. Chu Tianxiao had declared war on Chu He before, but that was just a cover and a means to create momentum. Due to the huge gap in strength between the two sides, Chu Zhongtie didn't care about the internal friction at all... But this time, Chu Tianxiao turned the tide, and with his support, his power had reached the point where he could compete with Chu He. In Chu Zhongtie's eyes, this fight was the real internal friction - you can imagine how Chu He's loyalists would fight back hysterically!
And Chu Tianxiao now actually said that he could control such intense internal friction within three days
This... This...
Even though Chu Zhongtie was used to strong winds and heavy rains, he still felt a little unsteady at this moment. But when he thought about it carefully, didn’t it only take half a month for his nephew to grow to where he is today
"Our Chu family will prosper if this divine horse is born!"
Chu Zhongtie felt very relieved, and then he heard Chu Tianxiao say slowly: "I will go out for a while to complete the final layout. During this time, I will trouble you, Third Uncle, to take charge of our side."
"This matter must be carried out in secret and no one else must know about it!"
Chu Zhongtie nodded heavily: "Tianxiao, don't worry!"
"Then I'll leave it to you, Third Uncle." Chu Tianxiao clasped his fists and bowed, then looked at Mu Liuling, "Liuling, let's go."
"Young Master, Liu Ling has only one question... How should we go? How can we conceal our whereabouts?"
"Hehe... As for this, the young master has his own 'brilliant plan'!"
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After leaving the house, Mu Liuling soon found out what the "clever plan" Chu Tianxiao was talking about...
Before them was a towering mountain, a famous sight in the suburbs of Kyoto.
"... Young Master, your plan is too dangerous!" Mu Liuling said worriedly, "Although Chu He is in a coma and can't manage things, he still has other people around him, such as Chu Huang... This person is loyal to Chu He, and now he wants to kill you as soon as possible. Moreover, he is a powerful general under Chu He. When Chu He was unconscious, he could have mobilized many people with his popularity... Liuling also felt that someone was following us all the way. If he really follows us, we..."
"Haha, that's true." Chu Tianxiao said as he walked, "But Liu Ling, how many eyes do you think are staring at you and me after the alchemy meeting? How easy is it for us to go to Mingai Village without anyone noticing? Do you really think Chu He's men are vegetarians when they go crazy?"
"But... this plan is too risky. Our situation is very good now. Young Master, can't we slow down a bit?"
Chu Tianxiao was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "If we miss this great opportunity when the Chuhe faction is leaderless, it will be impossible for us to conceal the truth... I'll tell you the truth, Liu Ling, our situation is really good, but it's only temporary..."
"If we don't destroy Chu He's alchemy skills, no matter what kind of alchemy formula he comes up with in the future, or if he wants to fight a protracted war with us, we will definitely lose! The current good situation will be reversed bit by bit by Chu He, and then... all our previous efforts will be wasted."
"The situation often changes in an instant. I have destroyed the impregnable situation of Chuhe to its current state. How can I know that it won't revive again in the future?"
Chu Tianxiao said leisurely: "We should take advantage of his weakness to kill him. If we can't kill him, then we should make sure he is no longer able to recover! It's far from time to rest easy... Moreover, if the plan goes well and we can divert the defense, we can cut off Chu He's arm and get an alchemist at the same time, which will also avoid internal friction. There are many benefits..."
Mu Liuling was silent for a moment, then said, "As for the strategy itself, Young Master's method only amazed Liuling, and the preparations for this did give Liuling great confidence, but... this is not a reason for you to take your own safety lightly again and again."
"Even a son of a wealthy family doesn't want to marry into the family, let alone you, the young master? You keep doing this, but have you ever thought about what would happen to Liu Ling... us if something unexpected happened?"
At this point, Mu Liuling slightly raised her face, and in her eyes, there was a rare hint of... stubbornness.
"Forgive Liu Ling for speaking frankly, Young Master, you seem to have a sense of detachment, as if... you don't take your own life seriously... Well, Liu Ling said something out of turn."
After these words fell, Chu Tianxiao fell silent. He couldn't tell Mu Liuling that he had "traveled through time". He had already lived two lives, so he was more indifferent to life and death than ordinary people...