Chapter 148 Counter-Plan

Lin Zhao looked at Ye Yang and said, "I suspect that the white snake was a trap deliberately set by Mu Wenmin. The purpose was to tie down the fire fox and keep him focused on the Noble Garden so we would enter the game."

"I suspect Mu Wenmin's layout at the Burial Dragon Temple goes beyond the boundaries of *Thousand-Year-Old Wood*."

Ye Yang raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lin Zhao simply sat down and said, "I've been thinking about what Nan Yimu's real purpose was in building the Noble Garden."

"To say that Mu Wenmin started plotting against you more than a hundred years ago? I don't think that reason holds water."

Lin Zhao said, "I carefully analyzed the information Li Po sent back, and I think… the time when Mu Yue, the first head of the Mu family, built the Burial Dragon Temple was likely before the Mu family signed a contract with the ghosts and gods."

Lin Zhao paused before saying, "Although I don't know the detailed circumstances of the grievances between the Mu and Ye families, I can roughly guess that the ancestors of the Mu and Ye families came from the same school, but only one person could inherit the identity of the Feng Shui master, while the other needed to become the Feng Shui master's protector."

"The Mu family was willing to stoop to serving ghosts and gods for the sake of the orthodox inheritance of Feng Shui secrets, which shows that Mu Yue was not someone who was willing to be an appendage."

"His contract with the ghosts and gods was just a temporary measure. As long as his strength was sufficient, he would turn against the ghosts and gods. However, he couldn't take action under the eyes of the ghosts and gods, so he chose to leave himself a way out before signing the contract!"

Lin Zhao said, word by word, "That way out is the Burial Dragon Temple."

Ye Yang couldn't help but nod slightly. "Anything else?"

Ye Yang was essentially acknowledging Lin Zhao's statement: Warlocks and ghosts and gods are actually wary of each other when they sign contracts. Because they know very well that such contracts can be easily torn up at any time due to the warlock's soaring strength or the weakening of the ghosts and gods.

What the ghosts and gods need are obedient slaves. Their way of controlling warlocks is to nip any such tendencies in the bud before the warlock rebels. Therefore, the warlock families that serve ghosts and gods will never produce exceptionally talented individuals.

This is one of the reasons why the Mu family was so easily defeated by Ling.

Lin Zhao continued, "If Mu Wenmin just wanted to get rid of the shackles of the ghosts and gods, then why did he have to choose to hide in the Northeast?"

"Not to mention the area north of the Yangtze River, even places like Western Hunan and Kunlun are enough for him to hide in. At worst, he could go abroad. I think he must have accidentally discovered the secret letter left by Mu Yue, which is why he hid in the Northeast."

"If Mu Wenmin remodeled the Noble Garden based on the secret letter left by his ancestor Mu Yue, then he wouldn't use the secret technique of *Thousand-Year-Old Wood*."

"*Thousand-Year-Old Wood*'s core is to guard the ghosts and gods. The Mu family can't be stupid enough to jump out of the palm of one ghost and god only to jump into the hands of another."

"However, Mu Wenmin is already accustomed to the Mu family's secret techniques, so even if he deliberately avoids *Thousand-Year-Old Wood*, there will still be traces of this secret technique in his layout."

Lin Zhao stopped here, and Ye Yang nodded again. "You're right, anything else?"

Lin Zhao said, "I estimate that when Mu Wenmin was laying out the plan, the zombie drought demon buried under the Burial Dragon Temple hadn't yet reached the point where it could be driven by the Mu family. He had to wait."

"Zombies that become honored ones can slaughter immortals. If the Mu family wants to resist the ghosts and gods, they must obtain that drought demon."

"However, Mu Wenmin didn't dare to act ostentatiously in Bei Yiye's territory, let alone reveal the ancestors' layout to the Mu family's descendants. So he could only leave clues, waiting for the people from Bei Yiye to come to his door."

Lin Zhao looked at Ye Yang and said, "This Bei Yiye doesn't necessarily have to be you, but any descendant of Bei Yiye."

"The descendants of Bei Yiye are active in the Northeast all year round. As long as the legend of the mysterious disappearance of the Burial Dragon Temple reaches the ears of the Ye family, they will come to investigate, and naturally become Mu Wenmin's chess pieces."

The core of Lin Zhao's deduction is that Mu Wenmin can't let the Mu family know that he is resisting the ghosts and gods.

Regardless of whether the Mu family has become accustomed to this identity after being slaves for so long, just the fact that the Mu family is laying out the plan in the Northeast, once it is leaked out, the Mu family will be wiped out immediately.

There is indeed the concept of territory between ghosts and gods, but they also have a consensus – absolutely no contracted warlock is allowed to resist the ghosts and gods.

If this happens, the ghosts and gods occupying the Northeast will not only give up their territory, but also join forces with their kind to slaughter Nan Yimu.

Seeing that Ye Yang didn't speak, Lin Zhao added, "Of course, this is just my personal opinion."

After listening, Ye Yang nodded and said, "Lin Zhao, you're still a bit inferior to Ben Gou and Lao Liu. Feng Ruoxing, send a message to Ben Gou!"

What Ye Yang meant was: Although Lin Zhao's thinking is sharp, he lacks the courage to act on his own deductions.

That old fox, Lao Liu, is shrewd and far-sighted and can often anticipate the enemy.

I belong to the type who dares to bet my life on whether a judgment is correct as long as I have made it.

Ye Yang asked Feng Ruoxing to send me a message in order to let me make the final decision.