Chapter 84: Proposal (1/2)

Chapter 84: Proposal

One thing that Shi Kaihuang said was correct. Su Chen truly wanted to begin decreasing the interactions between him and the Immortal Temple.

This idea began to bud after he met Yue Longsha.

The assassination of Yue Wuti exposed the front that the organization had been putting on in front of Su Chen, ruthlessly jarring his wishful thinking towards the organization.

However, he also knew that he couldn’t just sever ties just like that.

The Immortal Temple had invested too much into him. If he were to directly break off their relationship, he would only invite a calamity upon himself.

Even so, Ma Renze’s sudden appearance and his forceful attitude at this point in time was only a catalyst for Su Chen’s unhappiness, and Su Chen made up his mind because of it.

He wasn’t afraid at all!

Why? Because although Su Chen had become quite familiar with the Immortal Temple in the past few years, most of the time it was the Immortal Temple spending for Su Chen’s sake, not Su Chen doing things for the Immortal Temple.

There was a big difference between those two principles.

He had undoubtedly committed a crime by accepting the sponsorship of a terrorist organization, but it would not be enough for a death penalty. His punishment would be determined by the circumstances.

What circumstances? That depended on what he had done for them.

What had Su Chen done for the Immortal Temple?

Quite plainly, all he had done for them was enter the Spirit Burying Terrace to obtain the treasures inside for them.

This was the only thing that he had done, and most of the Corpse Spirit Flowers still belonged to Su Chen.

In other words, he could argue about whether or not he had done it for the Immortal Temple’s sake.Perhaps he had swindled the Immortal Temple for his own benefit. From that aspect, this might not even be viewed as a crime but a merit to the government.

Under these kinds of circumstances, Su Chen was not worried about his link being discovered at all.

Thus, he had decisively exposed himself then and there.

At worst, his cooperation with the Immortal Temple would be discovered, but because he wasn’t too deeply involved with them and he had come forward with the information himself, only a certain level of punishment would be applied to him. However, if all of the Corpse Spirit Flowers were taken away, Su Chen and the Immortal Temple would become mortal enemies.

A medium outcome would be where the link between him and the Immortal Temple would be discovered after an investigation, but the matter of the Spirit Burying Terrace would go unnoticed. As a result, he would probably only receive a reprimand. It would be extremely difficult for the Immortal Temple to meet with Su Chen after that, so naturally he could default on the debt of Spirit Sobering Medicines that he owed.

The best outcome would be if the investigation didn’t uncover anything after a certain amount of time and his account of the situation completely believed.

However, Su Chen didn’t expect that the situation had actually turned out better than his supposed best-case scenario.

There wasn’t even an investigation.

There was no interrogation or inquiry. Seemingly, nothing had happened except for the three hundred extra contribution points that he had been awarded for the discovery of He Sihong’s connection to the Immortal Temple.

Su Chen knew that it was because of Shi Kaihuang’s help.

His personal instructor seemed to be very laid-back, but he was never careless during critical moments.

But since that was the case, the day that he broke ties with the Immortal Temple needed to be delayed again……

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Nightfall arrived.

Su Chen pulled out a vial of medicine and began to disguise himself.

He dressed himself up as a yellow-faced student before he left his room.

Shi Kaihuang, as per usual, was sitting underneath the Origin Talisman Energy Formation in deep thought. They had successfully developed a method for reaching the Blood Boiling Realm without a bloodline, but the old man didn’t slow down at all. He had begun to research a method for reaching the Yang Opening Realm without a bloodline.