The improved female villains regained their memories.

But after exchanging glances with Yang Pingsheng at the very end, Su Murong knew it was no use.

Since she has taken on that secret for Yang Pingsheng, she cannot allow the villains to fight amongst themselves now.

She held Shi Guijia's hand and gave her a wink.

Xu Anyin also flew over and tugged at Xu Anlu's sleeve: "Sister."

The two sides were eventually separated.

Shi Guijia gave the two sisters a cold look, left them with the words "Take care of yourselves", and then pulled Su Murong, turning into golden light and flying towards Luo Benmo's mansion.

Xu Anlu stood there, watching their departing figures, motionless for a long time.

“Something’s not right,” Xu Anlu uttered.

"Ah, what's wrong?" Xu Anyin asked, turning her head to see a hint of worry in her older sister's eyes, her tuft of hair on her head moving in the wind, conveying a strong sense of unease.

That expression concealed too many emotions; when their eyes met, the worry was at its peak.

"Su Murong is acting strangely. She should be the one who most wants to see us fight, so why..."

"Sis, if you can think of the big picture, then Su Murong must..."

"No, that's not right."

Everyone would think about the bigger picture, but that doesn't stop them from wanting the other female villains to die.

"Xiao Yin, did Su Murong meet with anyone last night?" Xu Anlu asked.

"No, right?" Xu Anyin wasn't sure; she had spent most of her time with Song Panning last night.

"Sister, are you worried?"

“Well, I’m afraid that Pingsheng’s return was intentional, designed to make me think he’s in the capital,” Xu Anlu said. “But in reality, he most likely secretly came to the palace and made a deal with a villain.”

"Does your sister think that person is Su Murong?"

"If Ping Sheng really did that, then it was probably her, since Su Murong's actions contradicted what she had done before."

"But that's alright, the Grand Tutor needs people to cooperate with him if he wants to unify us."

"That's not the issue."

At this point, Xu Anlu's words were tinged with loneliness.

"I'm just upset that he didn't choose me."

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Yang Pingsheng left tokens for all the female villains.

The others received the summons, including Li Chumo and Song Panning.

Li Chumo, who was lying in wait nearby, witnessed the entire conflict between Shi Guijia and Xu Anlu in front of the main hall, and then hurriedly came to find Song Panning.

At the heart of the park lies a lake, its crystal-clear waters reflecting the gradually brightening clouds in the sky like a giant mirror. In the center of the lake stands an exquisite pavilion, its eaves resembling the wings of a bird about to take flight, and the dragon carvings on its pillars so lifelike they seem ready to soar into the air at any moment.

Song Panning sat there quietly drinking tea with Leng Yan, the blue sky surrounding her, and she obediently closed her eyes to rest.

Li Chumo rushed over and saw two people and a demon sitting there leisurely.

“Master has already given us the news. Shi Guijia and Xu Anlu have already rushed over. How can you still be in the mood to drink tea here?” Li Chumo questioned.

"What's the rush? Did you see what I showed you? Is it the same as what I said?" Song Panning asked calmly.

“It is true, as you said, that Shi Guijia and Xu Anlu have a conflict.” Li Chumo sat on the empty chair next to him. “But they did not fight. On the contrary, Su Murong stopped them.”

Song Panning paused slightly as she poured tea for Li Chumo, looking at her and asking, "Who stopped you?"

"Su Murong".

"How could it be her?"

She pushed the teacup towards Li Chumo and said, "Tell me in detail."

Li Chumo recounted everything he had seen in great detail, while Song Panning silently drank her tea and pondered.

It's not surprising that the two sides didn't fight. After all, Shi Guijia may have a short temper and a crazy personality, but she's still a smart person.

They're capable of provoking, but a fight to the death is out of the question.

Xu Anyin lacks her own opinions and now listens to her older sister in everything, so the one who gets provoked is definitely Xu Anlu.

Their ending could be that they tested each other and fought a few rounds, or one of them would consider the bigger picture and ultimately hold back, but it absolutely cannot be that Su Murong intervenes to stop the fight.

Of all the female villains, the ones I most want to see die are Wen Shihan, Luo Benmo, and Su Murong.

Wen Shihan has now become Yang Pingsheng's shadow. She has a deeper understanding of the overall situation. She used to take action, but she definitely won't now.

Luo Benmo is essentially an insecure person; she won't take action unless Yang Pingsheng gives the order.

Su Murong was different from them; he was the kind of person who loved watching a good show and was happy for them to fight each other.

What caused Su Murong's change of heart? Song Panning thought that Su Murong was very shrewd. As a mortal, dealing with monsters called female villains, he couldn't survive without calculating his own interests to the extreme.

Su Murong's survival wisdom lies in attaching himself to a villain and then encouraging that villain to fight against other villains.

But now, her survival wisdom has changed. Could it be that she is also making concessions for the sake of the bigger picture?

No, Song Panning pondered. Su Murong wasn't that magnanimous, nor was she as weak as she appeared. She was more like the kind of person who outwardly compromised but secretly tried to control the situation.

He stirs up all the trouble, then takes matters into his own hands and wipes them all out – that's Su Murong for you.

"I see." Song Panning exhaled a breath of stale air. "It seems that he chose Su Murong in his life."

"Hey, what do you mean?" Li Chumo looked at Song Panning, and the fox ears that had appeared in his mind twitched subconsciously.

"To unite us, Wen Shihan and Luo Benmo alone won't do. They're good at fighting, but as for integration... one has no real power and only cares about her brother, while the other relies on brute force. And what villains care about least is brute force."

Song Panning took a deep breath and tapped the table, saying, "So, Ping Sheng still needs someone to help him from the side. Firstly, to break the current 2-2-2 structure, and secondly, to prevent us from fighting amongst ourselves in secret."

This person can only be either her or Xu Anlu.

She and Li Chumo had planned it out last night: if Yang Pingsheng came to find her, she would agree on the surface, but secretly plot to kill Jiang Mochang and Ye Buxin together.

Even if Yang Pingsheng hadn't approached her, she would still have pushed through the plan, but she would have made Xu Anlu take the blame for her.

She waited all night but Yang Pingsheng didn't come to find her. She thought he had gone to see Xu Anlu.

So, the person they found was Su Murong...?

"Why would he go to Su Murong?" Song Panning muttered to herself again. "That girl is a ticking time bomb, she has more inner monologues than I do. If he asks her to cooperate, isn't Yang Pingsheng afraid that Su Murong will cause trouble for him?"

Li Chumo couldn't keep up with Song Panning's train of thought, so he simply drank his tea and listened to her talk in silence.

“Unless…” Song Panning took a deep breath, “unless he has a secret that even Wen Shihan cannot know, and he needs to make the person cooperating with him understand without speaking or transmitting his voice.”

"Huh?" Li Chumo twitched her ears. "What does that mean?"

Song Panning pointed to her eyes.

"Yes, it's the eyes."

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Eyes.

If she wasn't mistaken, Yang Pingsheng had secretly come to the palace last night and conveyed a secret to Su Murong with his eyes.

Having learned the secret, Su Murong will inevitably become the [cooperator].

Chapter 720 The Villains' Unease

Eyes can reveal a lot of secrets.

The so-called tacit understanding is nothing more than this.

Each of the female villains has a deep connection with Yang Pingsheng, and it's not difficult for them to understand each other perfectly.

Wen Shihan, Luo Benmo, Xu Anlu... even she, Song Panning, could do it.

But what Song Panning cared about was why Yang Pingsheng chose Su Murong.

"Su Murong is not a good collaborator, but she becomes a good collaborator only because of that secret."

Then the problem is coming.

What exactly is that secret that would make Su Murong the good collaborator, instead of Xu Anlu, and instead of Song Panning?

Song Panning watched the sun gradually rise, the sunlight falling on the pavilion like a water curtain, casting some shadows.

Li Chumo asked, "Is the plan still in progress?"

Song Panning replied, "Of course."

The best outcome would be for Jiang Mochang and Ye Buxin to perish together; they had already discussed this last night.

But Su Murong's unexpected turn of events made Song Panning uneasy. She began to think, so much so that she didn't even have time to respond to Yang Pingsheng's summons.

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Its daybreak.

The courtyard's walls stood tall, their blue bricks taking on a soft, elegant hue at dawn. The moss atop the walls, still glistening with last night's dew, shimmered under the sunlight, like a delicate pearl necklace adorning the walls. Occasionally, a few branches peeked out from within the courtyard, their tender green leaves swaying gently in the morning breeze, adding a touch of life and vitality to this ancient dwelling.

Luo Benmo woke up with a start, panting heavily.

The door to the side room was ajar, letting in a faint light. On the steps in front of the door, a black cat lazily stretched, its fur fluffy and soft in the sunlight. After yawning, it turned its head and saw that Luo Benmo was awake, then immediately got up and ran away.

A short while later, Yang Pingsheng pushed open the door and entered.

"Sister, are you awake?"

Luo Benmo stared blankly for a moment, then looked at Yang Pingsheng as if he had been thinking for a long time.

Yang Pingsheng, as if he didn't care, continued speaking to himself:

"I'm using the True Mark of the Great Dao to help the people in your house regain their memories. Lone Wolf and the others have almost recovered, but it's still a bit difficult for them to understand what's happening now. Wait a bit, Sister..."

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Benmo pounced on him and hugged Yang Pingsheng tightly like an octopus.

Her words were filled with panic, and a deep sense of unease permeated the entire room.

"In my life, I dreamt that you were dead!"

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