Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

"Did you create a secret room?"

"Yes, it was just completed some time ago."

Xiao Yu nodded. When Xiao Shengyi was still alive, there really was no secret room in the Xiao Clan Holy Guard Office. At that time, Xiao Shengyi was loyal to Xiao Wuyun, so how could he hide anything from Xiao Wuyun? Wouldn't a secret room mean that you wanted to do something secretly? Xiao Shengyi would never do that with his loyalty.

However, after Xiao Lei and Xiao Yu saw that Xiao Shengyi was wrongly killed, they began to have deep doubts about the clan leader Xiao Wuyun. After some discussion, they set up a secret room in the basement of an inconspicuous small house not far from the Xiao clan's Holy Guard office, and prepared various things in it in case of emergency.

"Take me there. I can't be seen by Xiao Wuyun right now."

"clear."

Xiao Yu responded in a low voice, and then took Xiao Shengyi to the secret room they had created.

After entering the secret room, Xiao Shengyi glanced at this small area. There was a pile of boxes in the corner and an unfinished formation on the ground in the middle. It looked similar to the formation in the secret room of the great elder. It was also used to teleport to outside the Xiao clan space.

Xiao Shengyi slowly walked to the corner and opened a box, then he saw a box full of pills, Xiao Yu said softly.

"Captain, you are free to use whatever is in those boxes. If you need anything, you can always come to me."

"Okay, got it." Xiao Shengyi put down the pill in his hand and waved his hand gently, "Go ahead, I'll find you if there's anything. Try not to come here on your own initiative, so as not to be noticed by Xiao Wuyun."

"Yes."

Xiao Yu responded and left the secret room. After a series of operations, the door of the secret room slowly closed, leaving Xiao Shengyi alone in this dark secret room.

At this moment, Xiao Shengyi's face and body began to twist, and in the blink of an eye he turned into a woman.

This person is naturally Xiao Ying.

After stealing Xiao Shengyi's body, he absorbed his blood and was promoted from a three-star Dou Sheng to a four-star Dou Sheng. His identity could also be used well by Xiao Ying.

When Xiao Ying first started pretending to be Xiao Shengyi, he was worried that Xiao Lei and Xiao Yu would notice something was wrong. After all, these two were the people who had the most contact with Xiao Shengyi. Fortunately, only Xiao Lei began to feel suspicious first, and this suspicion was completely dispelled after a bunch of his half-true and half-false remarks.

Xiao Ying had not yet figured out what to do with the identity of Xiao Shengyi, but he did not expect to get an extra benefit, which was that Xiao Wuyun sent Xiao Lei to capture Xiao Ling outside the Xiao clan.

What Xiao Ying just said, she does have something that can pose a threat to Xiao Wuyun. She discovered it when she sneaked into the forbidden area to steal martial arts and fighting skills.

It is called the Emperor-Slaying Formation, and one of its skills is called the Emperor-Slaying Ghost Blood Blade.

However, this formation is composed of countless Soul-Devouring Life-Destroying Formations, and the Soul-Devouring Life-Destroying Formation is a formation that consumes a large number of souls. From this, we can imagine how large the number of souls consumed by this Emperor-Slaying Formation is, more than hundreds of billions.

After learning about this condition, Xiao Ying immediately lost interest.

No matter how powerful this Emperor-Slaying Formation is, even if it has really killed the Dou Emperor, it is of no use at all. He simply does not have that many souls to activate it.

He couldn't get out, so if he wanted to find his soul he could only look for it in the Xiao clan. The entire Xiao clan only had a few hundred thousand people, and being able to form a Soul-Devouring Life-Killing Formation was already the limit. How could he form the Emperor-Slaying Formation which required countless Soul-Devouring Life-Killing Formations?

Not to mention that her own strength was not enough to collect the souls of so many people in front of Xiao Wuyun. If she could do it, it would prove that her strength was enough to confront Xiao Wuyun head-on, and there would be no need to set up this troublesome Emperor-Slaying Formation.

Simply put, it's useless.

However, Xiao Lei just got the opportunity to go out openly, and he also gained Xiao Lei's trust, so he no longer had to worry about collecting souls. This was undoubtedly good news for Xiao Ying.

Xiao Ying would never let go of anything that could give him a chance to kill Xiao Wuyun.

During the time when Xiao Lei and Xiao Ling were collecting souls outside, Xiao Ying certainly would not be idle.

After Xiao Lei left, the Xiao clan's Holy Guards are now basically under the command of Xiao Yu alone, and Xiao Yu completely believes that he is Xiao Shengyi.

Xiao Ying narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a cold look in his eyes, which contained extreme hatred towards Xiao Wuyun.

It would be unacceptable if you don't make good use of this identity to do more things.

Who could have imagined that the original purpose of establishing a certain temple was to deal with its own clan leader (laughs)

Chapter 386: Utilization

In the dead of night, two Xiao clan holy guards were on patrol as usual, with tense expressions on their faces.

Ever since Xiao Shengyi's death, the Xiao clan's Holy Guards have been living a much worse life than before. The only consolation is that the mysterious murderer who had been hunting down the Xiao clan's Holy Guards has not appeared again in the year since Xiao Shengyi's death.

However, similar incidents occurred again during this period. Almost every week, several Xiao clan holy guards would get into accidents for no reason while on patrol.

The only difference was that the Xiao clan's holy guards who had been in trouble before at least left behind a dried corpse, but this time those Xiao clan's holy guards who had been in trouble were completely missing, with no news of them, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth.

This situation was similar to but different from the previous one, which reminded them of a certain rumor: Xiao Wuyun founded the Xiao Clan Holy Guard in order to recruit people with excellent bloodlines for himself to absorb.

Although this rumor had been around before, anyone could guess with a little thought that if it was really done by Xiao Wuyun, there would be no dried corpse left at the scene, and it would be done without any trace. Moreover, at that time, the Xiao clan's Holy Guards were still benefiting from Xiao Wuyun's resources, so basically no one thought about it. The only people who really believed this rumor were the Xiao clan members whose resources were drastically cut at that time.

However, the situation today is completely reversed.

The Xiao clan's Holy Guards who got into trouble this time didn't even leave behind a dried corpse. In addition, the current situation of the Xiao clan's Holy Guards was far worse than before, which made many people resentful towards Xiao Wuyun, and gradually believed the rumor that they once didn't believe.

Although the facts are still unresolved, it does not prevent the Xiao clan's holy guards from becoming suspicious of Xiao Wuyun.

At this moment, one of the Xiao clan's holy guards suddenly saw something, his eyes focused, and he walked over quickly, and the other Xiao clan's holy guard also hurriedly followed.

As they got closer, the two could see clearly what was hidden in the corner.

That was a person, a person who was seriously injured and extremely weak.

When they saw the man's appearance, they were both shocked.

Captain Xiao Shengyi?!

Wasn't the captain already dead? Even his body was stolen. Who could this be?

Xiao Shengyi seemed to have heard the movements of the two people. He raised his head with difficulty and looked at them with a distracted look.

"Are you the Holy Guards of the Xiao Clan?"

A hoarse and weak voice slowly flowed out of Xiao Shengyi's mouth, causing both of them to pause, and an idea swirled in their minds.

Could it be that Xiao Shengyi was not dead at all? And his body was not stolen at all, but he ran away on his own?

"Quick! Go find the clan leader. No, go find Captain Xiao Yu!"

The Xiao clan's Holy Guard, who originally wanted to ask another person to inform Xiao Wuyun, suddenly paused. Because of his suspicion towards Xiao Wuyun, he turned his report to Xiao Yu, the current leader of the Xiao clan's Holy Guard.

The other person responded sternly, and immediately ran towards the clan leader's residence through the void. However, before he had gone far, he suddenly heard a low cry of pain from behind him. Turning his head, he saw a woman flash in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, his chest was pierced with a loud bang. He stared at the woman in front of him with astonishment, and then his eyes gradually lost their vitality. Everything contained in his body was completely absorbed, and he turned into a mummy. Behind the woman, lay the mummy of the first Xiao clan holy guard.

The woman was naturally Xiao Ying. She had a cold expression on her face as she collected the two mummies.

A year had passed when Xiao Ying appeared in front of Xiao Lei and Xiao Yu as Xiao Shengyi, and it was half a year ago that he returned to his old ways and began hunting down the Xiao clan's holy guards.

However, this time with the identity of Xiao Shengyi, it was much easier than before. A dead person suddenly appeared alive in front of him. A normal person would be surprised, and then feel suspicious, and even guess in his heart that Xiao Shengyi was not dead at all.

However, because they saw that he looked seriously injured and would not live long, these Xiao clan holy guards were suspicious but not vigilant, because they felt that they posed no threat. It was also because deep down in their hearts they at least half believed that he was Xiao Shengyi. After all, with Xiao Shengyi's strength as an eight-star Dou Sheng, there was no need for him to pretend to be injured to deal with them.

Therefore, defenseless.

There are two purposes for this move. The first is to basically improve one's own strength.

As for the second point, it is to make the Xiao clan's holy guards slowly believe the rumor that they once did not believe.

"Five-star Fighting Saint?"

Xiao Ying lowered his head and felt his own strength. In the past six months, he had absorbed more than twenty people, including several one-star Douluo. Only then did he barely rise from a three-star Douluo to a five-star Douluo.

Xiao Ying also experienced firsthand how huge the gap was between each level of Dou Sheng. Even if there was only one level difference, the energy contained in the body would be vastly different.

In this case, the next goal is also very clear.

Xiao Ying turned into a black shadow, slowly disappeared here, and returned to the secret room.

"Captain Xiao Yu, when we counted the list today, we found that two more Xiao Clan Holy Guards were missing!"

In the office of the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards, Xiao Yu gritted his teeth with a serious expression as he listened to the report from the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards in front of him.

More than twenty Xiao clan holy guards disappeared in half a year, including several one-star Dou Sheng. This is definitely a big event.

As for this matter, Xiao Yu had two suspects. One was the murderer who had hunted down the Xiao clan's holy guards, and the other was Xiao Wuyun.

Even Xiao Yu suspected that the murderer who had hunted down the Xiao clan's holy guards was Xiao Wuyun. Whether he left behind a dried corpse before or not now, it was all to confuse people.

I had heard from Xiao Shengyi before that Xiao Wuyun had the skills to seize bloodlines. Considering what happened before he joined forces with Xiao Wuyun, the rumor didn't seem so unbelievable.

More importantly, Xiao Yu has reported this matter to Xiao Wuyun many times in the past six months, but Xiao Wuyun's attitude has always been so indifferent, even indifferent.

Different from the previous anger caused by the Xiao clan's holy guards turning into mummies, the consecutive disappearances of the Xiao clan's holy guards this time did not cause Xiao Wuyun much waves. He just casually said to be on high alert and said nothing else.

This made Xiao Yu even more suspicious of Xiao Wuyun.

"Captain Xiao Yu, many colleagues now suspect that this matter is very likely..."

The Xiao clan holy guard only spoke halfway and did not mention any names, but his meaning was already quite clear.

Xiao Yu's face was cold, and he spoke in a low voice after a moment of silence.

"Don't speculate for now. Tell the people below to keep everything as it is. The news of the Xiao clan's holy guard's disappearance must not be spread."

"Yes."

Watching his men leave, Xiao Yu sat on the chair with a gloomy face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

According to Xiao Wuyun, the Xiao clan's Holy Guards were established to maintain the security of the Xiao clan, and therefore they patrolled every night. But now it seems that the situation of the Xiao clan's Holy Guards is much more dangerous than that of ordinary Xiao clan members.

Immediately, Xiao Yu remained alert, confirmed that there was no one around, and flashed to a small courtyard not far away. He entered the secret room and reported the recent situation to Xiao Ying who was disguised as Xiao Shengyi.

After hearing this, Xiao Ying frowned and confirmed.

"Does Xiao Wuyun really have an indifferent attitude?"

"Yes."

Xiao Yu nodded solemnly, and after getting the confirmation, Xiao Ying frowned even more tightly.

She had been attacking the Xiao clan's holy guards and making them disappear over the past six months, just to make the Xiao clan's holy guards suspicious of Xiao Wuyun and increase their resentment towards Xiao Wuyun.

Although the resources previously enjoyed by the Xiao clan's Holy Guards have been returned to the Xiao clan members, they are still a group of people with status and position in the Xiao clan. If you want them to give up everything they have and go against Xiao Wuyun at all costs, resentment alone is far from enough. They must personally feel that they are facing a life threat from Xiao Wuyun, and be forced to stand completely against Xiao Wuyun.

But Xiao Wuyun ignored him at all. What did he want to do?

Regarding the incident with Xiao Shengyi, although Xiao Wuyun sounded very ruthless, sacrificing Xiao Shengyi was indeed the best way to appease the anger of the Xiao people at that time, and the same was true for reallocating resources.

But how could Xiao Wuyun not know how this action would change the attitude of the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards towards him? Now that he knew that the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards had complaints against him, he turned a blind eye to the successive disappearances of the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards and allowed them to doubt him.

It sounded like he had completely abandoned the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards. No matter what the Xiao Clan's Holy Guards encountered or what their attitude towards him was, he didn't care.

What on earth is going on in this man's mind?

Xiao Ying really didn't understand, but to be on the safe side, he spoke to Xiao Yu in a deep voice.

"Try to calm the resentment of the Xiao clan's holy guards towards Xiao Wuyun. We still don't know what his purpose is, so we must not act rashly."

"Yes." Xiao Yu nodded, then frowned and asked, "Captain, are those missing Xiao clan holy guards really the work of Xiao Wuyun?"

"It's most likely him. I can't think of another person in the Xiao clan who would do such a thing."

Xiao Ying looked calm as he lied without blushing or beating his heart, and then waved his hand.

"Go ahead. You must keep the Xiao clan's Holy Guards steady. Once Xiao Wuyun catches you, it will be easy for him to wipe out the Xiao clan's Holy Guards with his strength."

"As ordered."

Xiao Yu nodded solemnly, turned around and left the secret room.

Not long after Xiao Yu left the secret room, Xiao Ying also returned to his original appearance, left the secret room and walked on the streets of the Xiao clan.

Unlike the wanted Xiao Ling, Xiao Ying was originally secretly detained by Xiao Wuyun and never made any statement afterwards. After so many years, except Xiao Wuyun himself, I am afraid that no one in the entire Xiao clan knows Xiao Ying, the once proud daughter of heaven.

Xiao Ying strolled leisurely on this familiar street, watching the clansmen coming and going on the street, thinking about Xiao Wuyun's intentions in his mind, and by the way, asking around on the street to see if there was any useful information.

"Hey, have you heard? I heard that the clan leader seems to want to abolish the Xiao clan's holy guards!"

Suddenly, when passing a corner, Xiao Ying heard a few people talking there. He raised his eyebrows and hid in the dark quietly, listening.

"Yeah, I also heard from my cousin that it seems that the Xiao clan's holy guards are very dissatisfied with him because he allocated resources to us."

"How dare they still express dissatisfaction? They were so arrogant before, and Xiao Shengyi dared to find any excuse to kill people. The clan leader was merciful for not holding them all accountable."

"Hey, I heard from inside sources that the first and second elders resigned from their positions and left the Xiao Clan, but in fact they were executed by the Clan Chief because of rebellion, and the people who assisted the Clan Chief in executing them were the current Xiao Clan Saint Guards."

"Hiss~~~ They were executed for rebellion? I was wondering why they resigned from their positions and left the family for no reason. So this is the reason."

"Yes, the clan leader did not tell anyone about this in order to avoid unrest. However, the group of people who followed him to execute the first and second elders used this as an excuse to demand a lot of resources. The clan leader had no choice but to give in for the sake of the clan."

"I see. I was wondering why the clan leader was so ruthless to Xiao Shengyi. It turns out that Xiao Shengyi was the one who held him hostage!"

"Our clan leader is so tired, considering everything for the clan, but he ends up having such a confidant."

There was no need for Xiao Ying to listen to the rest of the words, so he turned around and left. At the same time, he understood Xiao Wuyun's intention in his heart.

What heard, what inside information, it was clearly all spread by Xiao Wuyun himself, and it was obvious that it had been spread for a long time, but the Xiao clan's holy guards didn't know about it.