81: Chapter 81 Mu Ziyu's Moment of Life and Death

Hearing Yang Bai's words, Chu Gehang was taken aback, and he immediately said:

"This is impossible. We have already swept the scene using the most professional methods, not even leaving behind a lingering soul. It is absolutely impossible for them to find a single trace."

At this point, Yang Bai was also infuriated. Killing and arson were one thing, but leaving behind a little tail for people to find, and getting himself slapped with a wanted order on top of that, was really frustrating.

One had to know that the Star Sea Wanted Order was a list of wanted criminals set by the various nations of Blue Star for their own unlawful gods.

The wanted order levels were divided into Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Orange, Red, and Black.

Yang Bai's wanted order was Yellow. Criminals at this level were generally entities of the Second Order or higher.

Gods with a wanted order could not use the official Star Sea Hub, all resources obtained in the Star Sea World could not be taken out of the Star Sea World, and they were also unable to obtain star coins through official channels.

As a New God, being slapped with a Yellow wanted order just as his career was starting, when he most needed money and most needed to expand in the Star Sea World, was just unbelievable.

Yang Bai stomped his feet twice and said angrily:

"Was the encirclement by the large force in front of the [New Hope] shipping company fake? The world is vast, and there are all sorts of wonders; there are plenty of methods you don't know about."

"You, all of you, sigh, forget it..."

At this point, Yang Bai also felt a wave of depression in his heart. After all, what was done was done, and reprimanding this group of Cultivators wouldn't fix anything.

Yang Bai sighed. Seeing a large jar of wine on the table nearby, he lifted it with one hand and began to drink deeply.

The Cultivators below, seeing that Yang Bai was angry, couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

Mu Ziyu carefully moved to Zhou Yanlie's side and used divine sense transmission to say: "General Zhou, where did you and Immortal Lord Yang Bai go these past few days? Tell me quickly."

Zhou Yanlie was stunned for two seconds, then repeated to Mu Ziyu what he had told Chu Gehang.

After hearing Zhou Yanlie's words, Mu Ziyu froze in place. Then, his two squinting eyes widened like copper bells, and the demonic eyes within his body were revealed, trembling uncontrollably.

In Zhatie City, the arrogant and domineering Mu Ziyu was now so scared that his legs were weak and his mouth was dry.

'It's over, it's a huge disaster, something earth-shattering has happened.'

'I didn't expect that Immortal Lord Yang Bai was actually plotting against the legitimate factions of that city; he wanted to take power.'

Mu Ziyu thought in terror.

Through Zhou Yanlie's narration, Mu Ziyu had roughly 'guessed' Yang Bai's plan.

In Mu Ziyu's view, during those three days, Yang Bai had frequented important places in Zhatie City, conversed with people from the flying ship construction factions, and obtained various intelligence; what he was seeking must be special rights in Zhatie City.

Immortal Lord Yang Bai wanted to become the boss of the legitimate factions.

When out in the world, there are three paths: the underworld, the legitimate path, and the grey path in between.

In film and television works, many people say that so-and-so is successful in both the underworld and the legitimate world.

But in reality, these people don't belong to either the underworld or the legitimate world; they can only be considered as doing grey industry work. Apart from having a little money and power, in front of the real underworld or legitimate powers, they are nothing.

Those who are truly successful are those in the underworld and the legitimate world.

The underworld emphasizes daring to fight and being ruthless enough.

The legitimate path emphasizes background, capability, and social savvy.

Mu Ziyu, having brought over ninety powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivators to this new world, his first reaction was to lead this group to do something big.

But he didn't expect that Immortal Lord Yang Bai would look down on such petty gains and immediately aim for the legitimate factions, which were the hardest to develop.

He set his sights directly on power.

Consequently, Mu Ziyu had successfully gotten Yang Bai put on a wanted order, ruining his possibility of taking the legitimate path, and at the same time, disrupting all of Immortal Lord Yang Bai's plans for the future and the future development of White Jade Capital.

'Why did I take on this mission? Dammit, this is enough for me to die ten thousand times.'

Thinking of this, Mu Ziyu suddenly collapsed onto the ground, his stomach spasming, and he vomited everything he had just eaten.

The Cultivators present, seeing Mu Ziyu in this state, felt a sense of pity; after all, he was the chief planner of this operation.

In their view, Mu Ziyu must have learned about Immortal Lord Yang Bai's actions over the past few days after going to Zhou Yanlie, discovered some clue, and was scared into vomiting.

Mu Ziyu had always been known for being calm in front of everyone; now that he was scared into vomiting, it was clear that the matter was definitely not small.

After vomiting for a minute, Mu Ziyu quickly calmed down. Rather than lying there shivering, it was better to think about how to make amends.

Thinking of this, Mu Ziyu felt a sense of absurdity.

"Make amends? How can I make amends? That was the strategy of an Immortal Lord." Mu Ziyu mocked himself.

Mu Ziyu straightened his collar, came before Yang Bai, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully:

"Immortal Lord, my name is Mu Ziyu, and I am the strategist for this Zhatie City operation. Immortal Lord, may I ask you a question? Do you wish to develop by taking the legitimate path?"

Yang Bai stood there, and upon hearing Mu Ziyu's question, he was stunned for two seconds.

"Yes."

As he spoke, Yang Bai opened his subspace bracelet, took out a thick notebook, and said:

"I do indeed want to take the legitimate path. Although this path is difficult, I believe that with all of you here, things will definitely succeed."

It was true; with powerful Cultivators like them, things like exploring secret realms or mining for treasure were as easy as pie.

A major theorem for Cultivators: entering a secret realm always yields great treasures, and mining always yields great treasures.

Seeing the notebook in Yang Bai's hand, a trace of guilt flashed across Mu Ziyu's face. In his view, the Immortal Lord must have made detailed plans for the future.

And he, however, had directly broken this plan. Thinking about it this way, he felt a little excited.

The corners of Mu Ziyu's mouth turned up, revealing a small smile, and he suddenly realized that he was still kneeling before Yang Bai.

Mu Ziyu looked up abruptly, just in time to meet Yang Bai's murderous gaze. In an instant, the blood-colored pupils on his cheeks lost their color.

"Mu Ziyu, are you very happy?" Yang Bai said coldly.

"I dare not."

Mu Ziyu lowered his head awkwardly, then took a long slip of paper from his bosom, held it up before Yang Bai, and said: "Immortal Lord, this is the list of items plundered in this operation; please take a look."

Yang Bai sighed. He was a person with a Yellow wanted order and couldn't use the official Star Sea Hub; even if there was a lot of stolen goods, he couldn't take them out of the Star Sea World.

Even if he sold the goods within the Star Sea World.

Taking the legitimate path was impossible policy-wise.

Taking the underworld path was even more impossible; these were all major illicit goods, and it would be a blessing if they didn't rob him instead.

"Star Sea Hub, wait, did I forget something?"

Because of the Yellow wanted order, Yang Bai's mind was a bit chaotic, but Mu Ziyu's action of taking out the list made Yang Bai calm down.

He always felt that he had forgotten something important.

Ten seconds later.

Yang Bai's eyes lit up. He opened his subspace bracelet and carefully checked a certain item.

private star sea hub pod, a top-secret machine developed by Tianqing Technology, a small Star Sea Hub that could only accommodate one god.

"Private Star Sea Hub, heh."

Yang Bai let out two cold laughs, his expression changed, and he said in shock:

"Isn't there a Star Sea Hub right here that is free from review, free from tariffs, and free from supervision!"

"Isn't this damn thing just a legal smuggling channel? The Longyan Xia Kingdom officials actually used this thing as the championship prize; are they crazy?"