Beastmaster of the Ages - Chapter 7394

Chapter 7308: Wei Shendao’s Rebellion!

Faced with Li Tianming’s denial, Wei Shendao’s expression remained largely unchanged, maintaining her rationality.

“At first, I also thought it impossible. After all, the power required to accomplish all this is immense, and even your wives would find it difficult,” Wei Shendao sighed slightly, then continued earnestly, “But the person who reported to me found something near the Divine Treasury Star System that appeared to have been thrown out by the Illusionary Heavenly Emperor Clan. This thing definitely exists, which at least proves that the scene of light-year-old powerhouses gathering was absolutely real.”

As she spoke, she produced a crystal, which was extremely familiar to Li Tianming.

The final key to the Ancestral Emperor’s Tomb!

Li Tianming only needed this one key to open the Ancestral Emperor’s Tomb and uncover the secrets of the Illusionary Heavenly Emperor Clan’s intention to resurrect their ancestor.

“So those people threw it away beforehand to prevent us from finding the key. No wonder we couldn’t find it,” Sui Shenyao said with some surprise. “After all, in the vast universe, the chances of finding something so small are indeed slim.”

Li Tianming was greatly shocked when he saw the key in front of him, but on the surface he was only slightly surprised. He asked blankly, “Governor Wei, what is this?”

Wei Shendao was not surprised when he heard this, but said indifferently, “You don’t recognize this?”

“Of course I don’t recognize it. Why is Governor Wei talking to me in a way I don’t understand?” Li Tianming said coldly. “If something happened to the Heavenly Emperor Sect and you urgently need to find someone to take the blame, just say so. But my wife will make a huge fuss if she sees me being wronged.”

“You don’t need to put on an act anymore. To be honest, the one who should be nervous and under immense pressure is me, not you.” Wei Shendao calmly looked at Li Tianming, seemingly unperturbed as she slowly said, “According to my investigation and deduction, this should be the key to unlock the ancestral tomb of the Huantian Imperial Clan, and I know the other eight keys are with you.”

As she spoke, she handed the key in her hand to Li Tianming.

Li Tianming looked down at the key before him, frowning slightly, then looked up at Wei Shendao’s somewhat resolute expression. He slowly said, “Governor Wei, what do you mean by this?”

“I’m giving you this last key as well, to help you collect them all.” Wei Shendao smiled slightly at him.

What she wanted to express was that she knew everything about Li Tianming, including the various conflicts with the Huantian Imperial Clan!

Li Tianming frowned slightly, silently watching Wei Shendao, who was holding the ancestral tomb key in her hands before him, looking like she was serving a monarch.

This was to express her attitude through concrete actions!

Seeing that Li Tianming hesitated to take the key, Wei Shendao sighed softly and said slowly, “Actually, I’m also quite helpless. I was ordered by a Holy Emperor to approach you, to observe and monitor you. Although this action wasn’t well-intentioned, I was simply following orders and had no subjective intention to harm anyone… It’s just that he’s an adult from the Li imperial family, and I couldn’t refuse. After spending so much time together, I genuinely feel that you’re a very good child.”

Seeing Wei Shendao reveal her purpose for approaching him, Li Tianming’s feigned confusion gradually turned into a cold, stern gaze.

He stared intently at this woman with green hair, green eyes, and a graceful figure, who had let down almost all her guard.

Wei Shendao’s brows furrowed slightly as she spoke, seemingly struggling internally, but at this moment, she resolutely revealed everything.

“Last time, with their power and assistance, I set up a trap for you at the Heavenly Emperor’s Great Wall. This time, the Holy Emperor behind me, along with Li Xuanshu, Li Zhenyuan, Li Qiongji, Li Tianjun, Li Shouyi, and others from the Li Clan, are forcing me to give you this ‘gift.’ I have no choice but to accept it…” Wei Shendao said, her eyes slightly reddening, her slender eyebrows drooping slightly, appearing very helpless. “I have now decided to simply confess everything to you. Facing such a behemoth as them, I am actually in a difficult and powerless position. I, a weak woman, have neither the ability nor the courage to resist…”

As Wei Shendao spoke, she carefully touched Li Tianming.

Her cool, fair, and delicate hand grasped Li Tianming’s right hand and held it in front of her, almost against her chest, before placing the key to the ancestral imperial tomb into Li Tianming’s hand.

After doing all this, Wei Shendao still held Li Tianming’s hands tightly, looking up at his face. A tear even dripped from the corner of her eye onto the back of Li Tianming’s hand.

Even though her daughter was Li Tianming’s age, she displayed her most pitiful and endearing side in front of him.

All of this was actually to gain Li Tianming’s forgiveness.

“I’ve told you everything I know, everything I’ve done. I sincerely hope to gain your forgiveness, and I hope you can understand my predicament. I was truly forced to obey their orders,” Wei Shendao said, her brows furrowed with worry.

Faced with Wei Shendao’s demeanor, Li Tianming certainly couldn’t blindly pity her.

After all, Li Tianming’s ability to defeat the young emperor and gain the upper hand in several schemes wasn’t due to the other party’s leniency, but rather his own strength.

However, Li Tianming was genuinely surprised by Wei Shendao’s frankness. She had given him the ‘gift’ from the author, handed him the key to the ancestral imperial tomb, and even revealed the names of those who had orchestrated it.

This series of actions meant that in the open and covert struggle between Li Tianming and the Li imperial clan, who harbored ill will towards him, Wei Shendao had chosen to side with Li Tianming.

“And now, why are you on my side? While I’m not afraid to confront the Li imperial clan, who are detrimental to me, what makes you think that siding with me would be better?” Li Tianming said indifferently.

“I made the decision to be honest with you, and naturally, I had my own considerations,” Wei Shendao sighed slightly, somewhat helplessly. “What I might do next is too dangerous for you. If something happens to you, the light-year-old powerhouse behind you will seek revenge, and they won’t just look at whoever is behind it all; I’ll be the first to die. Besides, you don’t only have light-year-old powerhouses behind you; there’s also someone from the Li imperial clan who seems to be a ‘peace advocate.’ This is one of the reasons I think I won’t die if I stand on your side.”

Li Tianming, of course, knew who the ‘peace advocate’ she was referring to was.

Li Chaoxi’s contact with her was definitely not accidental, but whether it was truly beneficial to her remained to be seen.

After all, Wei Shendao himself was a living example.

Seeing Li Tianming deep in thought, Wei Shendao gripped his arm tightly again, pleading, “I can give you anything, I just hope you won’t expose my identity, putting me in an awkward position. Keeping this connection with you will definitely have other uses for you; after all, they don’t know I’ve switched sides…”

“As long as this conflict isn’t out in the open, I can choose to keep this connection. How you explain it to them is your own business,” Li Tianming said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

“Of course, of course,” Wei Shendao quickly replied. “If there’s an opportunity in the future, please put in a good word for me with Li Chaoxi and the person behind her. If a conflict breaks out, I hope that person can spare my life.”

“I’ll try my best with Li Chaoxi, but I can’t guarantee anything. After all, I don’t even know their true attitude. But I can certainly guarantee my own side. I want to maintain this cooperative relationship, where we can both trust each other,” Li Tianming said calmly.

Wei Shendao knew in her heart that this was a risky move. If the Holy Emperor behind her found out about her defection, she would definitely die!

So at this critical moment, someone had to step in. Even if Li Tianming protected her, it would be difficult to protect her within the Heavenly Emperor Sect, since Jiang Feiling was in the Little Divine Treasury Star System.

Only through Li Tianming’s connections could she obtain the protection of Li Chaoxi’s father!

Li Tianming really hadn’t expected the other party to make such a choice.

But since things had come to this, he directly accepted the ‘gift’ from the Ancestral Emperor’s Mausoleum.

After this, Wei Shendao had completed her mission.

“Those people knew we were looking for this last key. If Wei Shendao hadn’t confessed everything, but instead pretended not to know what it was, handed it to us, and then lured us to the Ancestral Emperor’s Mausoleum, we would probably be facing a crisis!” Aurora said with some lingering fear.

This unexpected and unpredictable danger had been a trap set for them long ago.

Li Tianming patted Wei Shendao’s shoulder one last time, his warm smile returning. “Don’t worry, I won’t mistreat those who stand by my side. I congratulate you on making the best choice of your life. Following me is no worse than following them, but…”

Li Tianming’s tone shifted abruptly.

Wei Shendao suddenly panicked. “But what?”

“You’ve been with them for a long time, but you only just joined me today. I need a guarantee, to monitor your actions, to see if you’ve truly defected to my side, or if this is a trap within a trap?” Li Tianming said with a smile.

“I… I can guarantee my sincerity. You can treat me however you want, as long as you trust me,” Wei Shendao said, somewhat flustered.

It seemed she was terrified that the trust she had built would suddenly collapse.

“Don’t be nervous, it’s not that serious,” Li Tianming smiled, taking out a silver beetle the size of a fingernail.

The beetle was motionless, clearly an individual of Yin Chen deliberately maintaining its posture to feign inanimateness.

Li Tianming took Wei Shendao’s hand and placed the silver dust in her palm.

The moment it landed, Wei Shendao’s body trembled slightly.

“What…what is this?” Wei Shendao asked, somewhat bewildered.

“Keep it with you in a secluded place, don’t expose it to anyone. This is my eye; it can see your every move. If you do anything that displeases me, our cooperation will unilaterally cease,” Li Tianming said with a smile.

“I see…”

Wei Shendao finally understood the wonder of the object in her hand, and her confusion vanished.

After receiving Li Tianming’s reply, she directly threw it into the ditch in front of her.

“That should be fine, right? No one will discover you…no, they’ll discover it. You can see everything you want to see.” After doing this, Wei Shendao winked at Li Tianming, her expression full of allure, indescribable.

Li Tianming, seeing this, facepalmed, speechless for a moment.

At this moment, the silver dust began to curse loudly within Li Tianming’s symbiotic space.

“Little Li, you bastard, I don’t want to look at old women!” Yin Chen said angrily.

“Brother Chen means young women are fine, right? It seems you’ve been sneaking peeks at beauties from all sorts of star systems and races while you were out showing off your brother Chen, huh? Hahaha! So exciting, I envy you, Brother Chen.” Ying Huo suddenly perked up, laughing wickedly.

“Get lost! You too, go to hell!” Yin Chen snapped.

Facing Wei Shendao’s flirtatious glances, Li Tianming was able to completely ignore them, not only because he was surrounded by beauties, but more importantly… Yin Chen wasn’t sharing his field of vision.

However, seeing Li Tianming as unmoved as a stone statue, Wei Shendao felt somewhat defeated.

“Am I really at the point where I’m unwanted even if I’m offered to young girls for free? It seems that in terms of looks and figure, I’m not inferior to most young girls.” Wei Shendao thought to himself, annoyed.

“Governor Wei, I don’t need your flattery. All I want is your absolute honesty and loyalty. That’s the most important thing.” Li Tianming didn’t know what the other party was thinking, but he still stated his request frankly.

“I understand.” Wei Shendao said with a pursed mouth.

“Alright, you’ve asked your questions, and you’ve taken the challenge letters I wanted. Everything is settled, and I should be going.” Li Tianming said, about to leave Jingtang, but at the last moment, he paused and turned back, saying, “By the way, I estimate I’ll run out of these challenge letters soon. You’d better think of a way to help me with the rest. Of course, this isn’t about pressuring you; just help as much as you can. Even if there’s no way, it won’t break our cooperation.”

“I understand.” Wei Shendao nodded, looking at Li Tianming’s back, and said reluctantly, “You’ve received this ‘gift,’ but remember, don’t use it at the Illusionary Heavenly Emperor Clan. They’re waiting for you to open the Ancestral Emperor’s Tomb. Who knows what will happen then!”

Li Tianming said without turning back as he walked out of Jingtang with his back to Wei Shendao, “I know.”