Hearing the commotion inside the room, Xu Fei realized he’d successfully let Yao Yuanzhou take the blame.
Otherwise, explaining this to Yao Yunxi when she woke up would’ve been tricky.
The noise inside gradually settled down, suggesting the two had likely come to some sort of understanding.
For Xu Fei, the next step was figuring out what to do with the Deacon Zhikong in front of him.
“You… what are you planning? I… I already did what you asked and saved that Yao Yunxi, you can’t…”
Before Zhikong could finish, Xu Fei slapped him across the face.
“Shut up! If I hadn’t stepped in, this girl would’ve been ruined by you long ago, and you still have the nerve to talk?”
“Instead of spouting such pathetic lies, you’d better think hard about what value you have left that’s worth me sparing your life instead of silencing you!”
At those words, Zhikong froze, his mind racing to find some worth to save himself, after all, he wasn’t ready to die!
But after racking his brain, Zhikong came up empty. In terms of wealth, Xu Fei had just saved the Yao family’s second miss, and the Yao family would surely reward him handsomely, no need for Zhikong’s help.
In terms of women, Xu Fei’s stance had been clear, or he wouldn’t have rejected Zhikong’s offer to find a dual cultivation partner.
After much thought, Zhikong suddenly hit upon an idea. He dropped to his knees, kowtowing with loud thuds, and said, “Please don’t kill me, I… I’m still useful, I can be your spy, I’ll know everything going on inside the Red Buddha Society and report it all to you!”
To be honest, it was a decent offer, at least for Xu Fei.
Ever since learning of the Red Buddha Society’s existence, he’d considered planting a spy to gather intel.
But for some reason, the Red Buddha Society’s internal hierarchy and management were incredibly strict. No matter who Xu Fei tasked Bai Zhan with sending, they’d be sniffed out and killed before even infiltrating.
It had been a persistent headache for Xu Fei.
That said, while Xu Fei didn’t know Zhikong’s full background, he was familiar with the Red Buddha Society’s basic registration system.
Deacons were the lowest-ranking grassroots cadres in the society, meaning they held next to no real power.
If he were to plant a spy, someone as insignificant as Zhikong wouldn’t be his pick.
So Xu Fei cut straight to the point, “Save it, you think I don’t know deacons like you are a dime a dozen in the Red Buddha Society? You, a spy? What valuable intel could you possibly provide!”
Seeing Xu Fei about to act, the terrified Zhikong blurted out, “I… I can give you valuable intel, Elder Sushui, one of the seventy-two Earthly Fiends of the Red Buddha Society, is my direct superior, we’re on great terms, if I’m lying about this, may lightning strike me dead!”
Through Zhikong’s subsequent explanation, Xu Fei learned he actually had a backer.
By normal logic, though Zhikong was a deacon in the Red Buddha Society with little power, he shouldn’t have been able to exploit Yao Yuanzhou for personal gain so freely.
Not only did the society’s rules forbid it, even if they allowed it, any benefits Zhikong gained would have to be fully surrendered!
As a lowly deacon, Zhikong shouldn’t have been able to reap much profit under the Red Buddha Society’s umbrella, that was an ironclad rule!
