Return of the lotus

Evil plots - Part 1

As agreed Meng Yao went to his room and packed his belongings for the trip to Gusu with Huaisang.

Next day Nie Huaisang, Meng Yao and some disciples bid farewell to the Sect leader Nie Mingjue and left for Gusu.

They arrived later that evening and were escorted to the guest rooms by one of the lan disciple.

Meng Yao left his room after some rest to explore the beautiful place or in his words to hunt for some new prey. He had a gentle smile plastered on his face and whenever any cultivator passed by him he bowed, a little too much for his liking but nevertheless he had to keep up playing the victim card.

Some of the Jin disciples had noticed him and were snickering but he payed no mind to those fools. After some more wandering he was about to leave when his attention was caught by a smiling Sect leader non other than Lan Xichen himself.

He smiled gently and bowed low which was returned. He returned to his room and smirked evilly in content at finding his new prey.

The hall was completely silent as everyone tried to digest everything they just saw. Lan clan specially Lan Xichen was frozen to the bone, 'So Meng Yao had used him as a pawn from the beginning. Everything was fake. He was used. '

While Jiang Cheng and Huaisang just snorted at how pale the lan clan was.

The next scene in the empathy showed Lan Qiren reciting the clan rules. After an hour it was time to pay respect to Master Lan Qiren. First were the Jins next were the Nies. Meng Yao stood with the gift and murmurs erupted in the hall. Even though he felt angry he tried to act as if he was uncomfortable and it worked. Lan Xichen himself accepted the gift from him with utmost respect. And despite the circumstances he was very pleased with the results. ' I caught a big fish. Pathetic fool!! '.

To say Lan Xichen was feeling hurt and betrayed was an understatement. He was feeling used and a complete fool for not being able to see the truth behind that facade.

Back to the empathy...
However, due to some urgent reasons Meng Yao was called back to Qinghe. So he went to bid farewell to Lan Xichen personally and left for Qinghe.

The next scene displayed Meng Yao standing behind Nie Mingjue in the main Hall. Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji had asked for an audience to punish the famous delinquent Xue Yang regarding the merciless massacre of the whole Chang clan . Meng Yao's eyes shone with wickedness as he eyed Xue Yang calculatingly.

Meng Yao, 'Hmm, I must secure an alliance with him. He may prove to be an important pawn later on'.

With that thought in mind he went to meet Xue Yang who was locked in the prison.

Meng Yao, " You don't seem to be afraid of your punishment with how carefree you look right now".

Xue Yang, " Of course, you can't kill me. After all I have Wen Ruohan's protection. Anyways what brings you here " he answered with a sinister smirk.

Meng Yao, " Smart, aren't you? Let's get to the point then, I will release you from here and in return you should help me in the future , should you be needed".

Xue Yang, " Are you sure you will need my help " he asked evilly.

Meng Yao, " Maybe or maybe not" he replied with the same amount of evilness.

Xue Yang, " Hahahaha!! I knew it!!! You're no innocent and helpless person. Well I like it this way. Deal!! ".

Now this was something entirely new for everyone. They didn't expect the Chief cultivator to have connections with the famous delinquent whom he himself had sentenced execution or was that also another plot and show for the cultivation world? None knew. It was really too confusing for them to point out. They can  just watch how they all get fooled by him.

The next scene showed the Nie clan getting attacked by the Wens. Nie Mingjue with his best disciples was fighting at the front.

Meng Yao made sure everyone was busy fighting and used this opportunity to free Xue Yang. He went to the prison in which Xue Yang was kept.

Xue Yang smirked at him, " Wen Ruohan moved faster than I expected him to".

Meng Yao nodded, "Yes, the Wens have attacked Qinghe. You must take this chance to escape" and opened the prison.

Xue Yang came out and stretched his limbs, " Looks like Wen Ruohan will soon attack other clans and rule the entire cultivation world. Better choose your side soon" with these last words he chuckled and left without turning back.

Meng Yao was seriously thinking about Xue Yang's suggestion but unknown to him someone had witnessed his traitorous acts and that someone was none other than the General of Nie clan.