Chapter 376

Chapter 376

Du Yunting was Du Ruhai, and he was also Lv Zhengxian.

Lv Zhengxian’s feelings for Du Yuwei had reached a pathological extreme.

Even after Du Yuwei was gone, he transferred those feelings to Anning.

He seemed to have a special obsession with that face.

Anning had humiliated him several times before, yet he had never shown the slightest anger. Instead, he displayed the obsessive devotion of a shameless bootlicker.

I wondered whether he had wanted to save Anning and merely rescued me along the way.

But that didn’t make sense, either. He could easily have saved Anning and left me behind.

Now Seventh Master was saying that Du Yunting had intended to save me, while Anning was the incidental rescue.

I thought for a long time, then grew alarmed. “Could he have changed his sexual orientation…?”

Seventh Master looked speechless. “What goes on in that head of yours all day?”

“What I’m saying is that he may have fallen out with The Organization.”

“Think carefully. How did the man called Qingyuan speak about Lv Zhengxian?”

I thought back. Qingyuan’s tone had been full of contempt whenever he mentioned Lv Zhengxian.

In his eyes, Lv Zhengxian was nothing but a reckless brute. If Lv Zhengxian had not been so eccentric and so eager to attract attention, he might never have gotten himself killed.

Qingyuan had also said that Lv Zhengxian was not qualified to give him orders.

That meant the two men were either equals, or Lv Zhengxian had to obey Qingyuan.

“Lv Zhengxian has always been erratic and willing to do anything to achieve his goals. He’s obsessed with money and status,” Seventh Master analyzed.

“But now, someone has undermined his control of his own company, threatening his financial lifeline and even his position. He’s begun to feel insecure.”

Realization struck me. “He’s going to betray The Organization!”

Seventh Master shook his head. “He and The Organization were never master and servant. Your grandfather taught him his first Seven Deaths for Life Exchange. Even though your grandfather gave him an incomplete version, he still successfully used Soul Seizure on Du Ruhai and became him.”

“Once he had tasted power and status, how could he willingly submit to anyone? He and The Organization must have begun as partners. Back then, its people were his equals. But Du Ruhai died too suddenly, and The Organization had not prepared to take over his company. They were forced to revive him again so that ‘Du Yunting’ could naturally assume control.”

“That second revival left Lv Zhengxian deeply indebted to The Organization, subtly changing their relationship. They were no longer equals.”

“While The Organization accelerated its takeover of Weihai Group from within, it also restricted how Lv Zhengxian conducted himself. That may explain why he suddenly became so restrained after turning into Du Yunting.”

Seventh Master continued meaningfully, “Lv Zhengxian isn’t a grateful man. Do you think he’d allow other people to order him around on his own territory? Once The Organization truly controls his company, he’ll become a homeless dog. He’ll either be reduced to a puppet or eliminated.”

“To protect himself, his wealth, and his position, he is certain to turn against The Organization. That’s why he saved you.”

I nodded thoughtfully. “The enemy of my enemy is my friend…”

This guy really had studied plenty of philosophy.

I would never become his friend, much less work with him. But from his perspective, The Organization had captured me without killing me, which meant I must carry some kind of secret.
I might have escaped safely this time, but that did not mean I would remain safe in the future.

The enemy of an enemy was not necessarily a friend, but keeping that enemy alive still benefited Du Yunting. If I died, Qingyuan would accelerate his efforts to strip Du Yunting of power. That was why Du Yunting had decided to save me.

The current Lv Zhengxian truly was nothing like his former self.

When he was still Du Ruhai, he had been no different from a madman, acting with extreme recklessness. After suffering several setbacks, however, he had grown smarter. He had begun reflecting on himself and understood the saying that before Heaven destroys a man, it first drives him mad.

He had become steady and calm, and he had started planning for the distant future.

If he wanted a secure future without constant fear, he had to break free from The Organization’s control.

“And what about what happened in Lincheng? Why did Lv Zhengxian help extend the life of Lin Jinhua’s son?”

Seventh Master continued, “He’s no charitable man. Perhaps he wasn’t the one who truly wanted to help Lin Jinhua. Perhaps it was The Organization. Doesn’t their help for Lin Jinhua resemble the way they once helped Lv Zhengxian?”

“They are even willing to advise and assist someone as insignificant as Liang Yi. Then, the moment Liang Yi became An Yutong, she suddenly decided to study law and pursue power. The implications are terrifying if you think about them carefully.”

“Cultivation…” I blurted out.

The Organization had helped Lv Zhengxian and Lin Jinhua so it could undermine their control of their companies and seize their wealth.

It helped Liang Yi because it valued her suffering and cunning. With proper cultivation, someone like her was certain to accomplish great things. In Liang Yi’s case, The Organization was not cultivating future wealth. It was cultivating future power.

I sighed. “So everything really does end with capital and power…”

The Yi Jing contained a line: when one reaches an impasse, change follows; through change comes a way forward; through that way comes endurance.

The Organization had existed for at least a century. Many years ago, a group of martial wanderers led by Seventh Master had crushed it.

Now it was searching for a new way to survive and secure its long-term development.

As the saying went, an ordinary thug wasn’t frightening. An educated thug was.

“What exactly is The Organization?” I asked Seventh Master.

Seventh Master shook his head. “Its doctrine is extremely abstract and contains many falsehoods. To understand its true purpose, we would need to know when it was founded, who founded it, and the requirements for inheriting its leadership. But none of that can be verified. Even back then, my Master and I found nothing. Its leader in particular is its most mysterious figure.”

I thought of Qingyuan. “Qingyuan imprisoned me but never intended to kill me. He seemed interested in Two Souls in One Life, and he desperately wanted something from Li Fuguang.”

“Could the secret hidden within me be connected to Two Souls in One Life?”

But wasn’t Two Souls in One Life merely a unique Fate Pattern?

Li Fuguang and I shared a single body, and I was the one in control. What secret could that possibly hold?

Besides, both Li Fuguang and I had died at age eleven. I had lived an entirely ordinary life in the years since, while Li Fuguang’s life simply stopped at eleven. What kind of secret could he have possessed as a child?