Chapter 1408: More Secret Arrangements.

She didn’t want to expose her secrets earlier because the idea of coming clean was abhorrent to her. It was similar to forcing a human to eat their feces or excreta from any source.

But what she was feeling now was much worse. Not only had she been forced to swallow the feces, but it was now growing within her, infesting her internal organs, and ruining her from within.

She wanted to kill him with every fiber of her being. It took immense effort to remain sane and wait patiently for their master plan to take effect, so now that an opportunity to strike at Ragnarok had come, she wanted to use it immediately, no matter how small.

This was why her eyes gleamed dangerously as she spoke. Her voice also took on a sharp edge as she insisted, "You must tell the Will of the World it’s all Ragnarok’s fault. You’ll do that, right?"

"Sure," Tepid Scholar said, shrugging.

"I mean, it will be very difficult to put the blame on Ragnarok for something I installed long before Ragnarok appeared. But I can definitely give it a shot."

"Good. Good. Good," Heavenly Eye said, satisfied.

Wandering Thief didn’t know if antagonizing Ragnarok so soon was a good idea, for fear of retaliation. But he couldn’t say no now that he’d rejected her proposal earlier.

He could only say, "It is something small anyway. I doubt anything too big can happen if it doesn’t work out."

"I didn’t think so before, but now that you’ve said nothing bad can happen, I’m not so sure anymore," Black Chain interjected, chuckling.

Wandering Thief ignored the jab at his lapse in judgment and continued, "Plus, if it works, it will definitely anger Ragnarok. His anger could make the rest of our plans go smoother."

Then he glanced at everyone and said, "Now that the little matter has been dealt with, who else has another secret they need to get off their chest, so to speak?"

"Remember, nothing is too small or too big. Anything you don’t want anyone else to find out can be used against you and against us."

Everyone became silent once again. Wandering Thief didn’t even consider that they were silent because they had no secrets. He was sure that they had hideous skeletons in their cupboards and were only waiting for someone else to expose themselves before going first.

Fortunately, the silence didn’t last as long as the previous one. Someone decided to spill their guts just two seconds in.

"I’m not sure this is useful," Sword Maestro began. "But I plan to use my disciples to create the Forging Supreme Metac, and I don’t want anyone to know about it."

Wandering Thief’s face fell as he asked, "What exactly do you mean? How do you plan to use your disciples to create a Supreme Metac? Be as detailed as possible."

He spoke so seriously that he looked like he was having a heart attack. But Sword Maestro didn’t take the matter seriously at all.

The Dao Lord of the Sword Way Sect said, "I think you’re making a big fuss over nothing, but here goes."

"I planted a sword in every disciple through my Core Metac. The sword matures and can be used when they reach Rank 3, when they fuse with it completely and form a Life Ability with it."

"But the best time to use the sword is when they become Rank 5 cultivators. By then, the sword is in their Mental World and can take over every part of their existence. Plus, my disciples would have reached the maximum growth stage as mortals, making them very effective ingredients."

"According to my plan, I will summon the swords when I’m making the Forging Supreme Metac. I will extract all of their existence, including a part of their lifespan, and convert it into a sword which I can fuse into the incomplete Supreme Metac to solidify it."

"I didn’t plan to use it if I have enough lifespan to complete the Supreme Metac. So it is just a contingency plan," he said innocently.

"Is that all?" Wandering Thief said, glaring at him.

Sword Maestro racked his brain for a while before saying, "I also considered using it to enhance the quality of the Forging Supreme Metac into a Cosmic Dao. But that’s unlikely to work."

Hearing this, Wandering Thief sighed as he said, "Let me guess. Even if you had enough lifespan, you would still use it."

"I mean, who can pass up the opportunity to get a Cosmic Dao by sacrificing some mortals and refining them into swords as a demonstration of the ultimate forging technique?" Sword Maestro asked in return.

"I don’t know what to say," Wandering Thief said, shaking his head.

Tepid Scholar, the previous offender, took this opportunity to speak. He said to Sword Maestro, "That’s quite an interesting plan you have there."

"I don’t think it will work, but I’m sure it is interesting. Can you tell me more about how it is supposed to work?"

"Which part won’t work?" Sword Maestro asked with a frown on his face.

"All of it," Tepid Scholar said casually.

Sword Maestro frowned harder as he said, "Even the part where I will use to solidify the Supreme Metac? You must be joking. It should work. It might even upgrade the Grand Dao."

But Tepid Scholar said, "First of all, using the lives of other people to build your Supreme Metac won’t work unless you use the lives of people who have the things the Supreme Metac needs."

"The Supreme Metac needs memories of experience and talent for that pathway, not just lifespan. So sacrificing the lives of a bunch of ignorant mortals will only supply lifespan."

"Because of how inadequate their sacrifices are, two things can happen. Their lifespan might do nothing because they don’t have anything useful to add to the Supreme Metac."

"Their lifespan can also do something, filling the Supreme Metac with useless experiences and talents, destroying the Supreme Metac instead of solidifying it. Either way, you end up with failure."