Chapter 3877 — Murong Zhen's True Intent
The Blossom Guardian · Page 3 of 3
It was not impossible. Though Murong Zhen had already fallen out with Wei Zhao, if she wished to become the third pole in a three-way balance of power, she could not simply throw in her lot with Meng Jueming; otherwise she would be directly at odds with Wei Zhao. And if Wei Zhao misread her because of it and the two sides came to a death struggle, she would be reduced to a mere accomplice and hanger-on of Meng Jueming.
To keep people guessing, to assert her presence, to make Meng Jueming feel she was drawing closer to him while not giving Wei Zhao cause for misunderstanding, and in the process to establish her standing among the Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomers step by step—this was where Murong Zhen's true intent lay!
And indeed, the following rounds of the newcomers' challenge tournament unfolded exactly according to Murong Zhen's plan. She did not face any core member of either Wei Zhao's or Meng Jueming's side, but merely challenged her way up the cave dwellings one by one, keeping strictly to the rules.
There was no difficulty to it, and it seemed to have no meaning whatsoever—yet it was precisely through these incomprehensible moves that Murong Zhen succeeded in establishing her standing. Every Azure Cloud Pavilion newcomer, Meng Jueming and Wei Zhao included, no longer dared regard her as a pretty ornament, but as a genuinely formidable opponent. RS