Chapter 12612

Lin Yi smiled meaningfully, "As expected of a top-tier divine equipment synthesizer, you really do have something."

Lü Bukui agreed wholeheartedly: "I asked Sima Hongtu, and it is indeed true. It doesn't seem like the Sima family is cooperating with him in a charade."

Lin Yi chuckled and said, "Is it possible he's a fraud?"

"what?"

Lu Bukui was taken aback: "Isn't he a guest of the strategist? He shouldn't be a fraud, right?"

If it were anyone else, the most important topic in the entire Tianjun County right now would definitely be discussing whether Xu Shaoweng is an old swindler.

In any case, Tianjun is not a small place, and the people here are all well-traveled and experienced.

However, with the endorsement of the strategist, even if someone brings up this topic, it will quickly be buried and will not generate any buzz at all.

In Tianjun, the authority of the strategist is even greater than that of the emperor.

In the past, when the Emperor spoke, even though the opinions of various factions in Tianjun were inevitably controlled, there were still some who would disagree.

The only exceptions are Confucius and the strategist.

On any issue, once either of them is involved, that sets the tone completely, and there will be no more dissenting voices.

There's no other reason than that these two are recognized authorities in Tianjun.

That being said, most of the time, neither of them will speak up easily, much less take the initiative to participate.

During the entire series of events surrounding the final meeting, both of them remained largely silent, not uttering a single word.

That is why Xu Shaoweng, with the endorsement of the strategist, is so highly valuable this time.

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Pass it down and organize a media campaign to say that Xu Shaoweng is a fraudster who swindles people."

Lu Bukui was stunned for a moment: "Is this appropriate? Won't the strategist have something to say about this?"

"Do we need to worry about what the strategist is thinking?"

Lin Yi smiled and asked in return.

Lü Bukui immediately understood: "I understand."

While the strategist is undoubtedly a recognized authority in Tianjun, he is hardly a formidable figure to be trifled with in the face of today's final meeting.

After all, even the Slaughter Saint fell at the hands of the Ending Old Monster. As one of the Five Saints of the same family, how much better could the Scheming Saint be?
As for the public opinion arena, since the last silence incident, the Termination Association has taken the opportunity to cultivate its own media outlets.

Over this period of time, it has already taken initial shape.

Now is the perfect time for a real-world training exercise.

Lin Yi did this to provoke the old swindler and give him a greater sense of urgency.

When under a lot of pressure, one's movements may become distorted.

Especially after the other party has placed a heavy bet on them, the most likely reaction is to close the net as soon as possible.

At that time, we will inevitably have to invest even more money.

"And one more thing."

Lin Yi instructed, "Use secret channels to contact Xu Longyin and have him find out how the divine equipment synthesis formula was created. I need as many details as possible."

In order to contact Xu Longyin, the Termination Society recently spent a lot of resources to build a communication channel with the Divine Realm Open Zone.

For security reasons, it is not usually used easily.

This is exactly what's needed right now.

"Ok."

Lü Bukui immediately agreed and left.

In less than a day, thanks to the combined efforts of the various media outlets of the Termination Committee, the public opinion landscape of Tianjun County underwent a complete 180-degree turn.

The other parties were quickly mobilized.

One by one, all the evidence points to Xu Shaoweng being a complete fraud!

Although many people defended Xu Shaoweng, firstly, as a fraudster, there are many doubts about this matter itself.

Even if it cannot be directly proven, at least logically, a series of analyses are completely self-consistent.

Secondly, although there are quite a few people who support Xu Shaoweng, they are all fighting their own battles and there is no systematic support among them.

They often even fought each other.

The two sides are naturally not on the same level in terms of combat strength.

As a result, Xu Shaoweng immediately felt immense pressure.

As a seasoned conman, he wouldn't lose his composure because of this, but he was well aware that if this public opinion crisis couldn't be resolved, it would be much more difficult to continue his fraudulent activities in Tianjun.

Finally, a piece of news crashed into the Tianjun public opinion field, causing a huge uproar.

The strategist personally stepped in to refute the rumors.

"Brother Xu is a genuine top-tier divine equipment synthesizer, I can attest to that. It's just that his skill level is so high that it's easy for some laymen to misunderstand."

With just this one sentence, the carefully orchestrated public opinion offensive by the Termination Committee was completely suppressed.

Xu Shaoweng's supporters were immediately put at ease and flocked to him.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xu Shaoweng used the guise of providing welfare to the people of Tianjun to ruthlessly exploit them.

Although he is known as a master craftsman specializing in crafting divine equipment, his methods of exploiting others are not limited to crafting divine equipment alone.

As a seasoned and qualified con artist, once the novice has entered the game, he has a million ways to harvest them cleanly.

In retrospect, these leeks (victims of exploitation) should be grateful to him.

These are all basic operations.

“Father, I don’t understand.”

Zhang Baiyu couldn't help but confront the strategist: "Xu Shaoweng is obviously swindling people, why are you stepping in to endorse him?"

"If this matter comes to light, wouldn't our entire lineage of strategists become his accomplices?"

"Father, what are you really thinking?"

The lineage of strategists has never been composed of morally perfect individuals.

If he had a swindler friend, even if that person was in Tudu Tianjun, Zhang Baiyu could simply turn a blind eye and wouldn't find anything wrong with it.

After all, the core mission of the strategist lineage has always been to choose sides, not to save the world.

It's one thing to turn a blind eye, but quite another to personally join in the scam.

Ultimately, Tianjun has always been the core base of the strategist's lineage.

If this incident damages his reputation within Tianjun's core base, it won't just be the strategist himself who collapses, but the entire strategist lineage!
Otherwise, given Zhang Baiyu's personality, he would not have questioned her face-to-face.

The strategist paused for a moment: "You think he's just a complete fraud?"

Zhang Baiyu countered, "Isn't that right?"

The strategist sighed: "You didn't see his true power."

"His energy?"

Zhang Baiyu was stunned upon hearing this and began to doubt himself.

Given his abilities and perspective, it's highly unlikely that there's anything he wouldn't be able to see at all.

But since these words came from his father, the sage of strategy, he couldn't help but think about them carefully.

That being said, Zhang Baiyu was confident, but not to the point of being arrogant enough to think he was the best in the world.

Moreover, there was more than one person in Tianjun whom he couldn't understand.

Lin Yi, who is right before our eyes, is a prime example.

The strategist said solemnly, "Every strategist writes a script for themselves, and every script contains a true dragon." (End of Chapter)