Hearing this, Lin Ran couldn't help but touch his chin:
"So, that means these were all planned by Ye Yun in advance?"
"He not only guessed I would come to this island, but even predicted the time of my arrival?"
"Interesting!"
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon, on the other side, looked distressed, clearly afraid that Lin Ran would ask more questions he didn't know. He quickly spoke first to explain:
"Yes, it certainly appears so..."
"But how he made this judgment here, I truly don't know."
"It can only be said that it's very likely he truly has the ability to foresee the future..."
Lin Ran pouted and said nothing, merely gesturing for the Five-Colored Giant Dragon to continue.
Actually, he didn't quite believe Ye Yun possessed such an abnormal ability. After all, something involving causality didn't seem like an original product of this world.
At most, at most, he might have glimpsed a bit of the development of events through means similar to divination, which is why he came here to prepare in advance.
Or, fundamentally, this was a scheme he personally orchestrated!
"Then, you helping him set up this formation, it must have been a win-win situation, right?"
"You gain the Heavenly Dao aura from me by being killed by me, so what does he gain?"
"Even if he needed an excuse to fob you off, there must have been one, right?" 138 Reading Network
Lin Ran said, glancing at his two brothers, who were restrained by the Five-Colored Giant Dragon, and felt a sense of the absurd.
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon nodded:
"Ye Yun did indeed give a reason for his actions, but even I don't fully believe it."
"After all, his original words were that he wanted to act on behalf of Heaven, allowing the Heavenly Dao aura to be distributed more evenly among everyone..."
"Later, when we pressed him, he finally said that after our liberation, he intended to occupy our bodies to do something."
"But I actually feel that he clearly wanted to get a share of the Heavenly Dao aura as well."
Listening to the Five-Colored Giant Dragon's eloquent analysis, Lin Ran suddenly found it a bit amusing.
Who would have thought that the leader of these forgotten ones would be so mercenary...
Seeing that Ye Yun had served his purpose, Lin Ran had become their primary target, and the dragon had completely revealed Ye Yun.
He had even shifted his stance to Lin Ran's side, acting like an advisor.
However, this was a good thing for Lin Ran, as he knew very little about Ye Yun's side, only some intelligence obtained from Arthur and legends of his past deeds.
Now, with this willing Five-Colored Giant Dragon sharing information, it saved him a lot of trouble.
"So? Did you not make any preparations of your own against his secrecy?"
Lin Ran smiled.
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon nodded:
"We did make preparations..."
"We not only secretly changed all the key nodes of the formation to be controlled by ourselves, but we also arbitrarily altered many of his disaster settings."
"Because the reason he gave us to trigger the disasters sounded absurd – who would use such things to cover their tracks? This is clearly asking for trouble!"
"But due to our lack of understanding of his background, this was all we could do..."
"Oh, right! He also gave me a small item, claiming it was a clever stratagem, and told me to open it at the most critical moment..."
"Here, take it!"
Saying this, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon openly took out a black and gray crystal and tossed it into Lin Ran's hand.
Lin Ran seemed satisfied with this:
"Alright! You have indeed done your best!"
"But this crystal he left you, didn't it have any other arrangements?"
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon gave a bitter smile:
"No... this one truly has no other arrangements..."
"I don't know why Ye Yun only said so much and didn't give further instructions, making things very vague."
"But this is no longer something I can worry about. The remaining issues are for you to handle."
Lin Ran nodded, then glanced at the Five-Colored Giant Dragon:
"So, what does this red moon hanging in the sky represent?"
The Five-Colored Giant Dragon sighed:
"The Red Moon naturally represents the mastermind of this entire plan, Ye Yun!"
"It's just that, strangely, when he set up the formation, he only designated the central Red Moon as an observer, without granting it any authority..."
"Therefore, the control of this formation fell into the hands of us brothers."
"Perhaps, this was also because Ye Yun was too confident..."
While the Five-Colored Giant Dragon was rambling on, Lin Ran had already used his Eternal Kaleidoscope and Rinnegan to thoroughly examine the black and gray crystal.
To his surprise, this black and gray crystal was actually a memory crystal. Its function was not protection or power surge...
Logically, such an item should have been an arrangement for the forgotten brothers before their departure, so why would they be told to open it and use it at the most critical moment?
It was utterly preposterous.
However, perhaps once he dismantled and analyzed it, he would understand why...
Seeing that Lin Ran's attention was now entirely focused on the black and gray crystal, and he was no longer looking at him, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon awkwardly rubbed his hands.
After waiting for Lin Ran for two full minutes, he hesitantly spoke:
"So... is there any additional information you want to know?"
"If not, perhaps we should proceed directly to the final ritual!"
Upon hearing that the Five-Colored Giant Dragon was finally bringing up this matter, Lin Ran shifted his attention back to him:
"Mm! I must say, the information you've provided is quite useful..."
"Then, I have one last question."
"That is, after I personally kill you all in this final ritual, will I suffer any harm?"
Hearing Lin Ran's tone drastically change, the Five-Colored Giant Dragon was so excited he almost jumped up, and hastily replied:
"No, no! Of course not!"
"The Heavenly Dao aura缠绕 (chán rào - entwined) around you is merely a special energy targeting our calamitous power..."
"Besides doing this, it has no other use under normal circumstances."
"And after you kill us, you'll also receive a large sum of wealth!"
"Here! These are a total of five hundred spatial storage devices, containing the accumulated efforts of us five brothers over hundreds or thousands of years!"
"Since we are dying and useless, you can have it all!"