Urban All-Round Master

In the end, she even dragged a few good sisters from the old Butterfly Gang out to drink like crazy, sing like crazy, and dance like crazy, just to numb herself.

It wasn’t just Nangong Bing and Zhang Mengjie who had this strange feeling; Liu Ruyan, Liu Tangtang, Li Linlin, Su Fei—many women all felt something off.

They all had the sense that something bad had already happened, but as for exactly what kind of bad thing, none of them could say clearly.

A few days later, the news finally came out. The news of Lin Zifeng’s death was like a hurricane, stirring up a massive impact. All kinds of forces received word that the Eastern top genius had fallen, though the reports didn’t mention his real name.

The people of the Holy Hall also received similar information, and the message pointed straight at Lin Zifeng as the one who died.

To cover up these falsehoods, the Holy Hall mobilized a lot of power, trying to crush these fake reports.

Even Black Hawk and his men arrested hundreds of rumor-mongers. If the Holy Hall hadn’t stopped him in time, with Black Hawk’s temperament, those people would absolutely already be dead.

Once the news broke, in just a few short days, everyone in the Holy Hall was extremely on edge.

At the meeting, Black Hawk slammed a fist into the wall, blasting it apart. He let the blood run down his knuckles, teeth clenched, ignoring the pain.

”Yingzi, Lin Bro hasn’t come back yet. Right now our Holy Hall ought to be even more united in our belief and stick together. We absolutely cannot let some so-called rumors break us.”

Bu Chen stepped up and grabbed him, not letting him do anything more extreme.

After all, whether Lin Zifeng was really dead or not was still uncertain for the moment. They all knew how many times Lin Zifeng had walked the knife’s edge and survived. Even if he were to die, how could he die so easily?

”I know Lin Bro wouldn’t die like that. He definitely is still alive. But hearing this kind of rumor is really damn uncomfortable. If I could, I’d really love to slaughter those rumor-spreading bastards! Damn it. Since when has our Holy Hall ever been hit with this kind of crap?”

”But right now, all we can do is keep waiting. I’ve already sent people to the West to verify the facts behind the news. I don’t think it’ll be long before this rumor collapses on its own.” Bu Chen said this out loud, but in his heart he also felt extremely upset about the rumors, his fists cracking as he clenched them.

Now the rumors were still raging everywhere. Everyone seemed to believe them, which made people feel really, really pissed off.

”Enough, you two don’t need to argue anymore. If the situation really is as they say, then the first thing our Holy Hall needs to do is stabilize itself, to prevent those with ulterior motives from using this chance to crush us.”

Beiming Yu said coldly.

Even though the rumors were false, once they spread to such a boiling point, Beiming Yu couldn’t help but feel a faint worry in her heart.

Lin Zifeng was the pillar of the Holy Hall. If something really happened to him, almost everyone in the Holy Hall would be unable to bear this massive nightmare. Once all of the Hall’s backbone collapsed, its complete downfall wouldn’t be far off.

Right now, their first priority was to steady the center, to stabilize the Holy Hall’s core strength, only then could they keep all those disciples under them steady.

If they couldn’t even stabilize the core, then in the near future the Holy Hall was bound to come crashing down.

That night...

Whether it was the major Holy Lands or the big Sects, they all learned of this incident.

Inside the Demon God Sect, excitement was off the charts. Outside, the rumors were boiling over, while only the people of the Holy Hall were still trying to calm themselves. In truth, the Demon God Sect had already confirmed the news that Lin Zifeng had died in battle.

”Smack!”

Inside the Demon God Sect, Yao Qingjiao slapped his palm onto the sandalwood table before him. The table exploded on the spot, instantly shattering into a pile of fine sandalwood dust.

”Good! Good! Good!”

Yao Qingjiao’s eyes flashed sharply. After hearing Yao Chenfeng lay out the details of Lin Zifeng’s death, his gaze shone even brighter. For this matter, the Demon God Sect had even specially sent people to investigate whether Lin Zifeng had truly died. Those Cultivators who walked out of the Dark Prison alive, whether Eastern Cultivator or Western Cultivator—

Their unanimous answer was that Lin Zifeng was dead.

And in the West they even had portraits of Lin Zifeng, with many Lords of Western Cultivators’ territories honoring him as the Eastern First War God!

Though calling him the Eastern First War God was a bit much, Lin Zifeng really had saved a lot of lives in the eighteenth layer of Hell in the Dark Prison. Just on that merit alone, his fame exploded. Many Western Cultivators even took Lin Zifeng as the target they would pursue for their entire lives.

You have to know that becoming a Saint is not something achieved easily. When Lin Zifeng became a Saint, he hadn’t walked the Transformation Path, so compared to those who had, they weren’t necessarily his match.

”Chenfeng, is this information reliable?”

Yao Qingjiao asked.

”Absolutely. I’ve investigated it more than once, and almost all Cultivators returning from East and West say the facts are true. If I’m not mistaken, that kid from the Holy Hall is definitely already dead.”

”Good! I’ve always known he wouldn’t come back. I was just worried some accident would happen. Never thought he’d go and court death himself. No one else to blame for that.

Once the Holy Hall loses him, I’d really like to see how that Hall can possibly grow stronger under the leadership of a bunch of women.”

”Sect Master, you really shouldn’t underestimate those women. Beiming Yu founded the Beiming Family in Yanjing in just over ten years. You have to admit this woman does have a very ruthless, capable side. Even though she had the Eastern King backing her from behind back then, leaving the Eastern King aside, this woman alone is an extremely troublesome figure.

Besides, now the Blazing Angel members and the Ability Group members have all joined the Holy Hall. I’m afraid that even without a giant like Lin Zifeng, the Hall still won’t collapse.”

”Hmph, at the very least, we don’t have to face that kid anymore. Without him, no matter how strong the Holy Hall is, it’s nothing but a paper tiger. Chenfeng, don’t forget, in the past half year or more the Holy Hall has made who knows how many powerful enemies. Hmph, I don’t believe that with Lin Zifeng dead, those hidden enemies won’t move.”

Yao Qingjiao sneered, thinking darkly to himself that the problem was Lin Zifeng had offended way too many people while he was alive, and there were still tons of enemies he hadn’t wiped out by the roots. The days ahead were long; who could guarantee that a giant like the Holy Hall wouldn’t one day be erased?

”Sect Master, unless it’s absolutely necessary, our Demon God Sect should maintain a neutral stance. Even though the Holy Hall has lost Lin Zifeng, the saying ’a lean camel is still bigger than a horse’ still holds.

Right now, our primary goal is to stir up chaos. We need to let everyone who stands against the Holy Hall know that Lin Zifeng of the Hall is dead. Once every force under heaven converges on the Holy Hall, that’s when we make our move and hit the Hall while it’s caught off guard, wiping out all future troubles in one go.”