Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 890: Chapter 759: A Twist in the Road

”Beat that bastard to death, he’s responsible for my nephew’s death.”

”Luo Song, you worthless piece of trash!”

The enraged crowd rushed forward, grabbing Luo Song and demanding his life in return.

”Everyone, for my sake, please spare this foolish boy.” Luo Sansheng, filled with pain, knelt down, kowtowed several times to the families of the injured contestants.

He saw Luo Song personally confess, filled with guilt and anxiousness.

The Three-Life Valley, being one of the Nine Sects, and Luo Song being his only son, made him swallow his pride and beg publicly.

The previously clamorous crowd fell silent.

Even Mu Ying, who had been the loudest, was unsure of what to do.

If they didn’t spare Luo Song, Luo Sansheng would surely pursue the matter later.

The influence of the Three-Life Valley wasn’t small; should a conflict arise, no one present, aside from the Three Sects, could really contend with Luo Sansheng.

Luo Song’s sudden ”confession” disrupted everyone’s plans.

Hong Mingyue glanced mockingly at the injured Feng Xun, then provocatively smiled at Ye Lingyue, her eyes seemed to say,

What divine worm? No matter how much you, Ye Lingyue, put on airs, you’re not worth more than a man under my skirt.

Hong Mingyue had already anticipated that since Luo Song was Luo Sansheng’s son, even if Luo Song was a scapegoat, as long as Luo Sansheng protected him, Ye Lingyue and others couldn’t do anything about it.

A surge of malice gathered in Ye Lingyue’s heart, and she suddenly clenched her fingers.

Is this really how it ends?

The blood from Feng Xun’s hand had just clotted, but the pungent scent of blood seemed to linger beneath Ye Lingyue’s nose.

No! It can’t end like this.

Suddenly, Ye Lingyue’s gaze scanned the surroundings and landed on a broken cauldron in the corner.

That broken cauldron was one of the few Artifact Refining Cauldrons in the Forging Field that hadn’t completely exploded.

If she remembered correctly, that cauldron belonged to Lie Xuyang.

The cauldron was ashy, yet there seemed to be something inside it emanating a very faint glow.

Her eyes narrowed as she caught that glimmer.

She silently took a step back, her robe fluttering as a force of spiritual power gathered.

”Valley Master, please, get up first, we can discuss Luo Song’s matter later...” The Sifang City Lord, seeing the silence around, looked at Luo Sansheng.

He had known Luo Sansheng for decades; Luo Sansheng had been a man of high spirit all his life, acting openly and honestly. He’d been granted a son in his later years but spoiled him excessively, which led to Luo Song’s character development.

But just as the Sifang City Lord was about to help Luo Sansheng up,

The air suddenly ripped apart.

A shadowy glow swiftly shot through the air.

With a muffled ”thud,”

Luo Song, kneeling on the ground, suddenly stiffened, and then a small blood-red hole appeared on his Yintang.

With a gulping sound, a lot of red and white substances gushed out from Luo Song’s forehead.

”Ah!” Hong Mingyue screamed.

Luo Song’s blood and brains splashed onto her, and even at the moment Luo Song breathed his last, his eyes were still fixated on Hong Mingyue.

Though Hong Mingyue had killed before and seen blood, she had never witnessed such a foul and gruesome scene.

”Song’er!” Luo Sansheng cried out, rushing forward to hold his son’s gradually cooling body.

His appearance seemed to age decades in an instant.

”Who! Who did this foul deed?” Luo Sansheng roared, eyes reddened with fury,

His gaze sharpened as he quickly spotted the murder weapon that killed Luo Song.

A short distance from Luo Song’s body, a golden hook was embedded in the ground.

The hook was small, like a fishing hook, but it was crafted from top-grade Nirvana Iron.

Because it was so small and swift, it was like sunlight, appearing in an instant. It was known as the Sun Shadow Hook, an Earth-grade top-grade Spiritual Artifact on the mainland.

Upon recognizing the Sun Shadow Hook, Luo Sansheng slowly lifted his head, looking towards Lie Xuyang.

The Sun Shadow Hook is not easy to refine, the most difficult part being that it requires a top-grade Fiery Sun Stone for its crafting.

And top-grade Fiery Sun Stones were only kept by the Fiery Sun Sect, and only someone who practiced the Pure Yang Technique, like Lie Xuyang, a Master Disciple of the Fiery Sun Sect, could melt a Fiery Sun Stone.

”No... I didn’t.” Lie Xuyang also recognized the Sun Shadow Hook.

”Lie Xuyang, why did you kill Song’er! Are you really going to deny that the Sun Shadow Hook isn’t yours?” Luo Sansheng roared, immediately channeling his techniques to strike at Lie Xuyang.

”Valley Master, please calm down.” The Sifang City Lord had not expected events to take such a sharp and sudden turn.

Just now, he had noticed something off about Luo Song’s dazed manner, intending to detain Luo Song first to investigate properly.

Who knew the Sun Shadow Hook would suddenly appear.

He couldn’t fathom why Lie Xuyang would kill Luo Song.

Yet, besides Lie Xuyang, who else could control the Sun Shadow Hook to kill in such a short time?

The alchemists present had all expended their spiritual power after thirty-six hours of artifact refining.

Only the alchemist who refined the Sun Shadow Hook might have infused the hook during the refinement process.

Lie Xuyang killing Luo Song involved both the Fiery Sun Sect and Three-Life Valley. This matter required careful handling to avoid sparking a conflict between the two Sects, so the Sifang City Lord had to hold Luo Sansheng back.

Not to mention the Sifang City Lord, even Lie Xuyang was in utter distress; it was true that he had refined that Sun Shadow Hook.

Earlier, as he neared artifact refinement success, Lie Xuyang had already realized that his refined Sun Shadow Hook couldn’t compare to the Spiritual Artifacts refined by Long Baobao and Long Sixuan.

Given the circumstances, its success or failure didn’t matter much anymore.

Lie Xuyang couldn’t understand why the Sun Shadow Hook, which should have remained inside the Artifact Refining Cauldron, suddenly attacked Luo Song on its own.

”Isn’t it obvious? Earlier, we saw that man flirting with your son’s fiancée, he must have grown jealous and hateful towards your son, leading to murder born of love.” Just as Lie Xuyang was at his wit’s end,

Little Wuya chimed in with a clear voice.

”Little girl, don’t speak nonsense.” Lie Xuyang and Hong Mingyue’s faces changed drastically.

Lie Xuyang was about to go up and cover Little Wuya’s mouth.

”Wait, why does the smell on this hook seem so familiar? Uh-oh, the scent on this hook is exactly the same as the residue smell on those exploded cauldron pieces earlier. No way, Ape Man, you’re the killer!” Ever the one to bring up awkward topics, Chong Treasure piped up.

The killer wasn’t Luo Song but Lie Xuyang?

Luo Sansheng felt a ringing in his mind, then looked at the Sun Shadow Hook and Lie Xuyang, whose expression shifted, revealing the truth.

”So this is silencing a witness to a crime. Looks like Little Wuya wasn’t wrong; Lie Xuyang was clearly jealous of Young Master Luo, but why would Young Master Luo take the blame for him? Or perhaps the Young Master Luo was innocent the entire time, and he covered up for someone, becoming a scapegoat?” Ye Lingyue added, while speaking, she glanced at Hong Mingyue.