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136: The vulture’s speculationLin Chengyuan hated!

He hated Lin Jingyu, hated the injustice of the heavens, and even more, hated why Scarface of Black Wind village had provoked that young man.

”Oh, vast heavens! How unfair you are! How cruel! Why do you treat me, Lin Chengyuan, like this!”

Lin Chengyuan cried out to the sky in a blood-curdling wail, his voice filled with the despair and unwillingness of being toyed with by fate. Tears streamed down his face as he completely broke down.

”Talisman treasure? Peak Qi Condensation? Lightning spirit root? Foundation Establishment stage?”

Every keyword Lin Chengyuan shrieked in his frenzy was like a bolt of thunder from the nine heavens, striking hard at the heads of the Black Wind village members.

Especially Gong Yunyu, who had just gotten up, felt as if he had been struck by five bolts of lightning. His body trembled violently like a sieve, and the last bit of color drained from his face, leaving him as pale as a ghost.

Lightning spirit root! That was a legendary exotic spirit root! Second only to the Heavenly Spirit Root, such talent would make one a true disciple even in the Azure Mist Sect.

One in ten thousand! No, it was an existence rarely found among tens of thousands of cultivators!

Let alone a Foundation Establishment stage mighty figure, even if it were just peak Qi Condensation, with their innate terrifying talent for controlling lightning and combat power far exceeding those of the same rank, killing these ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators would be as easy as crushing a few ants.

This ominous star... actually targeted Black Wind village? And a talisman treasure? That thing was a protective treasure crafted by a Golden Core True Person, expending their vital essence!

There weren’t many in the entire Blazing Flame State! What kind of vendetta was this?

What exactly happened?

Black Wind village had always been respectful to all major powers, so how did they provoke such a terrifying being?

”Damn it!”

Gong Yunyu suddenly twisted his head, his eyes instantly stained blood-red with terror and rage, like a dying beast, letting out a heart-wrenching roar at the delirious Lin Chengyuan:

”Lin Chengyuan! You old bastard! Explain yourself! What idiotic, heaven-defying thing did Scarface and those bastards do?

How did they provoke such a living ancestor? Speak! Don’t miss a single word!”

Lin Chengyuan trembled all over, shaken by the furious roar. His dull, muddled gaze slowly focused on Gong Yunyu’s face, which was twisted and deformed by fear and anger.

Where was the slightest trace of his previous fawning flattery or obsequious politeness? Only the numbness of a dead heart and the hollowness of a walking corpse remained.

He mechanically parted his lips, revealing a smile uglier than a cry, and a ”ho-ho” sound like a broken bellows came from his throat as he haltingly and incoherently blurted out the secret buried deep in his heart:

How Scarface and his companions, blinded by greed, ambushed the seemingly harmless white-robed young man midway, and how the young man instantly retaliated with a talisman treasure, turning them into dust.

How he, Lin Chengyuan, in order to ”investigate the truth,” sneaked deep into Black Mountain, only to see a terrifying scene of complete devastation, reduced to scorched earth by violent lightning.

Thus, a terrifying conjecture surfaced in his mind, filled with apprehension and extreme fear.

How he conceived a malicious plan, framing the Lin family to thoroughly muddy the waters and divert the disaster, with Black Wind village taking the brunt of the attack.

Then, no one would necessarily notice a small fry like him... Of course, with Lin Jingyu’s ”personal confirmation” and the current world-destroying lightning scene, he was now utterly convinced that the truth was as he had guessed.

That powerful family had sent someone to seek revenge!

”Damn it! Lin Chengyuan, you beast! I’m going to flay you alive! I’ll grind your bones to dust!”

After listening, Gong Yunyu was so enraged his vision blurred, smoke practically pouring from his seven orifices, a surge of rebellious blood rushing to his throat. He wished he could pounce on the old dog and devour him alive.

Even without this old dog’s framing, that lightning cultivator would eventually come to settle scores.

However, at that time, there would naturally be higher-ranking figures like the First and Second Bosses to bear the responsibility.

But now, he, Gong Yunyu, was at the forefront. Under the wrath of a powerful cultivator, he and the group he brought would definitely be the first to be annihilated.

”Fourth Boss! Wait! Hold your hand!”

Just as Gong Yunyu, blinded by fear and anger, was about to recklessly order a fight to the death, a Qi Condensation seventh-level cultivator beside him, with sinister eyes and a lean, sharp face, suddenly spoke.

This man, named ”Vulture,” was a notorious ruthless character in Black Wind village, and his mind was the most vicious and cunning.

He suppressed his instinctive fear of the terrifying lightning, staring intently at Lin Jingyu, who was eerily calm in the center of the lightning, like a venomous snake.

A strong suspicion and ruthlessness flashed in his eyes as he urgently whispered, ”Fourth Boss! Something’s not right! This matter is too damn strange!”

The faster he spoke, the more his voice rose slightly due to excitement and an attempt to convince himself, as if he were cheering himself and his companions on:

”Think carefully! A terrifying family capable of turning the world upside down with a flick of their hand, and even producing a talisman treasure, if they truly wanted to annihilate our Black Wind village, would they need to play such deceptive tricks?

And even specifically send a message through a small fry like the Lin family? Wouldn’t it be more satisfying to directly assault Black Wind Cliff and flatten the stronghold with a single slap? Why go to such trouble!”

The fierce light in his eyes grew stronger, as if he had discovered a flaw in his prey. He pointed at the purplish-black, heart-palpitating ball of lightning in Lin Jingyu’s hand, his voice suddenly rising, carrying a desperate ruthlessness and Inflammatory.

”In my opinion! What lightning spirit root mighty figure, what blood feud, it’s all fake! It’s all a monstrous lie concocted by this old dog and this little brat!”

He curled his lip and pointed around disdainfully.

”A dilapidated family from a poor, remote place like the Lin family, even if their ancestral graves smoked green, they couldn’t possibly associate with such a figure! I think this intimidating, sky-filling lightning...

It’s probably some evil illusion talisman they got from some obscure corner, or some obscure one-time magical artifact they’re using to put on a show and scare us!”

”Think about it, if we get scared, won’t we have to hand over our spirit stones and resources?

Plus all the treasures the Liu family brought, this would be a huge profit.

Wouldn’t the Lin family then effortlessly gain tens of thousands of spirit stones?

This amount of wealth would make even a Foundation Establishment cultivator envious.

This plan is truly too vicious, too insidious.”

Vulture suddenly took a step forward, his facial muscles contorted with excitement, his eyes growing brighter and brighter, and his whole being filled with confidence.

He was utterly convinced that this was the truth.

He shouted at the hesitating Gong Yunyu:

”Fourth Boss! Don’t be fooled by their paper tiger! Attack! As long as we kill this brat and expose this facade, all illusions will naturally vanish!

We cannot be deceived by them!”

His final words were filled with greed and desperate madness.

Gong Yunyu felt his rationality slowly returning. After some thought, he felt that what Vulture said must be the truth.

If it were true, why would such a powerful cultivator go to such lengths? Wouldn’t it be simpler to just destroy Black Wind village directly?