Chapter 111 - Blackmail and Extortion (1/2)

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Fifth Elder’s face immediately flushed red. He felt like he had been insulted and looked down upon, so he couldn’t help but shout, “You little b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Who would want those three melons and two jujubes of yours? Laozi has lived for so long, so what haven’t I seen? Would I take a fancy to your things? Aren’t you looking down upon us a bit too much? Those cultivation methods are supposed to belong to the individuals who possess them. If they were to reveal them and someone plans to seize another’s cultivation method, then that would be a grave matter indeed.”

If the matter wasn’t settled well, the two of them could end up with a deep-seated hatred for each other!

As the head of the family, Fifth Elder naturally s.h.i.+es away from such matters, but……d.a.m.n it! It’s not like he’s a craftsman or an alchemist anyway, so what d.a.m.n use could he have for their cultivation methods!

From what he saw of the current situation, Lin Xuanzhi wasn’t hiding the corpse at all. Even if they had doubts in their hearts, no one could reach a final conclusion without any concrete evidence!

But Third Elder was still trying to fan the fire, “You can’t say that. Your cultivation level has improved by leaps and bounds within such a short amount of time, so there are a lot of people within the family who suspect that you’re practicing some sort of evil demonic art. If you take out your manual, you’ll be able to shut their mouths, and make them even more convinced of your talents at the same time.”

“, to put it bluntly, you’re all just after the cultivation method.” Lin Xuanzhi sneered disappointedly, “It’s not like I can’t give you my cultivation method. But, this craftsman cultivation method would probably be of little use to the Lin family. Third Elder, don’t tell me that you really plan to have Xuanzhi cut off all ties completely with the Lin family, over this one cultivation method?”

“What kind of nonsense are you spouting!” Fifth Elder’s heart clutched immediately and he scolded himself for being so stubborn. He quickly said, “We definitely have no such intention. Since Xuanzhi has already been proven to be innocent, then this matter will end here, and no one will ever mention it again!”

Second Elder understood the pros and cons involved in this as well. He grinned as he fulfilled his duty as a peacemaker, and said calmly, “Xuanzhi , we were the ones who have been rude this time, since we suspected you based solely on a few words that someone had uttered. But you should understand that the Lin family has always treaded the righteous path to Dao, so we can never co-exist with the devil’s path. When we heard someone say that someone was cultivating the devil’s path in our family, as the elders, we would naturally feel anxious.” This was the way out that Lin Xuanzhi had been waiting for. He knew what was good and bad for him, so he took the way out and spoke in a gentler manner, “Since that’s the case, do the elders still have something else to discuss with me?”

Fifth Elder laughed bitterly, “No, we don’t.”

Lin Xuanzhi’s cold gaze swept over the dumbfounded Lin Yangzhi, “If you had any doubts about my cultivation method, you could’ve just asked me straight out, and I would have explained it to you. But engaging in such trickery behind the scenes…is a bit excessive.”

Lin Yangzhi’s face was flushed with anger, and the colour of his face alternated between green and white. He clenched his teeth, “You must have moved the corpse away. How can you prove that you’ve been in your room the whole day today?”

“If you hadn’t mentioned that, I would’ve forgotten it too.” The corners of Lin Xuanzhi’s mouth curved up leisurely, “I’ve been crafting equipment the whole afternoon today. If you guys hadn’t suddenly crashed into my room which forced me to stop mid-way, I would have probably already crafted a high-grade magic tool by now. If the elders don’t believe me, you could dispatch someone to go collect the debris, and let someone who knows the ropes check it; to see how long it would take through a process of constant crafting before that magic tool could reach that kind of standard!”

Lin Yangzhi said to Fifth Elder, “Head, I’ll bring someone over to check the debris!”

“That’s enough!” Fifth Elder’s face was now completely dark as he shouted, “Before you even got your facts straight, you casually jumped to conclusions and almost slandered Lin Xuanzhi as a result. You’ve really disappointed me this time.”

“Head….” Lin Yangzhi’s whole body stiffened up.

Wasn’t the word ‘slander’ a bit too heavy a word for what he had done?

However, at this moment and in this situation, he had absolutely no evidence to prove that what he had said was the truth!

. He still had a Breaking Sky Bird. It was a spy demonic beast, and it had also seen Yan Tianhen fiddle around with the corpse in the cellar!

“My Breaking Sky Bird can act as a witness!” Lin Yangzhi reacted quickly with his wits in this emergency. He released the Breaking Sky Bird that was as big as a fly from his storage bag.

Since the Breaking Sky Bird had sniffed that corpse’s scent, it would be very easy for it to find the corpse again by virtue of the nature of its species’ natural disposition and talent.

After Lin Yangzhi released that Breaking Sky Bird, it soared into the sky, then fluttered its wings as it flew towards the back mountains.

Third Elder’s face changed all of a sudden, and like a condor, he flew into the sky from the cellar and created a sharp gust of Qi with his hand seals, then sent it towards the tiny Breaking Sky Bird with merciless murderous intent!

With athat penetrated through the air, the Breaking Sky Bird was actually sliced into pieces by the gust of Qi!

Lin Yangzhi’s face turned ghastly pale. All the colour had completely drained from his face, and he felt like he was on the verge of collapsing!

“How audacious of you!” Third Elder immediately shouted in a cold voice, “You actually dared to use such dirty means against your own family member! Lin Yangzhi, don’t think that just because you’ve already been accepted as a disciple at Sky Peak Sect, that the Lin family won’t be able to take charge of you anymore!”

After he saw his own beloved Breaking Sky Bird get killed like that, Lin Yangzhi got so angry that his whole body trembled uncontrollably.

He didn’t understand why the Third Elder who had always found Lin Xuanzhi unpleasant to the eye would actually be the first to revolt at this kind of timing, and kill his Breaking Sky Bird!

That was a spy that his s.h.i.+fu had gifted to him!

Second Elder shook his head and sighed, then he said earnestly, “Yangzhi, if one obtains honour, everyone else obtains honour; and if one person gets harmed, everyone else gets harmed as well. A single tree can’t make up a forest. Your cultivation level may be very high, but your heart for Dao is not stable. You should go back and proper reflect upon yourself first . Otherwise, it would be very easy for stubbles to appear on your cultivation path in the future.”

When he was done speaking, Second Elder was the first to leave this place and had left the Lin Yangzhi, who looked terrifyingly pale, behind.

Third Elder shot Lin Yangzhi a warning glance and left. Before he left, he stared at Lin Xuanzhi for a long while.

After he uttered the words ‘don’t let me get a handle on you’, he walked away with a furious expression on his face.

As for Lin Yangzhi, he had been taken away by the guards of the Law Enforcement Hall to the Reflection Cliff to reflect upon himself.