317 Doubtful Points, Deceiving Traps (1/2)
”Old Sir He ultimately met his doom. The old man had done everything in his life for Yutang and was still patriotic and loyal until his death.” Yun Yang lowered his head in grief, even his eyes were rimmed red.
Lei Dongtian sighed along with him but was silently calculating the credibility of this incident and the incidents leading up to it.
Who would He Hanqing be if not a Four Seasons Tower’s man? Why would that party wreck so much havoc with so much effort? What was the real motive behind?
The objectives and motivations must not have been so simple.
”The battle that day was earth-shattering, wrenching our hearts, the people of Yutang!”
Yun Yang's words were melodramatically laced with anguish.
”The old, loyal official of Yutang had died, maligned. Several other Yutang warriors who were once renowned in Yutang fell with him. These warriors of virtue have carried the wicked name of being a spy and harboring rebellious intention upon their death!”
”We reflected constantly after the incident, connecting everything that has happened recently to figure out what exactly the situation was.” Yun Yang’s voice was low. ”Then, we came to realize something horrible.”
Lei Dongtian couldn't help himself, and asked eagerly, ”What is it? What is this horrible thing?”
”Once we came to realize how well-coordinated everything was, we were petrified.”
Yun Yang’s voice sunk, resentment flashed in his eyes. ”Everyone knows that the battle of the Nine Supremes at Tianxuan Cliff on that fated day was arranged by the Four Seasons Tower in collaboration with a number of experts, to set up an offensive formation. It could be said that all the experts in their pinnacle of the martial world were in that battle! Under such circumstances, the news that spread from it could never be false.”
”Which means, the initial news of Nine Supremes Lords perishing without a single survivor was true.”
”Under such circumstances, how could such an intricate arrangement by a phenomenal sect like the Four Seasons Tower allow someone to slip away? How was it possible?” Yun Yang asked.
Lei Dongtian’s gaze was heavy as he said, ”You are absolutely right.”
He thought about it and said, ”If I were the one to set up the trap, since I intended to annihilate all of the Nine Supremes, I would never leave anyone alive to become a hidden threat later!”
”Couldn't they just verify the number of dead bodies? How could a such a simple check have been omitted in such an extensive ploy?”
Yun Yang replied, ”What Brother Lei had just said is exactly one of the doubtful points we were pondering upon.”
Lei Dong Tian said, ”This is simply one of the aspects that must be confirmed! If I were behind this, I’d have cut down all the heads, or even shattered their bones or scattered their ashes, even when all the corpses were laid out before my eyes to make sure absolutely nothing is wrong! Under the oppression of such formidable forces and power restriction of the great heaven and earth formation, isn’t it a joke for someone to escape? It’s ridiculous – impossible!”
Yun Yang heaved a deep sigh, ”Exactly so. This is was our first suspicion.”
”Since there was a first, there must be a second.” Lei Dongtian was totally immersed in the story now.
”The second doubtful point is time!” Yun Yang said, ”Let us assume the first issue never arose; the Four Seasons Tower person-in-charge did really commit such an impossible and ridiculous mistake and the Nine Supremes did have a survivor! However, this Lord Supreme Wind appeared a year ago; it means that he has reemerged after one whole year since the Tianxuan Cliff incident, to seek vengeance!”
Yun Yang asked, ”Then… why was he gone for one full year? Why didn’t he come back earlier – even if just to deliver a message? Even if he couldn't trust anyone, couldn't he trust Yutang’s emperor? Was His Majesty willing to betray his own empire?”
”That’s right, this is an inexplicable suspicion!” Lei Dongtian said with a clap.
Yun Yang gritted his teeth. ”My cultivation base is limited, my knowledge even more shallow. I just don’t understand what kind of injury he bore that it took a whole year to recover?”
Lei Dongtian thought quietly, ”Your knowledge is indeed shallow; there many injuries that need a year of recovery.”
Yun Yang continued his tale, ”However, I know something else. Lord Supreme Wind did have the cultivation method to turn into a gale that was unchallenged; his personal cultivation base was not high at all, maybe even lesser than mine, but he would have no trouble defeating someone with a higher cultivation base. The more shallow the cultivation base of a person, the lesser the ability to heal himself; if there had truly been a very severe injury, how could it have healed within a year? That kind of cultivation base is unable to sustain high levels of damage… I’m not sure if Brother Lei thinks I’m right?”
Lei Dongtian agreed with him. ”Correct. Under normal circumstances, the type of injuries that expert can’t heal within a year would have killed an ordinary practitioner a dozen times over. This is another doubtful point.”
”Therefore, the year of absence to heal is highly suspicious. Even if we acknowledged the fact that he recovered using this one year, there has been no news whatsoever! This isn’t right.”
Lei Dongtian followed his inference instinctively and said, ”That is correct. It’s truly unacceptable that there isn’t any news being relayed for one whole year. Just like you’ve said, he may not have trusted anyone, but how could he not trust the Emperor of Yutang?”