freenovelworld Chapter 258: The Secret Leaked
Chapter 258: The Secret Leaked
Just when the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, the communication talisman suddenly vibrated.
Ye Tianchen took out the communication talisman and his face darkened as he took a look at it. "Nie Zhonghai sent two cabinet elders and asked us to follow him to Chiyang City to seek revenge on Lin Han."
"What... Cabinet?!"
Wang Yuyan was stunned. She felt guilty and was immediately frightened. Whatever she feared would come true.
But before the two of them could react.
Soon, two auras of the second level of the Quasi-Emperor Realm quickly approached the courtyard of the two.
"It came so quickly."
Ye Tianchen was awed. He quickly exchanged a glance with Wang Yuyan, clasped his fists, and said, "Welcome to the cabinet elders!"
Then two old men, one fat and one thin, floated down.
"Ye Tianchen, right? I'm Shan Zilin and he's Shi Yuanbin." The fat old man spoke calmly, as a greeting.
Two pairs of eyes swept over Ye Tianchen and Wang Yuyan.
"I believe you already know the purpose of our visit. The two of you will follow us to Chiyang City to see who that Lin Han is."
Ye Tianchen suppressed his panic and said, "Elder Shan, Elder Shi, this is not a problem, but I think we should make a detailed plan before we go."
He knew very well that if Shan Zilin and Shi Yuanbin were allowed to meet Lin Han, there was no guarantee that Lin Han would reveal the secret that he had killed Quan Xiangyu.
So he wanted to delay as much as possible until he could come up with a foolproof plan.
"Oh? What do you think?" Shi Yuanbin asked.
Shan Zilin sneered, "With the two of us taking action, a mere Lin Han is nothing to worry about."
It’s not that he underestimated Lin Han, but he and Shi Yuanbin, two quasi-emperor realm second level masters, joined forces, and he didn’t believe that Lin Han could still fly.
Ye Tianchen was naturally aware of Shan Zilin's thoughts, but he scoffed at them in his heart, thinking that these two people would probably just be serving as food if they went.
However, he still agreed readily.
"Of course. If there's a good solution, that would be the icing on the cake."
He no longer dared to harbor any hope of killing someone with a borrowed knife. He had been defeated countless times because he underestimated his enemy.
Unless he was 90% sure, he was not going to attack Lin Han again.
If anyone is to blame, it’s only because Lin Han’s cultivation level improved too quickly.
And he was bound by a hundred times more severe calamity.
But Shan Zilin and Shi Yuanbin's cultivation...really made him salivate.
If these two people were seriously injured by Lin Han, and he could take the opportunity to devour their essence, then his realm would probably be able to rise to the third level of the Quasi-Emperor Realm!
With this in mind, Ye Tianchen came up with a rough plan and slowly expressed his thoughts.
"Speaking of Chiyang City, the City Lord of Chiyang City, Jin Huiyue, is no ordinary person, and the head of Tongtian Tower, Jiang Hanzhong, is even more extraordinary."
Ye Tianchen pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice, "At that time, I was in the Arctic ice field, and Jiang Han used the Emperor's Projection move, and I was defeated."
When they heard the emperor's projection, they were stunned, and then they put away their contempt.
Shi Yuanbin nodded in agreement, "For Tongtian Tower to become one of the three major forces in Xuanling Continent, it must have its own strengths. Besides, Chiyang City is a border city of Tongtian Tower near Jiuxing. It's impossible for it to be taken so easily."
Ye Tianchen continued, "We can lure Lin Han out of Chiyang City before we take action. Of course, this won't be a difficult task for me. When the time comes, Elder Shan and Elder Shi will join forces to kill him. I believe it won't be difficult either."
"Will he be fooled so easily?"
Such a simple plan made Shan Zilin frown. He didn't take Lin Han seriously, but he was not stupid.
"Elder Shan, you may not know this, but Lin Han is arrogant and conceited, and he's also the Deputy City Lord of Chiyang City. If Elder Shan and Elder Shi were to go there and he were to learn of this, he would certainly refuse to come out and fight. But you two should hide for now, and wait until I lure him out before you take action."
"Of course, it's best for us not to alarm Chiyang City and Tongtian Tower."
Having said that, Ye Tianchen glanced at Shan Zilin and Shi Yuanbin inconspicuously.
It was indeed not a difficult task to lead Lin Han out of Chiyang City. What he was worried about was that even these two old ghosts could not defeat Jiang Hanzhong's Emperor Projection.
Shan Zilin and Shi Yuanbin thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then we'll follow your arrangements. We're not coming here under the name of the Nine Star Force, so there's no need to confront Tongtian Tower head-on."
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The supreme sect.
Sect leader Ning Pengxiao summoned Jing Hongkun.
This is a middle-aged man in his fifties with a square face. He exudes a sense of majesty without even being angry.
Above the palace.
Ning Pengxiao suddenly sighed, "Jing Hongkun, I've asked you to reflect on yourself these past few days. Do you know where you went wrong?"
Jing Hongkun said with a bitter look on his face, "I have failed to perform my duties well, please punish me, Sect Master."
After he came back from the Arctic ice field, he has been unwelcome by the sect because he let the little girl Gong Bei go.
"Punishment, what can it change?" Ning Pengxiao changed the subject and said, "I asked you to come here mainly because I have something to tell you."
Jing Hongkun was slightly startled, then clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to go through fire and water for the Sect Master, no matter what!"
Ning Pengxiao said, "Before, I asked you to kill Gong Bei because she was hiding a secret from an unknown place. But you didn't know the whole secret. Now that you have reached the Quasi-Emperor Realm, you are qualified to know it all."
"That secret concerns the entrance to a world."
"Perhaps you don't understand, but think about it. The opening of the gate in the Arctic ice sheet has increased the spiritual energy of the Xuanling Continent by more than ten times, and even partially changed the laws of nature. Do you know what this means?"
Jing Hongkun thought about it, shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"Someone...passed through the Kaitian Gate and traveled to an unknown place."
"The changes that have taken place in Xuanling Continent over the past period of time have made us even more certain of one thing: Xuanling Continent is actually no different from a forbidden area!"
Suck~!
Jing Hongkun took a deep breath.
He had also entered and exited the forbidden area several times.
However, when he heard that Xuanling Continent was just a forbidden area, he found it hard to accept.
At that time, he also heard the woman next to Lin Han say it, but she didn't explain it clearly.
Now he finally knew what was going on.
What Ning Pengxiao said next was even more explosive.
"So that secret concerns our Supreme Sect's chance to enter that unknown land! The problem is that this secret has been exposed."
"Our Jishang Sect has been secretly preparing for so many years. Even Jiuxing doesn't know about the talisman formation that can open the Heavenly Gate."
"Now, we are about to open the talisman formation, and the Gong family happened to be the main force that broke the seal of the talisman formation at that time. However, the head of the Gong family intended to report the news of the Kaitianmen talisman formation to Jiuxing, so our Jishang Sect took ruthless action to kill the Gong family to eliminate the future trouble."
"Do you understand? This is why Gong Bei must die."
Jing Hongkun was shocked. It turned out that he only knew the tip of the iceberg of the so-called secret.
No wonder the Jishang Sect wanted to wipe out the roots.
Otherwise, if Jiuxing takes his anger out on them, the Jishang Sect will be in great trouble!
"Let me ask you one more question. How long will it take for that talisman formation to be activated?"
What he thought of was that the Arctic ice field would open the sky gate and let all the sects in the Xuanling Continent know about it.
Now that Gong Bei has told Lin Han and others the secret, it is conceivable that Tongtian Tower must have also received the news.
Ning Pengxiao glanced at Jing Hongkun calmly and said, "No hurry, that's why I asked you to come here."