Chapter 473: Trouble Brewing

Chapter 473: Trouble Brewing

“Ni Daye, where are you?”

“My lord… No, I’ve waited all day and still haven’t seen Ni Daye arrive.”

“Weren’t you supposed to bring him today for sure?”

“Just got a message from the Mu family saying it might actually be delayed by a day or two…”

“You said that yesterday! It’s already been two days! All those who came to Tianyu Domain have been captured, not a single one is Ni Daye. Am I to understand you’re just messing with me?”

Ling Meng angrily reprimanded the members of Helong Hall. They promised to bring Ni Daye, yet he was nowhere in sight, and she was seriously doubting their honesty.

Might as well just kill them, they’re of no use.

“Kill them!” Ling Meng instructed her subordinates.

“Spare us, great one! By the way, there was someone named Lin Fanpai who came earlier; he’s the only one not captured by the Refining Demon Sect.”

That guy recalled a pig-riding youth named Lin Fanpai who said he was heading east but ended up going north, evading the Demon Disciples lurking about.

“Hm? There’s a deserter? What’s going on?”

Ling Meng seemed to have caught wind of something significant and stopped her subordinates from executing him.

At that moment, a Demon Disciple returned from outside, approaching Ling Meng and whispering something. Ling Meng frowned.

She slammed the table and said:

“What you’re saying is that one of your Helong Hall members barged in, two of my subordinates went after him, and they ended up dead! It seems you intentionally leaked information, huh? Ni Daye isn’t coming, and you let someone come kill my subordinates, is that right?”

“No, my lord! I didn’t leak anything! I have no idea what happened!”

“Kill them! I don’t trust a single one of you!”

Ling Meng waved her hand, and her subordinates immediately took the hint, dispatching all captured members of Helong Hall.

However, she left their corpses intact for her practice in corpse manipulation.

Corpse manipulation; she initially believed Lin Nuo was a master of the dark arts when she witnessed his use of that technique.

The memory was still fresh, and she yearned to possess even half of her master’s strength.

“Let’s go, take me to the scene.”

Following her subordinates, Ling Meng headed to the location to investigate.

At the scene…

Ling Meng arrived and surveyed the area. There hadn’t been a particularly intense battle here, for there were no severe signs of destruction.

If anything, that house ruined by the pig was the worst of it.

The magic net lay severed, and there were two corpses stripped of their clothing on the ground.

In addition, fragments from a smoke bomb were scattered about.

Ling Meng bent down for a closer look; the remnants of the smoke bomb were quite familiar.

And the stab wounds on the deceased pierced directly through the heart from behind, no other marks were present.

“What is this?!”

Such a familiar technique made her think of one person.

Her master, Wu Ying Ge!

“Young Master Ling, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Ling Meng’s surprise, her subordinates were puzzled.

“It’s nothing.”

Ling Meng quickly adjusted her demeanor, not wanting to appear too shocked in front of her subordinates.

This was just a guess; whether it was really that person still required investigation.

Had she been poisoned too deeply? Why did she keep recalling her own master upon encountering these inexplicable events?

It seemed that if it were Wu Ying Ge’s words, anything unbelievable could suddenly make sense.

But then again, considering the corpses still here, they didn’t match her master’s methods.

After all, he would have burned the bones to ash.

(Actually, he was just in a hurry and didn’t deem it necessary to deliver a finishing blow; burning would attract attention, so he skipped it.)

“This Lin Fanpai entering Tianyu Domain definitely has his plans. Perhaps he came to rein in my Refining Demon Sect. Now that the pig is dead, he won’t run far. Dispatch my orders; we must find him in Tianyu Domain, capturing any suspicious individuals.”

“Understood!”

Ling Meng commanded, and her subordinates set out to capture the suspicious Lin Fanpai.

…

Lin Nuo dashed around, realizing that there was no standing ground for Helong Hall in Tianyu Domain.

Some had been beaten by the Refining Demon Sect, some by cultivators, and some by internal strife.

So what was he doing here? On vacation?

Even if he were on holiday, would he pick this wretched place? Isn’t it better to just lie around at home?

Now Lin Nuo was puzzled. He had initially planned for Qin Shili to get the cultivators to leave so they could seize Tianyu Domain, but now the Refining Demon Sect had shown up, and his group’s people were gone.

Was he really supposed to rampage through these guys like an invincible warrior? Just knock everyone out?

Did he think he was in his last life?

This Tianyu Domain was impossible to occupy, and without it, he couldn’t get the rewards and couldn’t be promoted—his plans were going down the drain!

First, he’d find Qin Shili to discuss a plan.

…

In a small grove…

A gentle breeze blew, making the branches and leaves rustle, falling softly to the ground.

As the leaves brushed through Qin Shili’s fingers, she turned her gaze toward the approaching footsteps.

It was Lin Nuo; he had arrived.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Lin Nuo walked over to Qin Shili, but she said nothing. Instead, she pressed her hand to his face and kissed him.

No greetings, just a kiss; that’s the best way to greet.

“What are you doing?”

Lin Nuo quickly stepped back. Having his Second Martial Sister suddenly kiss him was just too strange.

“What? You could kiss me last time, but I can’t kiss you?”

Qin Shili lightly flipped her silver hair and said coldly.

“You’re too late; I’ve been waiting for you a long time.”

“I came right after sending you the message; it wasn’t long ago, was it?”

“No, it’s you coming to Tianyu Domain that’s too late. Were you with that Helong Hall young master and lost track of time?” Qin Shili questioned.

“No, the transportation was a problem.”

He rode a horse, then a cow, and finally a pig—could he move faster?

“Let’s get down to business; our plan…”

“Are you planning to fight me? Hm, please be gentle.”

“No, the plan has changed. The Refining Demon Sect took over here, and Helong Hall people are all gone. We need you to drive away the Refining Demon Sect first, then we can execute the original plan.”

Lin Nuo said; hearing this, Qin Shili’s expression remained cold as she responded icily:

“If I make a move, I’ll kill them all, not merely drive them away.”

“Then kill them.”

“Alright, as you say.”

Qin Shili nodded in agreement. She knew the Demon Disciples from the Refining Demon Sect had also come, with their leader being Ling Meng.

That demon woman, she had wanted to chop her down for quite some time.

Since it was you, Lin Nuo, who said it was okay, don’t blame me for going after your disciples.

“However, I have something else to tell you,” Qin Shili continued.

“What is it?” Lin Nuo asked.

“There’s been an anomaly in the spiritual energy field here in Tianyu Domain. Previously there were many legends about treasures here, which everyone just brushed off, but recently the spiritual energy field has changed. This has made people believe there are indeed great treasures, leading many sects to come here—not just the Refining Demon Sect. If you want to take this place, you’ll have to deal with them all.”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Nuo’s face fell. Was this going to be a complete mess? Would he really have to rampage through everyone?