“The sect is sending Senior Brother Lin Ya to Starfall City? Am I seeing this right?”
“What is the Mission Hall trying to do? Do they want to see rivers of blood, or do they want Senior Brother Lin Ya to go die?”
Every Qingyuan Sect disciple who saw this message was stunned.
What kind of place was Starfall City?
It was a city of black industries! One of the few chaotic places that the Qingyuan Sect tacitly allowed to exist, and also one of the largest gathering places for black industries in the Qingtian Domain!
The black industries there produced vast amounts of wealth every year!
But for so many years, the sect had silently allowed this place to exist precisely because most of the vast wealth it produced flowed into the pockets of the Qingyuan Sect’s people!
The true backing behind Starfall City was the Qingyuan Sect itself!
In the past, whenever the Qingyuan Sect sent town guardians to these cities, they would basically use all kinds of methods to arrange their own people, or send more tactful town guardians, to avoid conflicts between the town guardian and the local black industry bosses.
After all, some Qingyuan Sect disciples had fiery tempers. Usually, when the sky was high and the emperor far away, it was one thing, but if someone really tried to run black industries right under their noses, conflict was absolutely unavoidable!
And when it came to fiery tempers, who in the Qingyuan Sect nowadays could compare to Qi Ping, who had rejected all three major factions?
Moreover, Qi Ping did not just have a fiery temper — his strength was ferocious as well.
That battle Qi Ping fought in Lingxiao City several months ago was still fresh in everyone’s memory. Alone and bare-handed, he had torn apart six peak Foundation Establishment experts!
Now Qi Ping had secluded himself in the Scripture Pavilion for over three months, and it was said he had read countless books!
One had to know that Qi Ping’s spell techniques were already extraordinary. Who knew whether Qi Ping, now bolstered by the knowledge of the Qingyuan Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, would advance even further in strength!
Putting such a fierce and ferocious fellow there — who knew what would happen!
Either way, between Qi Ping and Starfall City, one of them was probably going to die!
From the current situation, the most likely possibility was that someone wanted to use the blade behind Starfall City to kill Qi Ping!
And conveniently kill Han Li and Zhang Danju, who were close to Qi Ping, to make an example of them!
The Qingyuan Sect disciples who thought of this could not help but feel a chill down their backs. Even someone as strong as Senior Brother Lin Ya — could he really not escape the three major factions’ reckoning?
“Brother Han, Brother Zhang, what are your thoughts on this?”
At this moment, inside Inner Sect Immortal Mansion No. 7, Qi Ping looked at Han Li and Zhang Danju, who were sitting before him with somewhat grim expressions.
“I think someone among the three major factions is targeting you, Senior Brother Lin Ya. After all, everyone knows Starfall City is a place you cannot touch — touch it and you die!”
Zhang Danju also had fire burning in his heart at this moment. Senior Brother Lin Ya and he had been targeted at the same time this time! He had not expected the people above to be so insane!
Senior Brother Lin Ya was a genius evaluated by the Heart-Questioning Mirror as a pillar of the sect. In the last battle, he had displayed terrifying combat power and potential. He was friendly enough to his fellow disciples and generous in sharing cultivation experience. For example, Zhang Danju himself had risen another level in strength because of Qi Ping’s guidance.
But was such a pillar of talent someone they were determined to kill no matter what?
And what were those sect higher-ups outside the three major factions doing? It was one thing for ordinary disciples to compromise, but was someone like Senior Brother Lin Ya not even worth standing up to protect?
“I also think we are being targeted. Most positions in the Mission Hall are controlled by the three major factions. Openly, they cannot make things difficult for Senior Brother Lin Ya, but using the sect’s mandatory missions to kill through another’s blade is their style. And behind Starfall City stand direct disciples, even elders. There may be conflicts of interest among them as well.”
“So this is most likely a strategy of driving the tiger to devour the wolf. Because of your style, Senior Brother Lin Ya, conflict in Starfall City is inevitable. When that happens, it will draw out the people behind it. Once conflict breaks out, no matter who wins, it benefits them.”
“But we must carry out the sect’s mandatory mission. If we do not go, they can directly charge us with violating sect rules!”
“And the reason the mission includes Junior Brother Zhang and me is probably because they see that we are close, and want to increase the probability and intensity of conflict. Their intentions are vicious.”
Compared to Zhang Danju’s anger, Han Li calmly laid out the whole sequence of events, the conflicts of interest behind it, and the reasons for its occurrence, sorting out all the causes and consequences in one go.
And after hearing Han Li’s analysis, Qi Ping instantly understood the whole chain of events!
When it came to understanding the sect, Han Li still knew more.
“Sorry, I have dragged you two into this because of my affairs!” Qi Ping looked at Han Li and Zhang Danju with some guilt.
Of the two, Qi Ping could still understand why Zhang Danju was targeted, because Zhang Danju’s personality was straightforward and he had already offended some people.
But as for Han Li, although his strength was extraordinary, he had always known how to protect himself wisely. If not for Qi Ping, he might not have appeared in the three major factions’ line of sight. This time he had purely been dragged down by Qi Ping.
“Senior Brother Lin Ya, do not say that. I, Danju, truly admire you. Besides, I dare to act and dare to take responsibility. How can you call it dragging me down?”
“Yes, Senior Brother Lin Ya, you must not think that way. We do not regret today’s matter, and we naturally have the courage to bear all consequences!”
When Han Li said this, his eyes were firm as he looked at Qi Ping.
The death of the senior brother who had once saved him in a time of crisis was a lifelong regret. This time, seeing someone so similar to him appear, he absolutely could not watch Qi Ping go to his death.
He had long anticipated all the consequences this would bring, and was naturally prepared to deal with every problem.
And looking at the two with firm eyes, a smile suddenly appeared on Qi Ping’s face.
In his heart, he also made a decision at this moment: Since that was the case, what harm was there in colliding with the black hand behind the scenes ahead of time?
“If I go all out this time, I wonder if I can slay a Golden Core in battle? If only the final conflict could coincide with the successful setup of the Yin-Yang Heaven Severing Formation…”
Powerful formations, wind-blade bees in disastrous numbers, and the formidable strength of his clones — these were all Qi Ping’s confidence now.
If he succeeded, he would seize the enormous wealth of three hundred thousand contribution points and soar to the heavens within the Qingyuan Sect!
If he lost, the worst case would be losing one tree-man clone.
But no matter what, he was absolutely going to pluck back what he was owed!
As for Han Li and Zhang Danju, Qi Ping would also think of a thorough path for them to leave. At worst, they could temporarily leave the Qingtian Domain…
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At the same time, when the news that Qingyuan Sect’s Lin Ya would assume the post of Starfall City Town Guardian Commissioner spread to Starfall City, the entire Starfall City seemed to fall silent for a moment!
“What did you say? Qingyuan Sect’s Lin Ya is going to assume the post of Starfall City Town Guardian Commissioner!?”
“Are you talking about that Lin Ya who killed until rivers of blood flowed in Lingxiao City several months ago!?”
Waves of disbelief and roars suddenly erupted at this moment!
