Published: February 25, 2025
The night had completely faded away, and at the last moment of the hour of the rabbit, the hour of the dragon was approaching.
As the sun rose in the east, the Meritorious Lineage still had not sent a single person.
The elder of law enforcement, Yuwen Fengjun, had a long face. In his eyes, the Meritorious Lineage was clearly planning to give up on the competition.
Aside from him, there were others who wanted to put Tan Yun to death, including the chief of the holy gate beast spirit, Duan Cangqiong, the five soul chief, Wei Yan, the ancient soul chief, Su Liunian, the sacred soul chief, Dongfang Shangzhi, and the chief of the Wind Thunder Lineage, Si Ma Yu.
The five chiefs, like Yuwen Fengjun, had already ordered their three disciples participating in the competition to kill Tan Yun if they encountered him!
At this moment, the danmai chief, Gongsun Yangchun, the chief of the artifact lineage, Xie Juechen, the chief of the talismans lineage, Zhu Daosheng, and the formation lineage chief, Feng Qingcheng, were all relieved that Tan Yun was not going to participate, as they were following orders to bring him into their own camp.
In the eyes of Feng Qingcheng and the others, Tan Yun not participating was the best choice; if he did, he would definitely die!
"Hahaha." At this moment, Xie Juechen stroked his bald head and looked at Yuwen Fengjun with great interest. "Elder of law enforcement, I heard that a year ago, five masked people tried to kill Tan Yun, and among them were your law enforcement disciples."
"Later, after Tan Yun returned to the sect unharmed, the first thing he did was go to Fang City and kill your adopted son?"
"Oh, I also heard that you even kneeled before Tan Yun?"
This was truly kicking someone when they were down!
Such words were undoubtedly rubbing salt into Yuwen Fengjun's wounds!
The other chiefs were not surprised to see Xie Juechen publicly mentioning this matter to insult Yuwen Fengjun. They all knew that Xie Juechen and Yuwen Fengjun had always been dead rivals!
"Chief Xie, does this have anything to do with you?" Yuwen Fengjun suppressed his fury and mocked, "This elder of law enforcement is unlike some people who lost so many Supreme Spirit Stones to Tan Yun five and a half years ago, and at that time, in front of everyone, nearly wished for Tan Yun's death."
"Haha, but it wasn't long before you shamelessly ingratiated yourself with Tan Yun, having all the shops treat him as a VIP with a 20% discount!"
To this day, Yuwen Fengjun did not know that Xie Juechen, Feng Qingcheng, Gongsun Yangchun, and Zhu Daosheng were spies. In his view, the four must think highly of Tan Yun's potential to become the next sovereign, which was why they were behaving like dogs trying to curry favor with him!
"Old man Yuwen, who are you calling shameless?" Feng Qingcheng suddenly turned her head, staring fiercely at Yuwen Fengjun.
"Yuwen Fengjun, clean your mouth before this chief!" Xie Juechen shouted sternly.
Gongsun Yangchun looked coldly at Xie Juechen, "You say we are shameless? Haha, what about you? As the respected elder of law enforcement, you kneeled before Tan Yun in public, and he didn't even give you a glance, forcing you to kill Yuwen Zhi with your own hands. Aren't you ashamed?"
Gongsun Yangchun's words hit the nail on the head!
"Gongsun Yangchun, try saying that again!" Yuwen Fengjun trembled with rage, and a powerful aura erupted from his body, causing strong winds to sweep across the sky for thousands of miles and crack open space!
His wrath seemed capable of destroying the vast sky!
At this moment, Zhu Daosheng sneered, "Elder of law enforcement, what great power you have! Are you trying to scare Chief Gongsun?"
"Elder of law enforcement, Chief Gongsun was merely stating facts. You really should feel ashamed. You were forced by Tan Yun to kill your own adopted son. Given how shameful you are, what right do you have to say we are shameless for giving Tan Yun a 20% discount on goods?"
Just when Yuwen Fengjun was about to explode, a cold voice rang out from the summit, "You all are the respected ones of your lineages, yet you dare to engage in scheming in front of millions of disciples?"