Conspiracy with Lin Heng

Yanqing Peak,

Qin Ling deactivated the Formation of his Immortal Cave. Zhou Qiao, led by a maid, met Qin Ling.

"Senior Brother Qin, my Revered Master asked me to personally deliver this letter to you."

Qin Ling was a little confused as he took the letter.

Why would his brother send a letter? Wasn't a sound transmission better?

When he finished reading the contents of the letter, Qin Ling instantly froze, his heart pounding in his throat.

"Crazy, crazy! My brother is simply a madman!"

He was thrown into disarray. The handwriting on the letter was indeed his brother's, and the messenger was his brother's maid, so there could be no mistake.

The letter detailed his plan to assassinate Lin Heng, then, while Lin Xue was heartbroken, he would find a way to save her brother, gain her favor, and completely win over Lin Xue.

The reason he wrote to him was to ask him to buy medicinal ingredients, preparing to ask the Pill Pavilion Elder to refine Medicinal Pills to save Lin Heng before Elder Peak Master could react.

"It's just a woman, is it really necessary to go this far?"

As Qin Ling's thoughts raced, he saw a line of small text at the end, then he suddenly looked up at Zhou Qiao.

"Have you read this letter?" Qin Ling questioned.

"This servant has naturally not read it," Zhou Qiao lowered her head respectfully.

Qin Ling's eyes instantly turned cold, because at the end of the small text, it was clearly written to kill Zhou Qiao and not allow a third person to know about this matter.

Qin Ling naturally knew the stakes. He swiftly struck out with his right hand, his fist piercing through Zhou Qiao's heart.

Zhou Qiao, deceased!

Inside the Pill Pavilion,

Chen Yuan opened his eyes. "Heh, she's dead, is she?"

He felt no psychological burden over Zhou Qiao's death, because Zhou Qiao herself was a heinous person.

Why must Zhou Qiao be eliminated?

Because a quick investigation would reveal that Zhou Qiao had been controlled by Divine Sense, so she had to be eliminated, but Chen Yuan didn't need to do it himself.

Thoughts returned to two days ago,

Inside an Alchemy Room on the second floor.

Lin Heng stood up excitedly. "Are you crazy? What if it's exposed?"

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I'm always meticulous in my work," Chen Yuan assured.

Originally, Chen Yuan had thought of completing it alone, but there was still a hurdle in his heart.

"Alas, I'm still too kind!" Chen Yuan murmured softly.

"This approach is too risky," Lin Heng seemed hesitant.

"Don't worry, Qin Meeting will definitely die this time, or at the very least, he'll be scared into prison. Qin Ling is simple-minded and well-developed in his limbs; he'll spill everything when questioned," Chen Yuan began to analyze for him frame by frame.

"There are still more than twenty days until the Heavenly Treasure Secret Realm. Qin Meeting invited me to team up. I don't need to say what his intentions are. Since he wants me dead, I won't let him off easy either."

With Chen Yuan's current strength, he could at most contend with a Late Stage Soul Transformation cultivator.

Adding Dharma Body Heaven and Earth, against Qin Ling, who was at Nascent Soul Perfection Stage and already half a step into Void Refinement, it should only be a fifty-fifty split.

Moreover, Qin Ling was a Heaven Ranking contestant, with countless trump cards and methods, and the team he invited consisted entirely of his people. Chen Yuan could escape, but he would inevitably feel stifled, which was naturally not what he wanted.

Lin Heng scratched his head. "You misunderstood, I wasn't saying your plan was too risky, I was afraid you wouldn't hold back and kill me."

Chen Yuan's mouth twitched. "Brother-in-law, don't worry, at most it'll be a serious injury. After it's done, I'll give you ten thousand Spirit Stones as compensation."

"Oh my, brother-in-law, you're too polite, this... this is too embarrassing!" Lin Heng smiled and extended his hand.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan was a bit stunned.

"First, the deposit."

"Uh!" Chen Yuan was speechless. With a wave of his right hand, he took out a Storage Ring and placed it in his hand.

"No deposit needed, all the Spirit Stones are here."

Lin Heng's eyes lit up as he looked at the Spirit Stones inside the ring.

"Brother-in-law, where exactly did you get these Spirit Stones? You don't have some astonishing background, do you?" Lin Heng asked in a low voice.

Chen Yuan pondered for a moment. The System should count as a major background, right?

After all, the System could casually produce Divine-Ranked and Emperor-Ranked Cultivation Techniques.

The central Divine State forces of the Xuanling Continent could also produce Divine-Ranked Cultivation Techniques.

So, System = Divine State forces.

"Brother-in-law, have you heard of the Divine State?"

Hearing this, Lin Heng was stunned, because a beautiful remnant soul in his mind spoke.

"Disciple, I can confirm that this person is from the Divine State. Only the great Families of the Divine State would have such means and such ruthless methods."

Then, the beautiful remnant soul explained to him how powerful the Divine State was, the center of the entire Xuanling Continent.

Time returned to the present,

In the Alchemy Pavilion, Chen Yuan took out a Medicinal Pill and put it into Bai Siying's mouth.

Chen Yuan controlled the explosion just right this time. Bai Siying was not seriously injured, only unconscious. She would be fine after a nap.

Yanqing Peak, Qin Ling's Immortal Cave.

At this moment, Zhou Qiao's body lay in a pool of blood. Qin Ling pointed his right hand, and a flame condensed in his palm, which he then casually threw onto Zhou Qiao's corpse.

The great fire instantly spread over her body, incinerating her into ashes in an instant.

Early the next morning,

Bai Siying slowly woke up in the Pill Refining Room. Her head was still throbbing.

The Pill Furnace had been blown to pieces, and Senior Brother Chen Yuan was lying next to the fragments.

Bai Siying clutched her head, wanting to check on Chen Yuan, just then, Chen Yuan's fingertips moved, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"Senior Brother, you scared me to death, I thought you were dead," Bai Siying breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yuan's face darkened, but he still had to pretend, clutching his head, "It seems the furnace exploded yesterday!"

"Remove 'seems like'," Bai Siying rolled her eyes at him.

Just then, the green Jade Slip in Chen Yuan's storage ring vibrated wildly. He didn't need to guess; it must be Lin Xue.

"Junior Sister, I'll leave this to you for now. I have something to attend to and need to leave." With that, regardless of whether Bai Siying agreed, Chen Yuan directly opened the Alchemy room door and walked out.

Bai Siying kept calling out "Senior Brother" from behind.

Seeing it was no use, she could only stomp her foot helplessly, then began to clean up the mess.

"Stinky Senior Brother, are you in such a hurry to reincarnate? You didn't even change your clothes."

That's right, Chen Yuan's white robes were currently pitch black, with residual ash on his face.

Lin Xue's residence,

When Lin Xue saw Chen Yuan, covered in dust and disheveled, she was startled, then immediately asked, "Brother Chen, what happened to you?"

"It's nothing, the Pill Furnace exploded last night during Alchemy," Chen Yuan waved his hand and said.

A look of tension instantly appeared on Lin Xue's face. She touched Chen Yuan here and there, "Does it hurt here?"

"No pain!"

"What about here?"

"Doesn't hurt either!"

"That's good, that's good!" Lin Xue let out a long breath.

"Xue'er, why did you look for me? Why were you crying when I heard your sound transmission just now?" Chen Yuan asked with concern.

"Wuwuwu!" Lin Xue hugged Chen Yuan's waist and cried in his arms.

"Last night at the Mountain River Bridge, my brother was ambushed and is still unconscious," Lin Xue's tears flowed like an endless stream.

Chen Yuan rubbed her hair, sighing inwardly. He had originally wanted to tell Lin Xue about the plan, but Lin Heng disagreed.

Lin Xue led Chen Yuan into the side room. Lin Heng was currently lying on a stone bed, his chest rising and falling faintly, giving a sense of being on his last breath.

At this moment, a petite figure walked into the room.

Lin Xue immediately bowed respectfully upon seeing her. "Greetings, Revered Master."

Chen Yuan also bowed. "Greetings, Elder Zhu."