378: Chapter 378 A Vicious Scheme! To deceive everyone, he intends to massacre the pigsty in the lower realm!

Inside the quiet room, there was a deathly silence.

Lin Batian sat slumped on the cold ground, his soul seemingly lost, his brain still trapped in that abyss of blankness and fear that could swallow everything.

The burnt smell in the air after the destruction of a Divine Soul was like a maggot in his bones, seeping into his every pore and making the blood throughout his body feel as if it were about to freeze.

Time passed second by second, each breath feeling stretched ten thousand times longer, heartlessly flaying his nerves.

He didn't know how long it had been before his dilated pupils finally regained a flicker of focus.

No!

He couldn't just sit here and wait for death! Waiting to die was absolutely the most foolish choice!

Lin Batian's body jolted violently as a thought, like a bolt of lightning through the darkness, instantly illuminated his fear-stricken mind.

As soon as this thought arose, it grew like wild weeds, instantly occupying all his thoughts.

He scrambled up from the ground, his face, distorted by fear, now showing a hint of morbid ferocity.

An image uncontrollably surfaced in his mind: ten years ago, Lin Yu had merely had a Magical Artifact stolen. When Xiao Wan found out, she still wore that gentle and moving smile, softly comforting her nephew.

But the next day, that Inner Sect Disciple who had snatched the artifact was found with his Divine Soul being stripped away inch by inch, his Physical Body refined into a living Puppet that possessed nothing but the instinct for pain, while all his family members were turned into flower fertilizer and planted in the Hundred Flower Garden that Xiao Wan loved most.

At that time, Xiao Wan stood by the flowerbed, smiling like a blooming flower as she said to him, 'Brother, look, the flowers are blooming so vividly this year. The fertilizer must be very plentiful.'

At the thought of that scene, Lin Batian felt a chill rush from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head, making him shudder uncontrollably.

He began to pace frantically back and forth in the quiet room, his brain working at an unprecedented speed.

What to do? What could he do to suppress this matter?

Report it to the Sect?

No! Absolutely not!

Lin Batian rejected this idea immediately.

Secretly dispatching an Immortal Envoy to the Lower Realm to 'harvest' was already an illegal operation.

Now, not only had the mission failed, but even the person was lost in the Lower Realm. If he reported this, as the Deacon in charge of the matter, he would definitely be the first one pushed out to take the blame!

When that time came, not only would he lose his position as a Deacon, but he would likely have his cultivation base stripped and be thrown into the Sect dungeon, never to rise again!

Then... keep it hidden?

Lin Batian stopped in his tracks, his brow furrowed. The thought was extinguished as soon as it arose.

That didn't seem possible either.

Although Lin Yu was only an Outer Sect Disciple, he still had an identity jade slip on record within the Sect.

With no person seen alive and no corpse found, the Sect would definitely send someone to investigate after a while.

More importantly, he couldn't hide it from Xiao Wan!

Although his sister spent most of her time in secluded cultivation, she would send messages every so often to ask about Lin Yu's current situation.

He could lie to her once or twice, but could he lie to her for a lifetime?

Once the lie was exposed, he had no doubt his end would be ten thousand times more miserable than that Inner Sect Disciple's!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Lin Batian clutched his hair in frustration, feeling as if he were trapped in a double-edged dead end.

To move forward was a bottomless abyss; to retreat was a doorless Hell!

Could it be... there really was no other way?

Just as he was distracted and nearly despairing, his gaze accidentally swept across an inconspicuous storage box in the corner.

Those were some miscellaneous items Lin Yu had left with him before going to the Lower Realm, fearing that bringing them down would contaminate them with the filthy Qi of the Lower Realm.

A crazy and bold idea suddenly took shape in his mind without warning!

"Right... that's right!"

Lin Batian's eyes instantly lit up with a frantic light, like a dying man grasping at the only life-saving straw!

His breathing was rapid, and the muscles on his face trembled violently with excitement.

"As long as... as long as I resolve everything before Xiao Wan finishes her seclusion, won't it be fine?!"

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and his train of thought became clearer than ever before.

First, he had to personally go to the Lower Realm! To that pigpen called the "Xuanyuan Continent"!

He would pull up the murderer who killed Lin Yu, along with all the forces behind him, by the roots, grinding their bones to ash—leaving not a single one alive!

Erase all traces!

Let everything disappear completely!

Then, he would forge Lin Yu's death as an "accident"!

He would say... he'd say that kid Lin Yu's ambition was too great during his experience in the Lower Realm, and he recklessly barged into an ancient forbidden land, unfortunately falling within it with no corpse remaining!

This reason was reasonable and logical!

It matched Lin Yu's overambitious character, explained why he died in the Lower Realm, and conveniently solved the problem of the missing body!

It was simply perfect! Flawless!

As for the Sect, an unproductive Outer Sect Disciple dying in an "accident" in the Lower Realm was not a big deal at all; he could just find any reason to brush it off.

And regarding Xiao Wan, after she came out of seclusion, he would tearfully tell her this "tragic news."

Although she would definitely be sad, faced with an "accident," she would have nothing to say. She couldn't very well take her anger out on an ancient forbidden land that he had already "leveled," could she?

At that time, he would comfort her well, and maybe... this matter would just pass like that!

"Hahaha... Hahahaha!"

Thinking of this, Lin Batian could no longer suppress his inner ecstasy and let out a low, sinister laugh that echoed eerily in the quiet room.

"I really am a Genius! I'm a fucking Genius!"

He seemed to already see a bright road leading to survival.

The fear and despair that were enough to crush him before were completely replaced at this moment by a thick killing intent and greed!

"Ants of the Lower Realm..."

Lin Batian slowly straightened up, his eyes flashing with a bone-chilling cold light.

"To dare kill my, Lin Batian's, nephew—no matter who you are, you are dead!"

"And that Xuanyuan Continent... perfect. That barren place in the Lower Realm might even hide some undiscovered ancient Legacies and Heaven And Earth Treasures. I'll just use the living beings of your entire plane to be buried with my nephew!"

"In passing, it can serve to calm this Deacon's nerves, and I can make a fortune on the side!"

There was no longer a trace of fear on his face, only the sneer of a petty man who had gotten his way.

He had already made up his mind.

He not only wanted revenge, but he also wanted to... use this opportunity to make a huge fortune!