130: Chapter 130 Evidence

Zhao Guangyuan turned around and sat in his armchair.

He pressed his hands on the armrests, leaned back, and closed his eyes gently.

"If he really wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have let Liu Qingchen ask for a Talisman Treasure, nor would he have let the news spread."

"That brat isn't that stupid."

"Then, why buy a Talisman Treasure?"

"Self-preservation."

This thought popped up, and Zhao Guangyuan understood.

Li Changsheng sensed danger and wanted to buy a Talisman Treasure for protection.

He didn't want to kill him; he just wanted to have a fighting chance when the time came for him to make a move.

Zhao Guangyuan suddenly opened his closed eyes.

"What does this mean?"

"It means that brat has a guilty conscience."

"It seems that when he killed Zhao Yan, perhaps there was some other grievance involved?"

"Could it be that he killed him to silence him for a Heaven And Earth Treasure?"

"If he had no guilt in his heart, why would he be afraid?"

"Why would he buy a Talisman Treasure for protection?"

Zhao Guangyuan's fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest, making a rhythmic tap-tap sound.

He remembered the day Liu Qingchen came to see him, saying Li Changsheng wanted to reconcile and had brought blood cloud ganoderma and spirit stone marrow as an apology.

He accepted those things but didn't express his stance.

Why not express a stance?

Because he knew clearly that whether he expressed it or not, Li Changsheng would be on guard against him.

Rather than saying useless pleasantries, it was better to say nothing and leave the other party guessing.

Now, the other party couldn't guess, and they were beginning to panic.

Panic is good.

If they panic, they will make mistakes.

Zhao Guangyuan walked to the window, pushed it open, and looked towards the Hundred Herb Garden.

Under the moonlight, the spirit field was silent.

He knew Li Changsheng was there.

He took a deep breath, and a plan had already formed in his mind.

Step one: Solidify the fact that Li Changsheng killed Zhao Yan.

This step is the most critical.

If he could get the Sect to determine that Li Changsheng killed his fellow Disciple Zhao Yan, this would be the crime of attacking a fellow Disciple!

As for Zhao Yan's collusion with the demonic Sect, that matter could be downplayed or even covered up.

By then, Li Changsheng would be a murderer, and he, Zhao Guangyuan, would be the victim seeking justice for his nephew.

Step two: Destroy the evidence of Zhao Yan's collusion with the demonic Sect.

Those letters, those tokens, those things must disappear.

As long as there is no evidence and the dead cannot testify, who could say that Zhao Yan had colluded with the Blood Fiend Sect?

As for witnesses...

Xu Sen is a member of the Blood Fiend Sect and cannot be used.

But those Disciples who entered the Secret Realm together, there were plenty who could be won over.

Zhao Guangyuan took out a Storage Pouch from his robes, which contained the Spirit Stones and Materials he had accumulated over the years.

These things were enough to bribe a few small Disciples at the Qi Refining Stage.

He sneered and closed the window.

Li Changsheng, don't you want to buy a Talisman Treasure?

Then let's see whether your Talisman Treasure is faster, or my methods are faster.

In the days that followed, Zhao Guangyuan began to act in secret.

He first found a Disciple who had entered the Secret Realm with Zhao Yan.

That Disciple was named Wang Tong, Qi Refining Level 7, from an ordinary background, and usually tight on resources to Cultivate.

When Zhao Guangyuan found him, he was in the market, worrying about not being able to afford a bottle of qi gathering pill.

"Wang Tong?"

Zhao Guangyuan walked up to him.

Wang Tong looked up, saw it was Zhao Guangyuan, and hurriedly stood up to salute.

"Uncle Zhao!"

Zhao Guangyuan waved his hand, signaling him not to stand on ceremony, then took a small cloth bag from his robes and stuffed it into his hand.

"There are five hundred Spirit Stones and ten bottles of qi gathering pill here."

Wang Tong was stunned, looking down at the bag in his hand, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Zhao Guangyuan looked at him and said slowly.

"I only need you to do one thing."

Wang Tong swallowed.

"Junior Martial Uncle, please speak."

"You remember the events in the Secret Realm, right?"

Zhao Guangyuan asked.

"How much did you see of the conflict between Zhao Yan and that Li Changsheng?"

Wang Tong's expression changed slightly, and he stammered.

"I... I was far away at the time, I didn't see clearly..."

Zhao Guangyuan interrupted him.

"It doesn't matter if you didn't see clearly."

"Just say, 'I saw Li Changsheng kill Zhao Yan'."

Wang Tong was stunned.

Zhao Guangyuan continued.

"You don't need to say anything else, just that one sentence. I will handle the rest."

Wang Tong was silent for a long time, then finally nodded.

"Okay, I... I will listen to Junior Martial Uncle."

Zhao Guangyuan nodded with satisfaction, patted his shoulder, and turned to leave.

Next, he found three more Disciples.

Some were given Spirit Stones, some were given Magical Artifacts, and some were promised help in being introduced to a better Master in the future.

Four people, each with a set of lines, and their stories were consistent.

All of them claimed to have seen Li Changsheng kill Zhao Yan in the Secret Realm with their own eyes.

As for why Zhao Yan was killed, they didn't know, nor did they see it.

That was enough.

The evidence was there.

Next was destroying the evidence.

Zhao Guangyuan found the evidence Li Changsheng had given him.

Among them, the most important were the letters Li Changsheng had found on the Blood Fiend Sect Disciples.

Those were letters written by Zhao Yan himself, planning to kill Li Changsheng and the others.

"This is the most critical evidence; this must be destroyed."

Zhao Guangyuan looked carefully again; these letters were the originals.

"Very good."

A flame suddenly erupted from his hand, and the letters instantly turned into a wisp of blue smoke.

Zhao Guangyuan crushed the black ash in his hand.

"It's not enough."

"I must go to Zhao Yan's residence to check again."

He acted immediately, finding an opportunity to sneak into Zhao Yan's former residence.

That room had already been sealed, but with his status, it was easy to get in.

After searching for a long time, he only found a token and some miscellaneous items.

He burned these miscellaneous things, which looked like items from the demonic Sect, one by one.

The firelight flickered, reflecting on his face, shifting between light and shadow.

When he burned the last item, he paused.

It was a token, the size of a palm, with a blood-red character "Blood" engraved on the front.

This was a Blood Fiend Sect Disciple token; could Zhao Yan really be a Disciple of the demonic Sect?

Or was it obtained by Zhao Yan after killing a demonic Sect Disciple?

He stared at the token, silent for a long time.

"Forget it."

In the end, he threw it into the fire.

The token twisted and deformed in the fire, finally turning into a puddle of black residue.

The evidence was gone.

Zhao Guangyuan stood up, looked at the pile of ashes on the ground, and let out a long breath.

From today on, Zhao Yan was an innocent fellow Disciple murdered by Li Changsheng, not a traitor who colluded with the demonic Sect.

And he, Zhao Guangyuan, was the victim seeking justice for his nephew.

Everything was going according to plan.

Hundred Herb Garden, tool warehouse.

Li Changsheng sat cross-legged under the lamp, with a pile of things laid out in front of him.

There were a few tokens, which were Blood Fiend Sect Disciple tokens.

There were a few letters, which were found on Zhao Yan initially; these were letters written by the Blood Fiend Sect to Zhao Yan.

There was also a recording stone, which recorded part of the scene in the Secret Realm where Zhao Yan led people to surround and kill him.

These were his only remaining evidence.

Initially, to gain Zhao Guangyuan's trust, he had given the evidence of Zhao Yan's handwritten letters to the Blood Fiend Sect to the other party.

At that time, he thought that by producing evidence to prove that Zhao Yan really deserved to die, Zhao Guangyuan would let go of his hatred.

Li Changsheng sighed deeply.

"Thinking about it now, I was too naive at the time."

Zhao Guangyuan not only did not let go, but was actually preparing to deal with him in secret.

Li Changsheng did not know exactly what the other party was doing, but he could feel that undercurrents were surging.

He had to be prepared.

"The tokens are of little use; they only prove it is the Blood Fiend Sect. What does this have to do with Zhao Yan?"

Li Changsheng went through these remaining pieces of evidence one by one.

Which were the critical ones that could be effective, and which were things that no one could explain clearly regardless of whose hands they were in.

He picked up the three letters.

"How can this prove it was written by the Blood Fiend Sect to Zhao Yan?"

"What if Zhao Guangyuan says that Li Changsheng colluded with the demonic Sect, and this was written by the Blood Fiend Sect to him, Li Changsheng?"

Thinking of this, Li Changsheng suddenly felt a chill down his back.