Everyone harbored their own thoughts. This was something Su Ming was no longer a member of the younger generation who had just stepped into society, so it was only natural that he could see it clearly. His life had been filled with danger, and he had run into plenty of schemes and schemes. That was why while he was with the others, besides the fact that he did not speak much and kept a low profile, his schemes were about the same.
At that moment, Sun Kun and Long Li disappeared into the screen of light. As for Tian Lin, his body was submerged by a dense amount of red threads. He could not see him clearly, and Su Ming did not know what had happened to him.
However, Su Ming noticed that Ye Shen Tong, who had lost his physical body, had used some unknown method to disperse his Nascent Divinity when the red threads closed in on him. Su Ming could not find his Nascent Divinity even with his divine sense.
'None of these people can be underestimated. Even if Ye Shen Tong has lost his physical body, it's still the same. After all, all of them … are World Paragons. ' Su Ming's body fused even further into the stone wall. The bald crane was outside, and with its Transformation Art, it instantly hid Su Ming's body, making him look like the other parts of the stone wall.
As he hid himself, Su Ming slowly calmed down and no longer thought about the situation outside. As of then, he was still relatively safe. The bald crane's transformation could not be seen from the red threads. At that moment, they were continuously crashing into the screen of light outside.
As time passed, about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn passed, a violent boom reverberated in the tunnel. The screen of light was instantly torn to pieces by the red threads.
When the screen of light shattered, the large swarm of red threads looked as if they had found an outlet and surged in, gradually disappearing into the distance.
In the passageway, after the red thread had gone far away, a green sprout suddenly emerged from the ground. The moment the sprout appeared, it immediately grew rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it had turned into a large tree that could support the entire passageway. There was a face on the tree trunk, and the face was exactly the same as Tian Lin's.
Once the tree appeared, a crack appeared in the middle of the tree trunk, and Tian Lin walked out with a step. His face was slightly pale, and once he looked around, his expression turned incredibly dark.
At that moment, another ray of light from a Nascent Divinity appeared in the crack at the center of the tree trunk. Naturally, it was Ye Shen Tong's pale Nascent Divinity.
"Many thanks for Brother Tian's help. Once I return safely, I will definitely give you a great gift to thank Brother Tian for saving my life." There was lingering fear on Ye Shen Tong's face. He looked in the direction the thin red thread had left into the distance before he spoke in a low voice.
"Brother Ye, you do not have to be so courteous. After all, I was the one who invited you here, and it is only natural that I will protect your safety. Brother Ye, what are your plans now?" Tian Lin shook his head. When he spoke in a low voice, he looked at Ye Shen Tong with a profound gaze.
"Fellow Daoist Long Li and Fellow Daoist Sun Kun have their own methods to obtain serendipities. Brother Tian's Nascent Divinity has turned over to his physical body, and he has even fused with the tree. I can sense that his life force has been extended for a long time, and he has practically reached an Undying state. Even that boy Su Ming won't die so easily. He might have long since left to search for his serendipity." Ye Shen Tong's face was pale. When he spoke with a wry smile, he swept his gaze around the area before his eyes landed on Tian Lin.
"I only have my Primordial Spirit left, and I'm disheartened. I just want to leave this place as soon as possible. I hope Brother Tian can help me." Ye Shen Tong's words were logical. After all, if anyone else were in his shoes, they would also first consider their lives and not their serendipity.
A glint appeared in Tian Lin's eyes. He scrutinized Ye Shen Tong, then suddenly smiled.
When Ye Shen Tong saw the smile that had suddenly appeared on Tian Lin's face, his heart let out a loud thump. He instinctively took a few steps back, then forced out a smile and wrapped his fist in his palm towards Tian Lin.
"Brother Tian Lin, please let me go back. I will definitely repay you generously."
"Ye Shen Tong." Tian Lin's smile grew brighter, but his eyes were cold.
"We've known each other for many years. There are rumors that you survived the True Guards' pursuit. There are many people who don't believe in this … but I do!"
Ye Shen Tong's pupils shrank. His expression immediately turned grave due to Tian Lin's sudden words. At that moment, the two of them did not notice that Su Ming had his eyes closed on the wall of the tunnel not too far away from them, but he could hear their voices clearly.
The stone wall that was the bald crane looked so real that even Tian Lin and the others did not notice it.
"You provoked Su Ming in the beginning because you wanted to determine the relationship between me and him, right? You also wanted to tell the others that we aren't close friends, so you could create a chance and possibility for you to work together with others.
"After that, you observed him, and in the end, you chose to attack. But you didn't expect that you would be injured so badly by fellow Daoist Su's hands.
"To me, your original plan was to devour fellow Daoist Su's flesh and blood, then even if you managed to break the screen of light, you would still pretend to be exhausted to achieve your other goal.
"Leave this place!" Tian Lin said languidly. Each of his words caused Ye Shen Tong's expression to turn even more sour.
"Brother Tian, there's no basis for your analysis. Since I agreed to come here, it's only natural that I wanted to obtain a serendipity. How could I choose to leave before I even obtained a serendipity? If it wasn't absolutely necessary, how could I choose to leave?" Ye Shen Tong immediately explained, clearly afraid that Tian Lin would misunderstand him.
Tian Lin ignored Ye Shen Tong's words and suddenly asked airily, "How does it feel to be chased after by True Guards?"
"Or rather, once a True Guard left a Brand on you and turned you into the eyes and ears of some True Guards in some cultivation planets, how do you feel?"
"Brother Tian, what do you mean? I don't quite understand what you're saying." A glint appeared in Ye Shen Tong's eyes. At that moment, there was no longer any paleness on his face. Instead, there was a strange, evil look on his face, and a dark, will-o '-the-wisp light shone in his eyes.
"You want to leave so that you can report what happened here to your master … and there's only one way to do so, and that is to burn the power of a clone.
It just so happens that after I fused with this tree, I obtained some of the tree's innate ability. I can see if a person is the original body or an avatar. In Fellow Daoist Ye, I saw an avatar that was very close to the original body.
"There's practically not much of a difference between a clone and a Nascent Divinity, but a clone is still a clone.
"You want to leave this place and use three days to set up a Rune outside. Then, burn the power of your clone to activate this Rune, and a True Guard will be able to sense the memories of your clone before it died and see everything that happened here.
"And you will also receive a reward. Let me think, did your master promise you that if you discover something major, he can communicate with you so that you can regain your freedom?" Tian Lin said calmly. However, when he mentioned the word 'freedom', his heart clenched together, and it turned into a deep stab of pain.
Ye Shen Tong's expression changed completely at that moment. He instinctively took a few steps back, and the dark light in his eyes shone intensely.
"That's right. Since you can tell, fellow Daoist Tian, I will no longer hide it from you. But since you know so much, could it be that you are also one of the eyes and ears of the True Guards?" Ye Shen Tong glared at Tian Lin. At that moment, he was incredibly shocked. This was the greatest secret in his heart. He believed that no one else knew about this, but he did not expect that Tian Lin would be able to see through it with just one sentence.
This caused his heart to tremble. A memory buried deep in his heart surfaced against his will. He had gone through multiple life and death situations hundreds of years ago when he was chased down by a True Guard. If it was not because the True Guard did not truly want to kill him, he might have died a long time ago.
In the end, the True Guard left behind a chain on his chest. That chain was embedded in his flesh like a brand, and from then on, it turned him into the True Guard's eyes and ears.
"My homeland is very far away from Crimson Flame Planet … Do you know why I came here?" Tian Lin looked at Ye Shen Tong and suddenly smiled.
"Because of you! You have Jing Nan Zi's presence on you! "
When Jing Nan Zi's name was mentioned, Ye Shen Tong's expression immediately changed drastically. Jing Nan Zi was the name of the True Guard who had left behind the Brand on his body!
"To get close to you, I came here. I was worried that if I got too close to you, I would arouse your suspicions, that's why I chose to stay in Crimson Flame Planet!
"It's not near to you, but it's not far either.
"I fused with this tree because of you … Do you know why I'm telling you all this?" As Tian Lin grinned, a dazed look appeared in Ye Shen Tong's Nascent Divinity's eyes. Gradually, he closed his eyes and fell to the ground, as if he was in deep sleep. Branches swiftly closed in on him and wrapped him up into a cocoon.
"Besides being able to tell whether a person is his real self or a clone, this tree of mine also has a second inborn ability. It can make the clone fall asleep, and the real self will not notice it. Instead, it will fuse with the Nascent Divinity and release a type of Illusion Art.
"Ye Shen Tong, I've been waiting for this day for a long, long time. Ever since I saw the chain growing on your flesh in the past, I investigated your past, and after that, I was certain that you were another spy Jing Nan Zi had chosen after he slaughtered all the members of Tian Family.
Jing Nan Zi, in the past, my ancestors were your eyes and ears. Generation after generation, they searched for all the information you wanted to obtain. You promised to give the Tian bloodline freedom, but this freedom … was a massacre that resulted in the extermination of our entire clan. This is your so-called freedom …
"Not killing me in the past was your greatest mistake in your life!
I will make you pay the price, and you will pay with your life! " Tian Lin's expression was twisted. As his deep laughter echoed in the tunnel, his body flashed and he charged into the depths of the tunnel.
"Jing Nan Zi, you'll only need ten days to come here from the area where the four Great Worlds are suppressed. I won't let you come here right now, because your burial ground isn't ready yet. Once I'm done setting everything up, I'll have Ye Shen Tong's clone wake up and do what he should do … I'll tell you everything that happened here!" Once Tian Lin's laughter gradually faded into the distance, the tunnel sank into silence once again.
About an hour later, a few shoots crawled out of the quiet tunnel and turned into Tian Lin's indistinct figure. This was the manifestation of a wisp of his divine sense.
"Looks like Su Ming has indeed left and is no longer here." Tian Lin shook his head, and the shadow formed by his divine sense disappeared.
Another four hours passed, and Tian Lin's shadow appeared in the empty ground once again. This time, he did not speak to himself, but instead left swiftly towards his real self.
Su Ming, who was hidden in the stone wall, opened his eyes and looked at the shadow of Tian Lin's divine sense leaving into the distance. He started laughing coldly in his heart.
"Let me report to all of you. After I went home yesterday, I fell seriously ill and was nearly unconscious. I went to the hospital for a checkup this morning, and it was found that I had mycoplasma bronchitis, and there were signs that it would turn into pneumonia. I was given four bottles of medicine.
"My body is in great discomfort, and I can't add any chapters, but since I said that I will resume updating my novel, unless I fall unconscious for a day, I won't stop updating so easily.
"I'll resume updating my novel with two chapters.
"Once my body gets better, I will add four more chapters. Please understand. "(To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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