Before Lü Shu's portrait was hung in the hallway, too many people had guessed who the blurry shadow was. The Ninth Tengra had been mentioned more than once because he had killed the pseudo-A-class Takashima Hirazu.
It was also the appearance of the Ninth Tengra that caused the Shrine of Gods to fall from being a top-tier organization to recuperate.
It was not easy to make a large organization fall. First, one had to kill its highest combat power and lose its leader. Then, one had to destroy the cornerstone of its middle management. Lü Shu had done all of that. The Shrine of Gods was now severely lacking in strength. Without recuperating for a few years, it would be impossible for them to return to the world stage.
Most importantly, for some reason, although the Shrine of Gods had been killed by the Ninth Tengra, a large part of the blame was on the Shrine of Gods itself. For example, Takashima Hirazu had killed many more people than Lü Shu.
Even so, the two sides were mortal enemies.
However, after the Shrine of Gods was rebuilt by the girl named Sakurai Yayoko, to everyone's surprise, she had received the support of all the parties in the Shrine of Gods. However, she did not mention her hatred for the Ninth Tengra at all.
Even the voices within the Shrine of Gods, who had wanted to go to the Kingdom of Darkness to put a bounty on the Ninth Tengra, were suppressed by Sakurai Yayoko. Someone in the conservative party had asked Sakurai Yayoko who the Ninth Tengra was.
Many things showed that Sakurai Yayoko knew about it. She had been to the fortress and had even spent a short time with the Norse God. Therefore, everyone felt that Sakurai Yayoko probably knew the true identity of the Ninth Tengra.
However, Sakurai Yayoko had always kept it a secret. She had never answered anything about the Ninth Tengra.
However, after that battle, some of Sakurai Yayoko's confidants knew that Sakurai Yayoko always had hundreds of thousands of yen in her wallet, but she never spent it.
Sakurai Yayoko now did not need to spend money no matter where she went. Her wallet no longer had any meaning to her. Later on, Sakurai Yayoko did not even carry a bank card, but she still kept the money in her wallet.
No one knew that it was Lü Shu's salary commission to Sakurai Yaoko. Sakurai Yaoko felt that the hundreds of thousands of yen was the cleanest money he had ever earned in his life.
Sometimes, Yayoko Sakurai felt that she was more suited to be an assassin than the leader of an organization. This kind of life might not be what she wanted. Therefore, if she had to leave the Gods' gathering one day, she would not take everything with her. She would only take this pitiful "salary" with her.
That was a unique meaning.
Everyone could understand why the Assembly of Gods had given up. After all, they had lost all of their high-end combat power. It was not wise to provoke the Tengra or Earth Net at this time … but when had the Assembly of Gods ever been rational?
In any case, the Ninth Tengra of the Tengra Terra Graveyard was like a mystery in the entire world of cultivation. It was as if he had vanished into thin air after showing up at the Gathering of Gods. Even the people inside the Tengra Terra Graveyard did not know who the Ninth Tengra was.
However, today, this mystery was solved.
In the past, everyone knew that Lord Lü was very powerful. After all, given Lord Lü's ruthlessness, if he was not powerful, he would have been beaten to death a long time ago …
Moreover, his ferocious battle records were out there for all to see. It was impossible not to be convinced. The other six teams in the Cultivation Academy were all hoping that they would not be drawn against the Luoshen Cultivation Academy.
At this time, Lü Shu had already left the Luoshen Cultivation Academy quietly. However, the discussion about him did not die down even after a long time.
He came to class calmly and did not admit that he was the Ninth Tengra. However, the facts that he calmly described proved everything.
Chen Zu An, Cheng Qiuqiao, and the others did not know that Lü Shu had been to the Gods' gathering. However, those who were familiar with Lü Shu had speculated about it, especially Liu Li.
Back then, a bunch of people had sent flowers and lit candles in front of Lü Shu's door. Therefore, it was worth pondering where Lü Shu had been when he was faking his death.
However, at that time, everyone did not really believe that Lü Shu was the Ninth Tengra. After all, Lü Shu had killed a pseudo Grade A in the Gods' gathering!
This time, Lü Shu did not bring Chen Zu An, Cheng Qiuqiao, and the others with him. That was because … it was too dangerous this time.
The person behind the scenes stared at the chessboard like a tiger watching its prey, as if he already had a plan in mind. Previously, Lü Shu had brought everyone to the Kunlun Void because the risk there was basically controllable. At most, they could just run away. However, he could not run this time. If he ran away, what would happen to the other members of the Tengra Earth Net?
Lü Shu did not have any talent in commanding. He was not a military genius, and he had not received any training. The only team operation he had participated in was probably the Bronze Torrent. Therefore, Lü Shu believed that the way he could cause the greatest damage to these loose cultivators, organizations, and the person behind the scenes was not to join the battle like a soldier, but to hunt.
He could not expose his whereabouts. Even if he did, the people around him might be in danger.
Therefore, the most important thing for Lü Shu to do now was to hide completely.
Lü Shu had disappeared, and no one knew where he had gone.
It seemed like Lü Shu knew from the beginning that if he wanted the person behind the scenes to not be able to control his whereabouts, the first thing he had to do was to disappear from the world.
In the past, the other party had been in the dark, and he had been in the light. Now, they would walk into the dark together and see who could kill who in the end!
…
The courtyard house in Liu Hai Alley in the capital had been rebuilt. The courtyard house, which had been full of vicissitudes, was now brand new. Shi Xuejin stood in the courtyard with a melancholy expression. "That walnut tree is the only thing left behind by my father."
Shi Xuejin felt very uncomfortable. Although the hardware and facilities of the courtyard house had been upgraded, it was not as good as his old home.
Now that everything in the courtyard had been replaced, he did not know why he felt that something was missing.
Shi Xuejin patted the trunk of the walnut tree and felt melancholy for a long time. "Walnut tree, walnut tree, you're the only one left to accompany me. You can't be as heartless as someone, destroying the old thing just like that … Don't you think so, walnut tree?"
Beside him, Nie Ting's face darkened. "Get out of the way."
Shi Xuejin, who had the temperament of a scholar, suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs, "Nie Ting, if you really cut down the walnut tree today, I won't cook for you for a year!"
Hao Zhichao and the others, who were waiting at the side, looked embarrassed. Usually, Shi Tengra would not be like this. He was always gentle and kind like a scholar.
To be honest, they were also a little curious. Why did Nie Tengra want to cut down the walnut tree? Wasn't it growing well? Last year, Shi Tengra even gave them walnuts to eat.
When walnuts were newly born, they had a layer of green skin. The green skin had to be brushed off manually and then dried before it could be eaten.
Every year, when the walnut tree bore fruit, it was Shi Xuejin's busiest time. He did not even study and just brushed the walnut skin every day …
Seeing Shi Xuejin's sad expression, Hao Zhichao also felt a little bad. "Why don't we not cut it …"
Nie Ting said coldly, "Pull him away and cut down the tree!"
Shi Xuejin was pulled away while wailing. "Nie Ting, this is not over between us!"
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