Chapter 51: Spare the Bait, Spoil the Fish

Seeing Deng Pengzu, the two Zhao brothers felt their hearts turn to ice. At that moment, Deng Pengzu walked to Lin Yun's side, frowning at first. "Lin Yun?"

"Greetings, Elder Deng." Lin Yun, who had been full of life just a moment ago, now looked as if he were hanging on by a single thread.

Deng Pengzu was instantly enraged and roared, "You two have some nerve."

Thump!

Zhao Yulong, knowing what was good for him, immediately knelt on the ground. "Elder, please see clearly! I had nothing to do with this matter. We just saw this beast attacking Junior Brother Lin and wanted to help. We didn't expect..."

If it had been Zhao Yuhu trying to explain, he would have surely botched it. But Zhao Yulong was different. He was smart.

He had thought this explanation would be enough, but then he saw Deng Pengzu produce an Image-Retaining Crystal.

"I've already recorded everything that happened before. Do you still want to argue?"

Seeing the object in Deng Pengzu's hand, Zhao Yulong's face turned ashen. If this matter were handed over to the Disciplinary Hall for investigation, the two of them, even if they weren't killed, would likely be expelled from the Flowing Cloud Sect forever.

But Zhao Yulong had no regrets. To be able to injure Lin Yun to this extent was revenge enough.

Just as the two brothers were pondering their options, they saw Deng Pengzu put away the crystal. And Lin Yun climbed up from the ground and stretched lazily.

Zhao Yulong's eyes bulged like a bull's. "You're... not hurt?"

Lin Yun grinned. "Of course I'm not hurt. You didn't really think you could kill me just by calling some beast, did you? The Rip-Tooth Beast's strength is certainly great, but as long as you understand it, it's not difficult to deal with."

Seeing the dumbfounded looks on the faces of Zhao Yulong and Zhao Yuhu, Lin Yun was quite pleased. You two thought you were so superior. Now it's time to pay the price for your arrogance, isn't it?

At this moment, the brains of the two Zhao brothers were completely frozen.

"I knew from the beginning that you two were going to make a move against me. So today, it wasn't just Elder Deng who was here, but also Senior Brother Xiao, the personal disciple under the Sect Master. You two... are finished."

Zhao Yulong finally understood. They had thought they were scheming against Lin Yun, but they never imagined that Lin Yun knew everything all along. They had walked right into his trap.

How... how did this guy know everything?

Zhao Yulong knelt on the ground in despair. "Lin Yun, I beg you, please don't tell the Sect Master about this," Zhao Yuhu pleaded, kneeling on the ground.

Lin Yun, however, sneered. "I already let you off the hook once before. Today, you really wanted to kill me. If I weren't a step ahead, I'd be a vengeful ghost by now. Let you go? So you can wait for another chance to kill me?"

He certainly wasn't going to be soft-hearted again. The incident with Duan Heng, in particular, had greatly affected him.

He looked at Deng Pengzu and nodded. The next moment, Deng Pengzu fired a signal flare.

Zhao Yuhu still wanted to say something, but Zhao Yulong suddenly charged toward Lin Yun. He knew he was going to die either way. But if he could take someone down with him before he died, it would be worth it.

However, when his sword thrust down, it failed to cause any damage to Lin Yun at all. Instead, he saw Lin Yun's contemptuous smile.

"You think you can kill me with just this much skill?" After speaking, Lin Yun slapped him. Zhao Yulong was sent flying.

"You didn't really think I'd become weaker just because I'm at the mountain gate, did you? You're just a defeated opponent. If it wasn't to ensure you two would die, why would I have deliberately put on this act?" Lin Yun laughed loudly.

Soon, the entire Flowing Cloud Sect was in an uproar. This matter had a wide impact and attracted a lot of attention. No one had expected that at such a critical time, Lin Yun would be treated so unjustly.

In the main hall, Lin Yun sat weakly in a chair. Not far away stood the two Zhao brothers, and that arrogant Senior Brother Xiao.

Gu Xiande looked at the people below, his face grim. After learning the whole story, Gu Xiande looked at Zhao Yulong. "Do you admit your mistake?"

Zhao Yulong knelt on the ground and pleaded, "Sect Master, please forgive me! This disciple knows his mistake. But today, this disciple did not cause a great error. It was all Lin Yun's conspiracy. This kid wasn't injured at all, it was all an act! He just wanted us to die." He didn't dare to hide anything and confessed the whole matter at once.

Gu Xiande had a massive headache. He had arranged for Xiao Pingtian. He didn't know how Deng Pengzu had appeared and even used an Image-Retaining Crystal to record the entire process. Now Zhao Yulong was saying Lin Yun wasn't hurt. Who the hell would believe that? The recording from the crystal was perfectly clear—the vomiting of blood, the convulsions. It was a miracle that Lin Yun was even still alive.

"Bastard!" Gu Xiande slammed the table and stood up. "As a fellow disciple, not only did you not have the slightest intention of helping, but you even thought of killing Lin Yun. And now you dare to argue with me here. Zhao Yulong, do you really take me for a fool?"

Zhao Yuhu's voice was trembling. "Sect Master, please forgive us! My... my cousin isn't lying. Lin Yun was indeed faking it. Senior Brother Xiao can testify for us on this matter."

Xiao Pingtian's face was so dark you could squeeze ink from it. To hunt geese your whole life, only to have your eyes pecked out by a goose. He had deliberately not intervened because he wanted to use the two brothers to teach Lin Yun a lesson. He never thought that Lin Yun had the exact same idea.

"Pingtian, what happened?"

Before Xiao Pingtian could answer, Lin Yun said in a low voice, "Sect Master, there has always been enmity between me and Senior Brother Xiao. But I never thought that this time, seeing me injured and on the verge of death, Senior Brother Xiao would just stand by and watch. If it weren't for Elder Deng, I would have really died today."

Gu Xiande was furious on the inside, but he couldn't show it on his face. With the Image-Retaining Crystal as evidence, everything was beyond dispute. Even if Lin Yun had been acting, it was their own fault for being so stupid.

The two Zhao brothers were still pleading bitterly.

Gu Xiande roared, "Silence! You two idiots dare to attack a fellow disciple! Men, take them to the Disciplinary Division. Cripple their cultivation, throw them down the mountain, and inform the cultivation world that they are forbidden from cultivating for the rest of their lives."

Zhao Yulong hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy. If he lost his cultivation, given their habit of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, wouldn't he be doomed? But Gu Xiande's mind was made up. How could he listen to their nonsense? With a wave of his hand, he had them taken away.

Lin Yun just watched coldly from the side. The two Zhao brothers were dealt with. Now, how will you deal with this personal disciple of yours, Sect Master Gu?

At this moment, Gu Xiande also looked at Xiao Pingtian. He wanted to be partial; after all, no one had actually died.