Chapter 26: Interrogation

Zhang Yun looked over.

He saw that the black-robed man who was first knocked away by his punch seemed to still be alive.

He immediately stepped forward and pulled off the man's clothes, revealing a sharp middle-aged face.

"Do you know him?"

Zhang Yun looked at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming nodded, "Master, he is the seventh elder of the Lin family. The other two who were beheaded by the master are the third and sixth elders of the Lin family!"

Zhang Yun nodded, glanced at the crystal mirror in his hand, and said, "Tell me about this Lin family..."

"Okay, Master!"

Xu Ming explained, "The Lin family is one of the three major families in Nanyun City. Its head, Lin Tiandong, is a cultivator in the Yuanying stage, and his nine elders are all in the Jindan stage. According to rumors, there are also several elders in the Jindan stage..."

Zhang Yun narrowed his eyes as he listened.

He actually had some impressions of the Lin family in Nanyun City in his predecessor's memory, and knew that it was one of the few powerful families in Nanyun Province. According to what Xu Ming said, the Lin family is even stronger than the rumors.

One Yuanying stage plus more than ten Jindan stage...

Such strength is not much worse than Lingxian Sect!

"Ming'er, tell me about your hatred with the Lin family!"

Xu Ming was silent for a while before he slowly narrated, "Master, my hatred with the Lin family started from Lin Shi just now..."

When Zhang Yun saw Xu Ming for the first time at the disciple-taking ceremony and saw the information that his spiritual roots were taken away, he had some guesses about his life experience.

Only now did he really understand the whole picture.

Xu Ming's identity was that he was the young master of the Xu's Chamber of Commerce in Nanyun City. The Xu's Chamber of Commerce was passed down from Xu Ming's grandfather. Although it was not a big chamber of commerce, it was considered to be quite powerful with three Jindan stage masters in Nanyun City.

The birth of Xu Ming, who was born with dragon spiritual roots, made people seem to see the momentum of the Xu's Chamber of Commerce to soar to the sky.

Xu Ming showed his talent since he was young. Three years ago, he entered the fifth level of Qi Refining Stage at the age of less than fifteen, and became the first young genius in Nanyun City.

It was also at that time that Lin Shi, the young master of the new generation of the Lin family, found him and wanted to make friends with him.

The other party took the initiative to make friends, and Xu Ming did not refuse. Soon, the two became good friends.

At least that's what Xu Ming thought.

But the reason why Lin Shi approached him was because the Lin family had obtained a method of transferring spiritual roots at that time.

He spent nearly a year interacting with him in order to collect his hair, blood and other things to prepare for the transfer of spiritual roots.

Just one day two years ago, Lin Shi found him and asked to spar as usual.

Xu Ming did not refuse.

But this sparring became the starting point of his nightmare.

In the past, sparring was just to the point. Every time Xu Ming took the advantage and thought he still had room for improvement. But this sparring made him realize that Lin Shi had been hiding his shortcomings in the past.

He lost. It was the first time that Xu Ming lost to Lin Shi.

Lin Shi did not stop there. He took advantage of the sparring process to severely injure him. Then, together with the foundation-building cultivators that the Lin family had ambushed, he killed his guards and forcibly deprived him of his dragon spirit root.

At the same time, the Lin family also launched a long-planned annexation of the Xu's Chamber of Commerce.

Three Jindan-stage masters of the Xu's Chamber of Commerce were attacked at the same time, two were killed, and one was severely injured and crippled. The entire Xu's Chamber of Commerce was completely annexed by the Lin family overnight.

After Xu Ming's dragon spirit root was taken away, he could not escape the bad luck. It was his parents who found the abnormality at the time and rescued him in time.

But then he was chased and killed in a series of attacks. In order to let him escape, his parents sacrificed themselves to cover the rear and died tragically at the hands of Lin Shi and a group of Lin's masters...

At the end of the conversation, Xu Ming's eyes were completely red.

"Senior brother..."

Wu Xiaopang, who was standing by, turned pale and looked at Xu Ming with sympathy. He had no idea that his senior brother had such a tragic experience.

Zhang Yun was silent for a while, and after seeing Xu Ming's emotions stabilized a little, he asked: "Ming'er, is there any connection between the Lin family and the Nanzangbao Pavilion?"

"Nanzangbao Pavilion?"

Xu Ming was startled when he heard this, and quickly nodded: "Master, there is a branch of the Nanzangbao Pavilion in Nanyun City. The Lin family has a good relationship with them and often cooperates with them."

Zhang Yun's eyes narrowed into slits.

Lin family, Nanzangbao Pavilion, Nanshan Sect, two sects exchange meeting...

These names flashed through his mind, and soon a possible answer was connected.

Perhaps the two sects exchange meetings were organized by Nanzangbao Pavilion at the behest of the Lin family from the beginning.

And the purpose...

Zhang Yun glanced at Xu Ming.

But thinking about it, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

With such a blood feud, it's not surprising that the Lin family found that Xu Ming was not useless and might grow up, so they wanted to kill Xu Ming. But just for this purpose, they paid a series of prices such as the Infant Pill, which was a bit too much.

After all, one Infant Transformation Pill is equivalent to the possibility of having one more Nascent Soul Stage. For a force with only one Nascent Soul Stage, how could it be willing to give out such a pill easily?

Among the several forces involved, the only one that can be said to have the strength to easily give out the Infant Transformation Pill is... Nanzangbao Pavilion!

Could it be that the Southern Treasure Pavilion was just promoting the training bracelet and helping the Lin family?

Zhang Yun thought.

This seemed to be the only explanation.

However, there was one thing that he was very surprised about. The Lin family was in Nanyun City. Nanyun City is located in the central area of ​​Nanyun Province, which is quite a distance away from the south. There is no network in this world, so news does not spread that fast.

Moreover, their Lingxian Sect’s disciple-recruiting ceremony was held internally and not open to the public.

The Lin family could get the news unless...

Someone inside the Lingxian Sect spread the news!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yun narrowed his eyes again.

Looking at the seventh elder of the Lin family who was still breathing in front of him, he immediately injected spiritual energy into the other party’s forehead.

The seventh elder of the Lin family trembled all over and was forcibly awakened.

"Do you know them?"

Before he could speak, Zhang Yun used spiritual energy to move the heads of the two elders of the Lin family who had been cut off by him before and placed them in front of the other party.

The seventh elder of the Lin family was startled at first, then his eyes widened, "This... this..."

"I have a few questions that I need you to answer for me!"

Zhang Yun said lightly.

The seventh elder of the Lin family did not reply after hearing this, and was still immersed in shock.

What happened during the time he was unconscious?

The three elders at the peak of the Jindan stage were beheaded!

"Ah!"

Before he had time to think about it, he screamed.

Zhang Yun had a dagger in his hand and stabbed it directly into his thigh.

"I don't want to say the same thing a second time. If you cooperate, I will give you a quick death. If you don't cooperate..."

Zhang Yun said lightly, pulled out the dagger, and stabbed another dagger into his thigh: "I don't mind letting you try it, the joy of living is worse than death!"

At this moment, his dagger stabbing was not the same as the one he stabbed Xu Ming before. Now each dagger contains sharp spiritual energy. Once stabbed, the spiritual energy will turn into a sharp blade, directly twisting the other party's flesh and blood.

"Ahhh..."

This piercing pain made the Seventh Elder of the Lin Family want to faint, but Zhang Yun used his spiritual energy to force him to stay awake, so that he could experience the pain to the maximum extent!

So cruel!

Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang, who were watching from the side, felt their scalps tingling.

"Stop! What do you want to know? I'll tell you, I'll tell you all ahh ... "Yes! It was given to us by the Southern Treasure Pavilion!!"

The seventh elder of the Lin family was so scared that he shouted.

Zhang Yun stopped and asked, "Tell me what happened. Did you find the Southern Treasure Pavilion, or did the Southern Treasure Pavilion find you? Also, how did your Lin family know that my disciple Xu Ming was in the Lingxian Sect?"

Hearing this series of questions, the seventh elder of the Lin family felt a little dizzy, but looking at the dagger raised by Zhang Yun, he hurriedly shouted, "We found the Southern Treasure Pavilion!"

"Because we learned that Xu Ming had already joined the Lingxian Sect, we couldn't kill him directly. It happened that we heard that the Southern Treasure Pavilion was going to use the Lingxian Sect and Nanshan Sect to promote new products in the south, so we found them."

"As for the news about Xu Ming, it was passed to us by a person who claimed to be the disciple of the elder of the Lingxian Sect!"

Zhang Yun's eyes condensed.

It really came from the Lingxian Sect!

He immediately asked in a deep voice, "Which elder is it?"

The seventh elder of the Lin family said: "We investigated at the time. Although the other party covered it up very well, we still found clues. The disciple who came to report the news was called Nie Zhi, and the one who sent him to pass on the news was his master, that is, the tenth elder of your Lingxian Sect, Meng Zhong!"

"Meng Zhong..."

Zhang Yun took a deep breath.

He was not very surprised by this answer.

If you ask who the Lingxian Sect wants to deal with the most, it is undoubtedly Meng Zhong.

The other party has become smarter. This trick of killing someone with a borrowed knife is played beautifully!

Thinking of this, the poison found in his original body when he was transforming his physique before was probably also put by the other party.

Thinking of this.

A trace of coldness flashed across Zhang Yun's eyes.

He looked at the seventh elder of the Lin family and asked, "Apart from your Lin family and the Nanzangbao Pavilion, are there any other participants in this matter?"

"Other participants..."

The seventh elder of the Lin family thought about it after hearing this, and when he saw Zhang Yun raising the dagger, he was immediately shocked and said quickly, "Yes! There is also the Nanshan Sect, and the leader of the Nanshan Sect is also involved!!"

"The leader of the Nanshan Sect?"

Zhang Yun was stunned.

The seventh elder of the Lin family explained, "In order to have a suitable occasion to attack you, we and the Nanzangbao Pavilion approached the leader of the Nanshan Sect and reached an agreement with him to hold an exchange meeting between the two sects. It not only promotes the bracelet, but also allows us to attack!"

"The leader of the Nanshan Sect..."

Looking outside the Nanfeng Forest, Zhang Yun suddenly realized that he had made a bet with Qiu Lue before, and the leader of the Nanshan Sect took the initiative to get involved.

The other party knew that he would get into trouble, so this was a must-win bet from the beginning!

But thinking of Qiu Lue's attack on him before, Zhang Yun asked again, "Does the elder of the Nanshan Sect know about it?"

The seventh elder of the Lin family shook his head, "This matter is a secret, and the leader of the Nanshan Sect should be the only one who knows about it!"

Zhang Yun raised his eyebrows.

It seems that the previous attack was not instructed by the leader of the Nanshan Sect, but Qiu Lue's own initiative!

"Are there any other people involved?"

The seventh elder of the Lin family thought for a moment, looked at the dagger raised in Zhang Yun's hand, and shook his head quickly: "No! Really no!!"

"Okay!"

Zhang Yun nodded.

Puff!

"Hmm!"

He immediately raised his hand and pierced his throat with a dagger under the stunned eyes of the seventh elder of the Lin family.

So decisive!

Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang on the side swallowed their saliva.

Before, Zhang Yun had always given them the impression of a gentle smile on his face, like a sunny and cheerful big brother.

After arriving at the South Wind Forest, they found that their master was even more terrifying than the judge of hell when he became cold!

Killing without blinking an eye!

Zhang Yun looked at the corpse with a calm mind.

This calmness was even a little surprising to himself.

After all, killing the three elders of the Lin family was his first time killing people since he came to the Xiandao Continent.

But he didn't feel strange at all, on the contrary, it was like a common occurrence.

"It seems that I have also integrated some of my predecessor's things..."

Some memories of my predecessor suddenly flashed through his mind, and Zhang Yun exhaled.

His indifference came from his predecessor. I guess no one knows that his predecessor was an elder of the Lingxian Sect on the surface, but he was actually working as a killer in secret...

Ding!

'The second training task: lead the apprentice to hunt ten spirit beasts above the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Reward for completing the task: 30 points. '

At this time, the halo on his hand suddenly lit up.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Yun came back to his senses and looked at the two apprentices around him, "After wasting so much time, we are probably ranked behind!"

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