NOVEL NEXT Chapter 127
Zhang Hu met Xiao Hongyi in the Cloud Soaring Hall.
The moment he stepped into the great hall, he inexplicably shivered.
It was night, and only Xiao Hongyi was present in the vast hall. She was sitting in the Peak Master’s seat, her right hand supporting her head, her left hand delicately examining a pill.
Perhaps it was due to the dim light in the hall, but Zhang Hu always felt that Xiao Hongyi seemed cold.
Her smile was cold, and her aura was extremely cold.
“Peak Master,” Zhang Hu greeted her, bracing himself.
“I heard that you and Lin Feng are quite close?” Xiao Hongyi asked softly without lifting her head.
Although her voice was very soft, it made Zhang Hu’s skin crawl with an indescribable fear.
He had intended to nod in agreement.
Although he had not interacted much with Lin Feng, their conversations were congenial, like kindred spirits, and they had been thrown off the cliff together by Jiang Chen, which made them brothers in adversity.But he dared not! He sensed something was wrong!
What exactly was wrong, he couldn’t say at the moment.
If he had to say, Xiao Hongyi’s voice at this moment was eerily similar to Qingning’s when she was holding up the urn full of ashes. It was spine-chilling!
“Reporting to the Peak Master, my relationship with Sixth Senior Brother…” Zhang Hu decided to deny it.
“Sixth Senior Brother?”
Xiao Hongyi turned her head, a fierce light flashing in her beautiful eyes: “Since when did my Ninth Peak have a Sixth Senior Brother?”
“No, Peak Master, I was talking about disciple Lin Feng!” Zhang Hu was a bit confused.
“Lin Feng?”
Xiao Hongyi’s eyes darkened with a stronger fierce light, “I don’t remember. When and where did I take someone named Lin Feng as a disciple?”
“Ah?”
Zhang Hu was even more confused.
He began to suspect that Xiao Hongyi had lost her memory!
After all, the test and the ceremony of taking disciples had been witnessed by the entire Jiuyan Sect! Could she forget such a thing?
“Did I ever drink the tea of accepting a disciple? Did I ever let Lin Feng perform the three kowtow of the disciple’s ceremony?” Xiao Hongyi asked again.
“Uh…” Zhang Hu thought carefully.
It seemed that there really wasn’t!
“But Lin Feng’s blood is registered…” Zhang Hu replied subconsciously.
“His blood is registered because of the Old Ancestor’s doing,” Xiao Hongyi retracted her fierce aura and said with a smile.
“What does that have to do with me? Next time, I will destroy your Core Formation if you spread false rumors again!”
Zhang Hu shivered again.
After understanding that Xiao Hongyi had no intention of taking Lin Feng as a disciple, he felt like he had been shortchanged.
After all, he had been calling Lin Feng ‘Sixth Senior Brother’ before!
It turned out that the person was not a disciple of the Ninth Peak at all!
“I understand,” Zhang Hu nodded solemnly.
“Good,” Xiao Hongyi said with a satisfied smile, then asked again, “I heard that you and Lin Feng are quite close?”
“Reporting to the Peak Master, I’m not at all familiar with Lin Feng!”
Zhang Hu was indignant while expressing his anger: “The Peak Master must see clearly. This must be someone spreading rumors! To be honest, the person I hate the most in my life is Lin Feng, that kind of… that kind of…”
He hesitated for a long time, unable to find a suitable adjective.
In the end, he could only grit his teeth and blurt out: “That kind of ungrateful, shameless, deceitful, sneaky, lecherous scoundrel who laughs like an idiot!!”
He said all the negative words he could think of in one breath.
Xiao Hongyi blinked her beautiful eyes blankly.
This answer was very fitting!
She didn’t expect that Zhang Hu would have such insight, not only understanding Lin Feng so deeply but also seeing through his true nature.
“Well said,” she nodded in approval.
Hearing this, Zhang Hu let out a sigh of relief.
He did have that bit of discernment.
He could clearly see Xiao Hongyi’s dislike for Lin Feng, so naturally, he had to play along.
For him to tell the truth, wasn’t that just asking for trouble?
‘That book “From Beginner to Master in Flattery” does have some use, I need to study it again when I get back,’ Zhang Hu thought to himself.
“Why did you and Lin Feng accidentally fall off the cliff together?” Xiao Hongyi asked again.
What does it mean to accidentally fall off the cliff?
That was clearly being knocked down by Jiang Chen, okay?
Zhang Hu instinctively wanted to complain, but just as he was about to speak, alarm bells rang in his heart again!
After being beaten and scared repeatedly, he had become extremely cautious.
Although he came here directly after waking up, he knew that it had been a good half a month since the incident occurred.
If Xiao Hongyi really wanted to punish someone or had already punished Jiang Chen, she would never say, ‘accidentally fall off the cliff!’
‘It seems that the Peak Master is still biased towards Jiang Chen!’ Zhang Hu sighed inwardly.
After a moment of thought, he had to make up another story: “Reporting to the Peak Master, that day I was severely reprimanding Lin Feng! Eldest Senior Brother suddenly appeared, startling us, and as a result… we accidentally fell off the cliff by ourselves.”
Xiao Hongyi nodded, said no more, and tossed the pill in her hand to Zhang Hu.
Zhang Hu quickly caught it with both hands, immediately feeling a chill in his palms.
Although his cultivation was not high, he still had some knowledge.
Although he didn’t know the specific name of this pill, judging from the halo emanating from it, its grade was definitely not low!
“Peak Master, is this a reward for me?” Zhang Hu was overjoyed.
“This is a seventh-grade Spirit Induction Pill, which can help Core Formation cultivators improve their cultivation and solidify their Core Formation,” Xiao Hongyi said expressionlessly.
“Take this pill and give it to Lin Feng to consume. He will surely be grateful to you.”
“A seventh-grade pill?!” Zhang Hu was shocked!
Such a high-level pill, he had never even seen before!
What’s more, he didn’t expect that…
Just now, Xiao Hongyi had shown strong disgust towards Lin Feng, but now she was willing to give away such a high-level pill!
He couldn’t help but feel moved.
Xiao Hongyi was truly worthy of being the Ninth Peak’s Peak Master!
She still had compassion even for someone she extremely disliked!
Indeed, she had the demeanor of the “paragon of righteousness” like the Old Ancestor!
More importantly, it was such a precious pill, yet the Peak Master actually trusted him to deliver it, not afraid that he would have any covetous thoughts!
How could such trust not move someone?
“Rest assured, Peak Master, I will personally see to it that Lin Feng consumes this pill!” Zhang Hu assured with a serious expression.
After seeing that Xiao Hongyi had no further instructions, he left the Cloud Soaring Hall and headed toward Lin Feng’s location.
Watching his departing figure, Xiao Hongyi smiled with satisfaction.
That was not any Spirit Induction Pill, but a Seven Abyss Pill she had snatched from Li Fadu!
If Lin Feng had consumed it, he might have been saved by ‘destiny’, but he would definitely not have escaped the torment.
Xiao Hongyi was very clear that if she directly attacked Lin Feng, not only would she be unable to kill him, but it would also lead to unexpected complications.
Compared to that, poisoning was a good method, not only undetectable but also hard to guard against!
In this life, she wanted this Son of Destiny to taste what it was like to be poisoned by someone!
It would be best if the poison killed him, and even if it didn’t, she could keep trying to poison him until the day Lin Feng’s destiny was exhausted!
As for why she let Zhang Hu go instead of going herself, it was because…
Xiao Hongyi was worried that if she saw Lin Feng, she would not be able to restrain her murderous intent!
She did not plan to tell Jiang Chen about this.
The reason was simple.
Jiang Chen personally brought Lin Feng into the Jiuyan Sect, and when Lin Feng was about to be expelled, he did not hesitate to leave the sect as well.
She knew her disciple well and understood that Jiang Chen would not do this for no reason. There must be a plan!
As for what that plan was, she couldn’t guess.
But no matter what, she would not let the outcome of the previous nine lives repeat in this life!
Lin Feng must be killed!
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