Chapter Sixteen: The Conspiracy is Exposed

  In the vast and flat training ground, more and more spirit masters came to practice their spiritual skills here. The shouts of "Hoo-ah!" rose and fell one after another, making the atmosphere extremely lively and noisy.

  At the edge of the training grounds, Wu Tong was pretending to practice, swinging his arms and legs, twisting his hips, with his eyes darting back and forth, his mind completely elsewhere. Before long, Er Lin came running back, panting, and said in a low voice, "Wu Tong big brother, I saw clearly that Nie Kong went to the Lingyao Hall."

  "Lingyao Hall?" Wu Tong sneered, "Can he even go to that place? Hasn't he been taught a lesson by Nie Qingfeng and Nie Qinghong?"

  "None, he went in and even had a chat with Nie Qingfeng. Before going in, he patted the stone lion at the door, but it was too far away, I didn't see the result clearly, but looking at Nie Qingfeng and Nie Qinghong's expressions, they seemed to be quite shocked."

  "What?"

  Wu Tong's face was full of incredulity, "To enter the Lingyao Hall, one must at least be a third-grade spiritual master. When did he reach this level? Moreover, there are countless third-grade spiritual masters in the Nie family, how could two spiritual masters who have transcended the mortal realm possibly be shocked by him? Erlin, you didn't see wrong?"

  "Absolutely no mistake."

  "That's strange."

  Wu Tong pinched his chin, doubtfully saying, "Could it be that the two of them knew Nie Kong before and now seeing his greatly changed appearance, it's like you said..."

  "Big Brother Wu Tong." Before he could finish speaking, San Mu rushed over, panting and out of breath, his face flushed with anxiety, as if someone had robbed him of a thousand gold coins.

  "How is it?"

  Wu Tong and Er Lin chimed in unison, asking anxiously. Seeing San Mu panting heavily without making a sound, Wu Tong couldn't help but urge: "Hurry up and say it, what did you find out at Ling Tong Temple?"

  Nie family has Xue Tongyuan and Ling Tongyuan, Xue Tongyuan is for children who do not have the qualifications to practice, teaching them various business management skills, so that they can manage various businesses for Nie family in the future; while Ling Tongyuan cultivates Ling Shi, as long as the qualifications are good enough, they will be sent to Ling Tongyuan for cultivation.

  Sanmu took a deep breath and said indignantly, "Wu Tong big brother, you guessed it right. I deceived a little boy of the second grade in Lingtong Temple, letting him poke around that place too, and he had the same feeling as us. Then I found several others, all the same."

  At first, Wu Tong didn't fully believe Nie Kong's words. He didn't dare to verify with a Nie surname spiritual master, so he found several non-Nie surname friends to test. Those who could become friends with him naturally had high cultivation levels. After being stabbed in the back by Hei Tian and falling into the hidden cave, they all showed the same symptoms.

  Wu Tong's suspicions had dissipated, but after seeing Nie Kong's vigorous appearance this morning, Wu Tong's doubts resurfaced. After some deliberation, he dispatched Er Lin to tail Nie Kong, while San Mu was sent to the Ling Tong Temple to investigate, mainly because this guy looked rather foolish and could easily lure children.

  "Nie Kong, I'm going to your mom's eggs!"

  When he understood the truth, Wu Tong looked like a chicken, and he couldn't help but scold loudly. Several nearby Ling masters cast dissatisfied glances at him, and Wu Tong suppressed his anger and smiled apologetically before pulling Er Lin and San Mu to run far away.

  Er Lin's face turned red with rage: "Actually being fooled by that sickly ghost!"

  Wu Tong's face was gloomy, his fingers cracking with a loud snap. Although he was a small figure in the Nie family, he had Nie Feng Xing backing him up from behind, using the tiger's might to intimidate others. Ordinarily, the Nie family's collateral relatives wouldn't dare offend him easily. But this time, he was thoroughly toyed with by Nie Kong. Thinking about how he had been diligently massaging Wu Tong's five hearts for days like a fool, Wu Tong felt a little frantic. He seemed to have heard Nie Kong's mocking laughter echoing from the shadows every day.

  Sanmu said: "When I came back, I also heard that last night, Nie Kong suddenly threw Nie Qinghua into the river. That fat woman didn't even have a chance to resist."

  "Wu Tong was stunned: "That fat pig also has a gathering spirit of three products? Can it be subdued at once, at least it must be above the gathering spirit of five products. It's only been a few days, how can that sickly cultivator's cultivation rise so quickly?" Wu Tong's face was full of shock, he had spent years cultivating bitterly to go from gathering spirit first product to fifth product, but now Nie Kong had reached above gathering spirit fifth product in just a short time after waking up, Wu Tong felt even more unbalanced in his heart."

  Er Lin and San Mu stared at each other.

  After a moment, Sanmu clenched his fists and said: "The Five Spirit Gathering is nothing but crap. Brother Wudong, let's go drag him out and beat him up. He dares to cheat us? Let's turn the tables on him..."

  "Blockhead!"

  Wu Tong slapped a palm on San Mu's back of the head, "This is Nie's residence, even if it's a collateral living area, there are still many experts hidden here, do you dare to make a move?"

  "Take him somewhere else in Jieyang City." Er Lin said with a flick of his eyes.

  "That sickly boy rarely leaves the Nie residence all year round, what excuse can we use to lure him out?" Wu Tong hummed, "This matter still requires Third Young Master to take action, he has been in closed-door cultivation at 'Bing Yan Cave' for the past few days and will come out at the latest tomorrow. If we let him know about Nie Kong's current situation, heh heh..."

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  "Fireworks!"

  In the quiet courtyard, Nie Kong's right arm swung out, a burst of crackling sounds, a small green flower bud had just emerged from his palm, and with a "poof" it dispersed.

  "It's like this again."

  Nie Kong let out a low growl.

  When Xiangxiang upgraded, she gained a new combat skill called "Flower Explosion". Nie Kong had been practicing it for an entire day, but he hadn't achieved the desired effect. According to the consciousness that Nie Kong received from Xiangxiang, when "Flower Explosion" was successfully practiced, the small flower would release a powerful force in the instant of explosion.

  Today's practice was either a mistake in spiritual power control or insufficient coordination with Xiangxiang. Of course, Nie Kong's progress is not small either. At the beginning, Nie Kong couldn't even condense that small flower, now he can at least make the stamen explode, although it doesn't have much power.

  Nie Kong didn't feel discouraged at all. He narrowed his eyes and thought back to the scene of him making a move just now, looking for mistakes in it so that he could improve next time when using it.

  "Come on, again." Nie Kong said.

  "Oh dear." I'm hungry.

  Nie Kong was taken aback, only to find that the Zi Luo Xian Ling fragrance was dangling from a small leaf, looking tired and hungry. Nie Kong was speechless, so he took off his upper garment and sat down on a stone at the foot of the courtyard wall. With a thought, the Golden Needle Pouch flashed out of the pet backpack and landed in his palm.

  Human needle, earth needle, time needle... inserted into the nine major hidden holes one after another. Nie Kong has now discovered that as long as he wraps the golden needles with wood-elemental spiritual power once, he can achieve an effect similar to disinfecting with alcohol, which is much more convenient and no longer requires using candles to ignite and disinfect.

  "Hmm..."

  Golden needle trembles slightly, medicinal power begins to dissolve...

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