“I never thought he was this terrifying before.”
“Yeah. I remember Hongniu Wushang’s talent was ordinary back then. Who would have thought….”
“Thankfully, Village Head discovered the Abyssal Poison first. Otherwise, the consequence would be irreversible.”
The villagers spoke one after another. They were both shocked and awed at the same time. Most of them here were old servants of the clan and were familiar with Hongniu Wushang, a junior from the collateral lineage with no outstanding talent back then. They completely unexpected Hongniu Wushang to be this terrifying.
Yun Lintian raised his hand and said. “Please calm down first, everyone. Everything I said is not necessary to be true. After all, I have no proof. However, the idea I am about to say next can be deployed regardless of who the mastermind is.”
Everyone became quiet and waited for Yun Lintian to speak.
“My suggestion is simple. We will pretend like we are unaware of the situation and then create a false impression, as though some of us have been infected by the Abyssal Poison. This will make the mastermind lower their guard down and come to find trouble. At that time, we will be able to identify the mastermind behind this.” Yun Lintian explained.
The villagers nodded their heads slightly. However, they didn’t wholly buy Yun Lintian’s suggestion, as there was a fatal flaw in it — that was their strength.
Chun was the first one to speak. “I have no objection to your plan, Little Brother Mu. But the main problem is we are too weak compared to either Hongniu Wei or Hongniu Wushang. I’m afraid we’re not their opponent.”
The villagers also held the same opinion as Chun.
“Alas, it would be better if there’s no this blood seal.”
“True. We are certainly stronger than them without the blood seal.”
Even though everyone here was used to living like this for decades, they still had the pride of the main lineage deep down. It was just that the blood seal prevented them from having wishful thinking.
Hearing this, Guchang looked at Yun Lintian silently, and there was a hint of pleading in his eyes. He was hoping Yun Lintian could lift the seal, allowing everyone to regain their pride.
Yun Lintian did not say anything about the seal lifting matter. He turned to Chun and said. “I understand what Senior Chun said. However, I am pretty sure they won’t dare to act rashly when the time comes.”
“This is too risky,” Lun interjected. “We cannot rely on the deduction alone. We need a foolproof plan.”
The majority of the villagers agreed with Lun. Yun Lintian’s deduction was undoubtedly reasonable enough, but they simply didn’t want to take a risk.
Yun Lintian didn’t entirely blame them because he thoroughly understood their condition. He smiled faintly. “This is just my suggestion. Whether everyone wants to take it or leave it, I have no power to interfere with your decision. Not to mention this is initially your clan’s matter.” He swept his gaze over everyone. Especially those in the Monarch Profound Realm. “However, let me, an outsider, say something about this.”
“I’ve already learned about the incident in the past that led everyone to this point. Honestly, looking at everyone right now makes me feel ashamed. The previous clan head was willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect you all, yet you actually blame him instead of trying your best to take back what belongs to all of you.”
The villagers immediately became furious. They wanted to retort that wasn’t it because of the blood seal? But they knew it was useless to say it.
Yun Lintian didn’t say anything on this matter further. He asked Guchang. “Senior, do you know a slave seal?”
Guchang was taken aback and then understood Yun Lintian’s intention as he glanced at the two-horned man. “I know it, but it’s not reliable. They eventually will find it as long as they carefully check on his soul.”
Yun Lintian nodded and said. “Then let me do it.”
Following, Yun Lintian squatted down beside the two-horned man, whose expression turned horrified, and pointed his finger at his glabella. A trace of crimson flame seeped into the latter’s body and wholly surrounded his soul before disappearing. This was the same technique Yun Lintian used on Yiyi back then. ｂｎ𝚘ｖ𝚕．𝚘𝚛𝚐
The two-horned man could feel his life had fallen entirely into Yun Lintian’s hand. His face was pale as a white sheet as he yelled in terror. “Y-you! What are you doing to me!?”
Yun Lintian smiled and drew a small crimson flame out of the two-horned man’s forehead before saying. “It’s nothing. I’ve branded a seal on your soul. As long as you have the slight thought of rebellion, your soul will be extinguished instantly… So, you better honestly do as I said.”
The two-horned man opened his mouth and closed it a few times, but no word came out in the end. His life was completely done now. If he wanted to live further, he needed to obey the young man in front of him unconditionally.
Yun Lintian took a small glass jar out and put the crimson flame that he drew out earlier into it before handing it to Guchang. “This is his soul fire. Senior can see and hear what he experienced through it. You can also kill him by extinguishing this flame.”
Everyone took in a cold breath upon hearing this. They had seen a lot of slavery seals, but none of them were as effective and vicious as this one. They couldn’t help looking at Yun Lintian in a new light.
Guchang grabbed the jar and took a deep look at Yun Lintian. “Thank you for everything you did.”
“I can only help this much, Senior. For the following matter, everything depends on you and everyone here. I wish you all good luck.” Yun Lintian smiled faintly and walked away, returning to Guchang’s house.
After watching Yun Lintian entering the house, Guchang swept his gaze over everyone and said in a deep voice. “I won’t say anything much, but Little Brother Mu is right. We are too complacent with the way we are now and totally forgot everything we had back then.”
The villagers fell into silence. They started to reflect on their own thoughts.
Guchang didn’t care about them anymore and looked at the two-horned man. “You go back. I’ll let you know what you have to do later.”