Her body began to tremble slightly again.
"Listen," Chen Ye’s voice softly sounded by her ear, "the fat man laughing the loudest is Wei Cheng."
He paused, adding another sentence:
"He is also one of the culprits forcing peach farmers like your Lin family into a corner."
Lin Jin showed no reaction, though she learned from Chen Ye’s mouth about this person harming the peach farmers.
But the girl had been paralyzed at home for years, making it naturally difficult for her to empathize immediately.
Chen Ye hesitated for a moment, glanced down at Lin Jin’s pretty little face, gently stroked her long hair, and said softly:
"If it weren’t for the presence of the Wei family, represented by Wei Cheng, Jin’er’s previous days wouldn’t have been so miserable. How could I bear for my disciple to suffer grievances? Master came this time also to avenge Jin’er."
It increasingly felt like he was coaxing a little girl.
Chen Ye sighed inwardly, but what he said was not false, although cleverly covering the personal grudge with Wei Cheng, emphasizing that it was for Jin’er’s revenge... Did this statement have a problem?
Absolutely no problem.
Moreover, he just wanted Lin Jin to accept him as her master, which was originally good intentioned.
The little girl barely perceptibly moved her chin, seemingly attempting to glimpse at him, only to be hindered by the eye mask.
Chen Ye’s gaze fell on the second floor of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.
From the open window across, a sumptuous feast could be seen inside the elegant room, several cultivators were surrounding a red-faced, brocaded fat man, exchanging cups and flattering relentlessly.
That brocaded fat man was indeed Wei Cheng.
Since leaving Lisong Valley, this person had grown fatter by the day...
Chen Ye discreetly activated his divine sense. His divine sense was exceedingly strong, far surpassing cultivators of the same realm, hearing the commotion within the restaurant distinctly.
Wei Cheng’s face was flushed, supremely pleased, raising his cup, laughing heartily:
"Just a mere brat, dares to challenge my Wei family? Truly unaware of life and death! Come, everyone, drink to the full, there will surely be benefits for you all in the future!"
All the cultivators present were basically in the late period of Qi Cultivation.
One cultivator hurriedly stood up, flattering while filling Wei Cheng’s cup:
"What Steward Wei said is true! That kid is merely a loose cultivator, how can he compare with the Wei family? Last time letting him escape was already ancestral virtue. Now with Steward Wei setting a trap, he certainly is doomed!"
Wei Cheng’s expression turned solemn, he shook his head:
"Hush! When did I set a trap?"
This cultivator froze, thinking Wei Cheng was worried about eavesdroppers, compliantly flattering again: "Steward Wei is truly cautious, I am impressed..."
Unexpectedly, Wei Cheng immediately waved his hand, sneering: "To deal with him, when would there be a need for such elaborate schemes? Only one person is needed to handle him! This person, cannot be compared with the two notorious Black Wind Brothers!"
This statement immediately piqued the curiosity of many cultivators.
Another person probed: "Who is it? Could it be those two presidents of Yunxi District? But Luo Heng has already established a foundation, afraid he might not want to get involved, and Ji Yueze’s whereabouts are unknown... Besides these two, a master stronger than the Black Wind Brothers..."
Finding someone for assassination usually involves seeking loose cultivators.
And due to the presence of a cultivator family in Peach Mountain District, there are fewer strong loose cultivators compared to Yunxi District.
The Black Wind Brothers were already renowned experts in Peach Mountain District, especially as they were brothers who coordinated seamlessly, trusting each other, their duo could assassinate experts of the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.
In fact, Wei family’s actions were steady, but they hadn’t anticipated even with the Black Wind Brothers along with many experts, it was still difficult to kill Chen Ye.
Wei Cheng raised his cup, downed it in one gulp, and said coldly:
"Who says we must find people from Yunxi and Peach Mountain Districts?"
"Could it be... an expert from Moon Rhinoceros Lake District?"
Someone exclaimed in shock, unexpectedly Wei family went to Moon Rhinoceros Lake District to find someone just to deal with Chen Ye, must have cost a great sum.
"Not so, this person, is from Black Cliff City!"
Black Cliff City!
It is the border area between Yan and Qi, under the dominion of the Duqing Sect, more than thousands of miles away from Peach Mountain District!
Even a spiritual ship crossing would take over a month!
...
"Black Cliff City?"
Chen Ye’s gaze tightened, knowing Black Cliff City was within the territory of the Emotion Crossing Sect.
Despite the city’s mixed nature, it also had specialized assassin organizations.
But Wei Cheng repeatedly sought people from Qi Kingdom... It was illogical, since there were plenty of experts within Yan Kingdom, going to Qi Kingdom involved risk and higher costs.
Chen Ye pondered, he became more convinced that the Wei family had connections with the female demon cultivator, Wei Cheng saying he found the person himself, perhaps they were sent by the female demon cultivator.
"This female demon cultivator, indeed has an obsession with Qing Jun, yet she doesn’t come herself, perhaps she can’t leave the Three Thousand Great Mountains?"
Chen Ye’s thoughts spun a thousand times, yet his face remained expressionless.
He didn’t act immediately.
There were too many people and prying eyes at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, acting now would create too big of a commotion, easily leaving loose ends.
He had patience.
After all, he still held a soft, sweet-smelling disciple in his arms.
Chen Ye gently patted the girl’s back, his fingers entwined in her silky hair, speaking softly:
"Jin’er, would you like Master to tell you a story?"
When undecided, tell a story!
In both past and present lives, children, after all, love hearing stories.
Though Lin Jin was an adult, in Chen Ye’s heart, wasn’t she just a child?
"Hmm?"
Lin Jin felt puzzled by the sudden suggestion, her small chin rubbed against his chest’s lapel, her blinded demeanor making her look particularly innocent and docile.
"It is said, when heaven and earth first opened, there was a divine tree, carrying the hopes of all living beings..."