On the Lin family side, Elder Tianzhu had already silently placed his hand on his sword’s hilt.
Matriarch Lin slowly scanned the faces of the Shen Tu family clan, and sneered, “Answer for it? You are speaking without any proof. To accuse my Lin family’s disciples of killing your disciples, yet you want me to answer for it?”
“Accuse? Hmph!” The Thousand Hand Granny’s shrill voice was ear-piercing. Her thin and old body was trembling from anger, “Other than the Lin family, who else could it be!?”
Thousand Hand Granny pointed to the arrow wound on one of the corpses. The corpse previously had a cultivation level at the peak of the Yuan foundation realm, and was about to break into the Dao Seed realm. The Thousand Hand Granny had previously favored this junior, and wanted to nurture him to aid Shen Tu Nantian, but now, with him shot dead with an arrow, this hope had crumbled.
Matriarch Lin roared with laughter, “Why? Just because of a fatal arrow wound, you are suspecting us? Who knows if that underachieving disciple’s strength was so lacking that he could not withstand the difficulty in the Great Empress mystic realm, so he was killed by bow and arrow puppets! Furthermore, even if he was killed by someone with a bow and arrow, how can you be sure that it was done by my Lin family?”
When Matriarch Lin said these words, Thousand Hand Granny’s old face twitched. Her features were all twisted together. What Matriarch Lin said were the same words she had previously said.
More than half a year ago, when a Lin family junior, named Lin Ping was killed, the Thousand Hand Granny had used those words to mock the Lin family.
Now, Matriarch only changed a few words, and returned them intact. How could the Thousand Hand Granny not be incensed?
The Thousand Hand Granny’s face sank. She stretched out her right hand. On her dry hands that resembled chicken feet, a faint black glow suffused. Even her nails turned black. It was as if she was about to attack at the very next moment.
“Other than your Lin family, all the other family clans have signed a soul contract with the Shen Tu family clan. This arrow wound still has remnants of pure Yang laws. That is all positive proof! I know that the little bastard, Yi Yun, uses a bow and arrow. He also cultivates in the pure Yang laws!”
“Oh? From what you say, that indeed sounds reasonable.” Matriarch said in an agreeable fashion. She then said, “I will do a proper investigation. If that was really what happened, I will punish those aggressive juniors from the family clan. I will punish them by getting them to reflect on it for a hundred days as a way to answer to the Shen Tu family clan. But…”
When Matriarch said this, she suddenly switched gears and frowned, “I do not really understand. How can Yi Yun, a sixteen-year-old youth with a cultivation level at the mid stages of the Yuan foundation realm kill three of your juniors with a bow and arrow, whose cultivation levels have reached as high as the Dao Seed realm?”
Matriarch Lin’s words were full of sarcasm, however she remained frowning, as if she was being extremely serious. For a moment, many of the Elders from the surrounding family clans could not help but laugh aloud.
Thousand Hand Granny’s face turned deep red. She was dying to tear Lin Fengxian’s body apart!
However, she also knew that once they made their move, it would reach an irremediable state. They and the Lin family would end up suffering serious losses, allowing others to benefit from it. If that happened, then no one would be able to receive the remaining few juniors of the Shen Tu family clan, including Shen Tu Nantian, when they came out of the mystic realm.
Be it the God Burial Abyss’ storm or the Elders from the other family clans, who were eyeing their treasures, any of them could cause Shen Tu Nantian to die on the spot.
“Lin Fengxian, do not be in a hurry! The corpses that come out might just be a small portion. Do you think that your Lin family will have no casualties? Do you think that little bastard, Yi Yun will be able to survive? What a joke! So, you do know that the little bastard is only at the mid-stages of the Yuan foundation realm? Do you think he was able to kill three of our Shen Tu family clan disciples? Stop dreaming! For him to be able to leave those arrow wounds on our disciples, it must have been because he sneak attacked them when both sides were warring against each other!”
“Other than that little bitch, Lin Xintong, who else can you talk about in the Lin family? Even that little bitch, Lin Xintong, is far from a match against Tian’er! Wait and see. Wait till Tian’er sends out corpse after corpse of your Lin family disciples!”
The Thousand Hand Granny said these words with a deluge of killing intent. And as if answering the Thousand Hand Granny, the Great Empress mystic realm’s entrance began to flash. Someone was going to be sent out again!
The Thousand Hand Granny jerked her head and looked towards the entrance.