At this moment, veins bulged on Lin Feng's forehead.
"What did you say?"
"I said it was all my doing," Zhao Shuning replied with an innocent look, looking harmless.
When dealing with a cunning old fox like Lin Feng, did she have to sit down and tell him in advance that she was going to poison him?
"How dare you?"
"Hey, why wouldn't I dare? There are plenty of things I dare to do. Do you know why Lin Siyuan hasn't come back for so long? Do you know why your daughter, Lin Qingying, ended up sleeping with the master of the Celestial Immortal Sect? Do you know why you lost the support of the Yang family? That's right, it was all my doing."
"Zhao Shuning, you are as venomous as a snake."
"Me, venomous as a snake?"
Zhao Shuning laughed even more cheerfully.
She lowered her head, glanced around at the crowd, then looked at Lin Feng and said frankly, "If you weren't so greedy and tried to use me to completely tie down Wen Bo of the Celestial Immortal Sect, if you weren't so concerned about your status and face and didn't consider my dignity at all, and if you hadn't dragged so many guests to watch me be disgraced that morning, would you be reaping what you've sown now?"
"You, you..."
Lin Feng was furious. He was a highly respected figure. How could he tolerate a young girl acting so boldly today?
"What's wrong, Lin Feng? I'm just treating you the way you treated me. Why are you so angry?"
"I'm going to kill you."
"Kill me? Let's see if you have the ability."
Lin Feng had lost his senses at this point. He said to the people behind him, "Whoever can take Zhao Shuning's head will be rewarded with five hundred gold coins and a mansion in the southeast."
"Tsk tsk tsk - Lin Feng, you're so stingy. Am I only worth five hundred gold coins?"
The alchemists who had received Lin Feng's promise stepped forward one after another, ready to take out their spiritual artifacts.
Zhao Shuning put her finger to her lips in a shushing gesture.
Everyone looked at her.
"Shh - can't you hear? Don't you think it's too quiet in the mountains today?"
Everyone looked around and exchanged glances.
Zhao Shuning clapped her hands twice.
Immediately, a flock of birds took flight. Suddenly, many people emerged around the crowd. They were standing on the tree tops, looking down at the alchemists in the encirclement.
They were Shui Yunsheng's people.
Zhao Shuning smiled and said to Shui Yunsheng's alchemists, "Thank you all for your hard work."
"It's our duty to follow the leader's order."
Zhao Shuning looked down from above.
Xie An came to her side.
"Senior."
"Xiao An, you've done a great job."
Under Xie An's management, Shui Yunsheng was growing stronger. Most of them were alchemists from the Misty Rain Tower. Over the years, Zhao Shuning had also taught them many mental cultivation methods.
So their growth rate was no slower than that of Lin Feng's disciples.
"Zhao Shuning, you actually managed to invite Shui Yunsheng."
Shui Yunsheng was currently the most well - known gang in the Eastern Marsh Wilderness.
To ask them to do something, one needed to offer gold and a legitimate reason.
The people of Shui Yunsheng had never offended the four major families before. Unexpectedly, today they would stand on the opposite side of the Lin family for a young girl surnamed Zhao.
"Shui Yunsheng actually belongs to the senior."
"Poison Snake, do you know the consequences of going against the Lin family?"
Poison Snake ignored the questioner and instead bowed to Zhao Shuning and said, "Senior, leave these minions to us. You can do what you need to do with peace of mind."
"Xiao An, thank you."
"Senior, you don't need to say such things. If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be the current Xie An. My life was yours from the very beginning."
"Everyone of Shui Yunsheng, join hands and set up the formation."
At this moment, Lin Feng suddenly burst into laughter.
Everyone looked at him.
They saw him take out a pill from his hand. It was a pill that could cure all poisons and could only be refined by an eighth - rank alchemist.
"No good."
Lin Feng put the pill into his mouth.
Immediately, his spiritual power soared, and he returned to his previous state.
"Elder Xia said that you, this little girl, were not simple. At first, I didn't pay attention. Now it seems that I underestimated you."
Zhao Shuning stared intently.
"Senior, what should we do?"
"It's okay, Xiao An. You do your thing. I'll handle Lin Feng."
Lin Feng looked at Zhao Shuning and said, "You're on the verge of death and still so stubborn. Zhao Shuning, today, you and all the people of Shui Yunsheng won't be able to leave. They're all going to be buried with you today."
"Did you get that pill from Xia Wanning?"
Zhao Shuning looked at Lin Feng.
Then she suddenly laughed and said, "I knew it. I was wondering how you managed to break through the palace's defenses so easily back then. It turns out there was such a big traitor beside Ye Ling."
Zhao Shuning understood.
Judging from what he had just said, Lin Feng had never trusted her back then.
Then Lin Feng and Xia Wanning must have had a special relationship. Otherwise, Xia Wanning wouldn't have given him the pill that could cure all poisons.
Most likely, after he left the Chunhua Tower back then, he went to find Xia Wanning. The two of them were in cahoots, and he naturally wasn't afraid of Xia Wanning knowing his dirty secrets.
No wonder, no wonder Wang Cheng said such words when he died.
The ones who betrayed you were always the ones closest to you.
"Zhao Shuning, it's too late. Although I don't know what relationship you have with Ye Ling, I know now that you won't be able to get out of here. After you die, I'll make the Zhao family perish step by step."
"Senior."
"Xiao An, set up the formation."
Poison Snake nodded. Everyone began to form hand seals and recited the mental cultivation methods continuously.
"Do you think you can set up a formation under my nose? You're dreaming!"
Lin Feng leaped into the air. His hands began to gather a huge amount of spiritual power. His spiritual power cultivation had reached the eighth phase. The power was beyond what the others could bear.
The outcome would be decided soon.
But at this moment, a hand, like a water snake, landed on Lin Feng's right hand. He looked back and saw Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning smiled slightly.
"Lin Feng, your opponent is me."
Before Lin Feng could respond.
He felt the young girl's spiritual power beside him suddenly soar to the extreme. She didn't make a move, but the space around her began to distort.
"A seventh - rank alchemist!"
"A seventeen - year - old girl! Her spiritual power has actually reached the seventh - rank level!"
Such a cultivation speed was comparable to that of a genius!
Lin Feng quickly turned around to deal with her.
Zhao Shuning successfully held Lin Feng back. Although it was only for a moment, it was enough time for Poison Snake and the others to set up the formation and trap the alchemists inside.
"A seventh - rank alchemist is indeed powerful, but unfortunately, you've met me."
"Do you think I'm just an alchemist?"
Zhao Shuning smiled slightly. The spiritual power in her hands surged out. Instantly, countless dark clouds gathered above them, and the sky darkened.
"A seven - realm alchemist, at the Golden Realm!"