Chapter 869 - 122: Brother Fang, Who Are You Really?
Chapter 869: Chapter 122: Brother Fang, Who Are You Really?
Lotus Island.
The area is about the same size as Canglan Island. Due to the central region of the island having a suddenly elevated terrain, stretching into a domain resembling the Lotus Platform, it was named Lotus Island.
And in the place where the Lotus Platform is located, a huge city was also built: Lotus City.
Lotus City, Chen Mansion.
Yin Yue, who had been kept in the woodshed for ten consecutive days, was brought out.
Even after being confined in the woodshed for over ten days, apart from looking a bit paler, Yin Yue showed no significant changes, nor did she display the fear or panic typical of a young child.
"The Master’s warning was right; I almost got deceived by this little girl."
Chen Shan looked at Yin Yue, who was brought out. Since he had ordered his men to capture her, he hadn’t paid any attention and just had her locked up in the woodshed.
It seems now that he had been negligent.
An ordinary little girl, even if she had elders in the Innate Realm in her family, would find it tough to remain calm in such circumstances.
"What is your relationship with Fang Zhan? Where are you from? Tell me everything clearly."
Chen Shan spoke in a deep voice. On his Master’s instructions, he had investigated Fang Zhan’s background, but no traces could be found.
Even if he came from the Outer Domain, traces would have been left along the way. Besides, he also found out that Fang Zhan had been missing for so many days because he had gone out to sea with Lu Feng.
Yin Yue remained silent.
"Seems like a tough nut to crack."
Seeing Yin Yue’s silence, Chen Shan lightly snorted. As he couldn’t find out Fang Zhan’s background, he could only focus on the little girl.
Whether taking action against a little girl as an honorable Innate Powerhouse would bring ridicule, Chen Shan didn’t care.
As long as he didn’t speak, the news wouldn’t spread outside.
"Little girl, this is your last chance. Otherwise, don’t blame me for taking measures against you."
Chen Shan’s Innate Power pressure began to be released. In his view, a little girl faced with his pressure would definitely panic and tremble in fear, maybe even kneel due to terror.
But to his surprise, although the little girl’s face turned even paler under his pressure, there was no significant expression of panic on her face.
"Oh!"
This realization surprised Chen Shan. In the Martial Arts Realm, the weak becoming the prey of the strong is the norm. Martial Artists below the Innate level are like ants in the eyes of Innate Martial Artists due to the significant gap between them.
It’s not just a little girl; even a strong-willed First-Grade Martial Artist would be unable to withstand his pressure and would end up trembling and kneeling.
This is an instinctual reaction coming from the Divine Soul and the body, not something the body can control.
For the first time, Chen Shan began to seriously examine Yin Yue, even using his Divine Thought to sweep over her, but his pupils shrank abruptly.
His Divine Thought could not perceive the little girl’s existence!
This meant that if he hadn’t been standing here personally seeing the little girl, and was outside the courtyard, his Divine Thought sweeping the courtyard could not detect there was a little girl within it.
To avoid being detected by an Innate Martial Artist’s Divine Thought, she must have either a treasure that can shield Divine Thought or practiced a high-level Concealing Technique.
Either possibility tempts Chen Shan immensely at this moment.
"Slap her!"
Chen Shan ordered, and the two subordinates immediately complied respectfully, approaching Yin Yue.
Seeing the two approaching her, Yin Yue still said nothing. She could reveal Lin Chen’s true identity, and Chen Shan wouldn’t dare move against her if she did.
But she knew well that once Lin Chen’s identity was leaked, it couldn’t be kept secret unless Lin Chen managed to kill all who knew, which was clearly impossible.
During the previous ambush, Lin Chen clearly didn’t intend to intervene and kept his true strength hidden, but once the assassins revealed their identity as belonging to Yama Hall, Lin Chen decisively abandoned his previous concealment and ruthlessly eliminated the Yama Hall assassins.
The family traitor would inevitably deduce that Lin Chen had grudges against Yama Hall.
Yama Hall, being an Assassin Organization, had assassinated countless Martial Artists, with enemies all over the world. Deducing Lin Chen’s identity just from Yama Hall’s enemies would be impossible.
But when multiple pieces of information come together, it’s a different story.
With grudges against Yama Hall, enough strength, about to head to the Eastern Sea, and a little girl suddenly appearing by her side...
All these pieces of information coming together would make the family traitor surely associate the little girl beside Lin Chen with herself.
The year’s deadline is approaching; she cannot expose herself at such a time.
As for this Chen Shan, his purpose is the Quenching Crystal Sand in Lin Chen’s possession. As long as Lin Chen remains undiscovered, she wouldn’t really be harmed, though she might endure some physical pain.
She could fabricate lies to deceive Chen Shan, buying time for Lin Chen to rescue her, but she refuses to do so.
As a princess of the Moon Soul Race, she refuses to demean herself interacting deceitfully with a Second-Realm Innate Martial Artist.
"Little girl, you really are asking for trouble."
A Martial Artist approached Yin Yue, sneering as he raised his hand, about to slap down, yet Yin Yue didn’t even close her eyes.
As the Palm Wind approached, what surprised Yin Yue was that the expected pain did not come; instead, there was a dull groan from the man beside her.
"What is this?"
Yin Yue’s eyes sparkled with joy as she looked towards the man beside her, only to notice a bloody hole in his forehead, his raised hand dropping powerlessly, and his body falling backward.