103. Was it a battle of wits between villains?

Lin Nuo’s villain script failed again, not only failing but also automatically switching to another strange script.

The development of this event had completely exceeded his own expectations, a result he could never have imagined.

Listening to Master Zhao’s words, Lin Nuo realized two major pieces of information:

Chapter 1. Yu Zheng is the villain.

Chapter 2. He became the great righteous force that stopped Yu Zheng’s villainous plan.

Yu Zheng had placed the black scale stone in the alchemy furnace in advance, intending to use the high temperature and spiritual energy environment inside to detonate the stone and kill all the disciples of Xuan Yun Sect present. He planned to leave the alchemy room just before the explosion, walk through Yu Feng Valley’s path, and find a good spot to watch the explosion.

Wasn’t this his own plan?

Indeed, villains think alike, all heading in the same direction.

However, this was the most fatal part.

Unknowingly, Lin Nuo had placed the black scale stone inside, resulting in two pieces.

What would be the consequences of two black scale stones?

Normally, one alchemy furnace could trigger the explosion of a single black scale stone, but with two, the triggering conditions and difficulty skyrocketed. A single furnace was completely incapable of detonating two stones!

No wonder he didn’t see the alchemy room explode! No wonder everything was calm! So, this guy had placed the black scale stone in advance!

And to think I’ve been blabbering for so long, was I actually matching wits with a villain? He’s not really a master alchemist of the Xuan Yun Sect, but an undercover agent like Mu Yi Ting pretending to be a good guy?

No, can’t call it undercover anymore, using the Black Scales Stone, he must be a terrorist.

Oh heavens, we’re all villains here, why the rush to turn on each other!

Lin Nuo’s mentality completely collapsed, his flawless plan to blow up the protagonist was going so smoothly, and then this happens!

This didn’t happen in my last life!

Damn it, why!

Lin Nuo was on the verge of tears, this was a fight within the villain’s nest, and as a result, not a single person from Xuan Yun Sect perished, Black Scales Stone is so expensive, it’s worth a gold coin, can I get it back?

Sect Leader Zhao’s expression turned grave, he picked up his sword and walked over to Yu Zhe, rebuking, “Yu Zhe, Xuan Yun Sect trusted and treated you so well, yet you commit such an ungrateful act. Speak, who instructed you!”

“Heh, heh.”

Yu Zhe laughed disdainfully, “I’ve stolen what I needed to steal, taken what I needed to take, dying for it is worth it, kill or slaughter, as you please.”

“You sure are tough-talking. We’ll take him back for trial.”

Then, several elders took the weakened Yu Zhe away.

As Yu Zhe passed by Lin Nuo, he glanced at him.

“You’re actually not…”

Yu Zhe stopped himself before saying the rest, not finishing the sentence about 【the one watching me】.

“Outplayed, you win.”

Lin Nuo: ???

What the heck, I’m not what? Finish your sentence, what did you take me for?!

Yu Zhe was taken away, leaving Sect Leader Zhao and Lin Nuo.

Sect Leader Zhao held Lin Nuo’s hand, smiling kindly, “Lin Nuo, you’ve made a great contribution again, this time saving many of your fellow disciples. If the Black Scales Stone had exploded, the consequences would be unimaginable, destroying a corner of Tian Ling Mountain is a minor matter, but so many disciples dying together would bring a catastrophic blow to our sect. Xuan Yun Sect always rewards and punishes clearly, for your great merit today, I will surely reward you later.”

Lin Nuo: “…”

Reward your sister, can you stop humiliating me? I brought the Black Scales Stone, aren’t you going to punish me?

Who the hell wants to save you guys, I just came to blow up the protagonist Su Ke Xin, who knew it would turn out like this.

Damn it, if I knew Yu Zhe was going to use the Black Scales Stone to blow up the alchemy room, I would’ve just gone back to bed, after all this fuss I’ve become a world-saving hero.

“Lin Nuo, go back, your two junior sisters want to thank you. A true man of the world deserves the admiration of beauties,” Sect Leader Zhao laughed heartily as he stroked his beard.

Lin Nuo: “…”

Please stop, being thanked by the protagonist, what a short life.

Reluctantly, Lin Nuo followed Sect Leader Zhao back to the alchemy room, upon his return, the place was buzzing with voices, a flurry of discussions.

No one noticed the looming crisis, all were focused on their alchemy, only this man surnamed Lin, silently bearing the mission to save everyone.

Now that everyone knows the details, a shiver runs through their hearts. It’s hard to believe that death could be so close, as if one second they were laughing and excited about their achievements, and the next, they were on their way to the netherworld.

It’s terrifying. No one could have expected that the amiable alchemist, Yu Zheng, would be so ruthless, wanting to destroy them all.

The crowd is still in shock, unable to recover from the horrific explosion.

“Was it Lin Nuo? When did he leave?”

“I’m not sure. The elders just brought Yu Zheng back. Could it be because of him?”

“It’s very likely. We owe our lives to him.”

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“It’s too horrifying. Master Yu Zheng actually wanted to kill us…”

All eyes are on Lin Nuo, making him feel as if he’s being denounced in a parade, short of being pelted with rotten vegetables.

Following the steps of Master Zhao, Lin Nuo returns to his alchemy furnace.

Beside the furnace stand two girls, as delicate as flowers and as gentle as water.

“Senior brother, senior brother, are you alright?”

Seeing Lin Nuo return, Su Kexin is overjoyed, shaking hands, touching his forehead, checking him over from front to back, left to right, almost wishing she could strip off his clothes to examine him.

Lin Nuo: “…”

Alright? You, Su Kexin, might be fine, but I’ve got big problems. How am I going to clean up this mess?

Lin Nuo sees two black scale stones on the table in front of the alchemy furnace. The surface of the stones is cracked and still bears flames, a condition caused by high temperatures, but not reaching the critical point of explosion, so the flames continue to burn.

These flames are difficult to extinguish in a short time, not even with spiritual methods. They need time to die out naturally.

So it’s correct, the two black scale stones, sharing resources, resulted in neither exploding.

Their golden elixir smelting has failed. After all, with two black scale stones inside, how could the golden elixir possibly succeed?

And Mu Yiting, at this moment, is paying attention to Lin Nuo. After all, she too was saved from the brink of hell. Even if she resisted Lin Nuo before, now she cares about him.

She could never have imagined that Yu Zheng would place a black scale stone in her furnace, intending to blow her up.

They were supposed to be on the same side, yet he took such a crazy action!

She knew the underworld was full of deceit and calculation, with wicked hearts everywhere, but she never, ever expected that Yu Zheng would harm her, the fourth daughter of the Mu family, plotting to send her along with the righteous disciples of the Xuan Yun sect to the netherworld!

This is betrayal, wickedness, extreme wickedness. She feels utterly chilled to the bone by her family’s actions.

However, there is one person who has warmed her heart.

It’s him, Lin Nuo, a man who seems cold but silently saved her.

Perhaps he is as Su Kexin says, cold on the outside but kind at heart.

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