Kicked by a Donkey in the Head?

The entire Demon Suppression Division was in an uproar.

Chu Mengxi and Meng Kuo, Bronze Token Demon Slayers, rushed to the scene immediately. They looked at the aggressively advancing Li Family members with extremely grave expressions.

"Patriarch Li, what is the meaning of this?!"

Chu Mengxi suppressed the oppressive aura and questioned coldly.

"Meaning?"

Li Bantian let out a cold laugh, his eyes, like an eagle's, locked onto Lin Feng, who was slowly walking out of the courtyard.

"My son Tianyu died tragically at the hands of the Demon Suppression Division. As his father, I've come to seek justice for him. Is that not permissible?"

His voice was like rumbling thunder, filled with endless rage and killing intent.

"Lin Feng! Get out here!"

"You killed my beloved son. Today, if you don't give my Li Family an explanation, I will make you, and your entire Demon Suppression Division, pay with blood!"

Li Bantian's roar echoed through the entire Demon Suppression Division like a thunderclap.

The terrifying pressure belonging to a Dan Yuan Realm expert was like a tangible force, crushing all the Meridian Opening Realm and True Qi Realm Demon Slayers present until they couldn't breathe, their faces turning pale.

The Dan Yuan Realm was an entirely different level of existence.

With every movement, they could summon the power of heaven and earth. Their strength was far beyond what True Qi Realm martial artists could compare to.

Facing the thunderous rage of such a powerful expert, the people of the Demon Suppression Division felt powerless for the first time.

"Patriarch Li, please calm down!"

Chu Mengxi forcefully withstood the pressure and stepped forward. Her clear and cold pretty face was covered in frost.

"We deeply regret the death of your son. However, on that day, Lin Feng killed a Skin-Peeling Demon that was wreaking havoc in the commandery. We have witnesses and evidence for this matter. With mere words, on what grounds do you claim that someone from our Demon Suppression Division killed your son?"

Her words were reasoned and well-founded.

When the Skin-Peeling Demon died, it was blasted into dust by Lin Feng's single strike, not even a hair left.

On what grounds did the Li Family assume that demon was your son?

Logically, it didn't hold up at all.

"Mere words?"

Li Bantian acted as if he had heard the biggest joke. A cruel, cold smile appeared on his face as he slowly took out a brocade box the size of his palm from his embrace.

"I, Li Bantian, have roamed Nan Yan Commandery for decades and never done anything without certainty!"

He abruptly opened the brocade box, and an icy aura, filled with death and resentment, instantly permeated the air.

Inside the brocade box lay a broken jade tablet.

The jade tablet was blood-red all over and covered in web-like cracks, as if it would shatter completely at any moment.

"This is the 'Lifebound Soul Jade' of my Li Family's direct descendants, refined with vital blood. When the person dies, the jade shatters."

Li Bantian's voice was chillingly devoid of emotion.

"My son Tianyu's soul jade shattered on the very night the Skin-Peeling Demon was killed!"

Chu Mengxi's expression changed instantly.

Lifebound Soul Jade was a secret method used by many powerful families to monitor the life safety of their core disciples.

The timing matched!

But she still forced herself to say, "This... this only proves that your son was killed that night, it doesn't prove that Lin Feng did it!"

"Is that so?"

The mockery on Li Bantian's lips deepened. He took out another fragment of the soul jade.

"This fragment of the soul jade, which my son always wore, was found at the scene where the Skin-Peeling Demon was subdued."

"Furthermore... my Li Family has a heritage of hundreds of years, and naturally, we have our own secret methods. I spent a full seven days and a vast amount of family resources, and finally managed to trace the last wisp of residual energy that shattered this broken soul jade!"

He suddenly raised his head, his eagle-like eyes fixed intently on Lin Feng, and said word by word:

"That energy was extremely yang and rigid, filled with the aura of burning all things! It is directly inherited from your Demon Suppression Division's cultivation technique, the Blazing Sun Art! It's even... purer and more domineering than ordinary Blazing Sun Art True Qi!"

"Lin Feng! What do you have to say for yourself now?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present was shocked.

All eyes subconsciously focused on Lin Feng.

If the shattering of the soul jade was merely a coincidence, then the aura of the cultivation technique was irrefutable ironclad evidence!

Throughout Nan Yan Commandery, almost everyone who cultivated the Blazing Sun Art lineage of techniques was in the Demon Suppression Division.

And being able to cultivate this technique to Lin Feng's level, even surpassing its origins, was absolutely unique!

Ironclad proof!

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Chu Mengxi's expression tightened, then relaxed.

She initially suspected that someone present at the time had leaked the information.

Upon hearing that the clue was found from fragments of the Lifebound Soul Jade discovered at the scene, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this was enough to prove that there were no traitors among them.

But another strange doubt followed closely behind.

The Skin-Peeling Demon was utterly annihilated by Lin Feng at the time, so how could there be any fragments of its Lifebound Soul Jade left?

She subconsciously looked at Lin Feng, only to find that his face showed no trace of panic at all; instead, it revealed a look of deep thought.

Their eyes met, and in the instant their gazes connected, they both understood each other's thoughts.

This was a trap!

A trap meticulously set from the moment the Skin-Peeling Demon appeared!

Someone was manipulating everything from behind the scenes!

The death of the Skin-Peeling Demon and the death of Li Tianyu were merely links in this trap!

And this Li Family head, who presented ironclad evidence, appeared to be a victim here to demand justice.

In reality, he was merely a pawn, used by the mastermind...

A chess piece!

"Who?"

A tempest raged in Chu Mengxi's heart.

Who had such audacity?

To scheme against the cunning Skin-Peeling Demon.

To scheme against the foremost family in the commandery city.

To scheme against the Demon Suppression Division?

"The Li Family's second young master, Li Tianhe!"

A thought instantly leaped into Chu Mengxi's mind.

With Li Tianyu dead, the greatest beneficiary was undoubtedly his ambitious younger brother, Li Tianhe, who had always been suppressed by him!

Only he had the opportunity and the highest likelihood of accessing Li Tianyu's Lifebound Soul Jade and thus setting this trap!

Using the Demon Suppression Division's blade to kill his own brother!

Chu Mengxi was almost certain that this was Li Tianhe's scheme.

However.

Lin Feng thought deeper and further than she did.

While Chu Mengxi was pointing all her accusations at the Li Family's second young master, Li Tianhe, a huge question mark appeared in Lin Feng's mind.

Li Tianhe?

The logic was sound, yet...

It felt odd.

Hypothetically, if I were Li Tianhe.

I'm ambitious and want to get rid of my brother to become the sole heir of the family.

Through some means, I learn of the Skin-Peeling Demon's existence and reach an agreement with it, allowing it to possess my brother.

Then, I orchestrate a plan to lure the Demon Suppression Division into action and have them kill Li Tianyu, who is possessed by the Skin-Peeling Demon, with a single strike.

The plan is practically perfect.

The thorn in my side is gone, and he dies in a way that seems reasonable, with everyone believing he vanished inexplicably.

I just need to shed a few crocodile tears at the funeral and then, naturally, I can take over all the resources and status he left behind.

This is what a clever schemer should do.

But what if I don't?

After my brother's death, instead of quietly amassing wealth, I go out of my way to reveal the so-called truth of the Demon Suppression Division killing Li Tianyu to Li Bantian.

Then, I have Li Bantian bring the entire family's might to aggressively confront the Demon Suppression Division.

Risking my own exposure significantly?

Why?

Li Tianhe might indeed be the one who designed the trap to kill Li Tianyu.

But the one who truly exposed this trap would absolutely not be him.