"An enormous secret, one concerning my life and death?" Ye Zhen sized Leng Kang up.
Leng Kang nodded like a pecking chick, terrified that Ye Zhen would be displeased and soul-search him, leaving him utterly finished. "Really, I really know!"
"Let me guess."
Ye Zhen withdrew his soul-searching right hand, clasped his hands behind his back, and sneered.
"The enormous secret concerning my life and death you mentioned—does it have something to do with Ou Tuo, the Third Floor Master of the Myriad Stars Tower?
"You have some secret agreement with him?
"To work together and put me to death?
"And then divide up the things on me, perhaps with him even paying you a reward?" Ye Zhen asked.
At that, Leng Kang nodded vigorously. "That's right, exactly so. But what you guessed is only a small part of it!"
"A small part?" Ye Zhen's expression shifted again.
"Ou Tuo bears the name Fox Star. If he wants me dead, he certainly won't join hands with you alone. Anyone who has it out for me, he'll likely contact—as long as their strength catches his eye.
"For example, Yang Beng?
"Or perhaps Xie Tianhe?
"Green Shirt Dragon King Yu Changkong?
"Those people must be among them, right?
"Hei Tian, the island master of Black Fiend Island, might be as well. Am I right?" Ye Zhen asked.
Leng Kang nodded heavily again. "Your deductions should all be correct. I reckon the people you named very likely received invitations as well.
"But there is one crucial point where your deduction is wrong!"
"A crucial point?" Ye Zhen lowered his head and pondered for a moment before looking up. "What point?"
Clearly, Leng Kang had learned his lesson this time—and grown wiser as well. Faced with Ye Zhen's question, he did not rush to