Not long after Same Year and Yue Tong returned to the present world, the disciples and clansmen in Zhendong Immortal Mansion who knew the truth told him that Linlong's life lamp had gone out.
Yet strangely, after learning this news, Yue Tong's anger lasted only an instant before he wore an expression of sudden realization.
Yue Tong finally understood that Linlong had been so eager to become involved with him because she had offended someone, not because she had been drawn in by his charm.
Yue Tong was not stupid. On the contrary, beneath that seemingly burly frame lay an exceptionally meticulous heart. Even before Linlong achieved Dao Verification, Yue Tong had thought highly of her and believed she had a good chance of succeeding. Thus, he had entertained thoughts of investment and tentatively extended an invitation, wishing to take her as a concubine.
With the support of an Immortal King offered to her, Linlong, still only in the True Immortal Realm, had been able to reject Yue Tong's terms. Yet after breaking through into the Immortal King Realm, her attitude toward him had made a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. This had always puzzled Yue Tong, but now everything made sense.
As for whether the person who had killed Linlong would vent their anger on him, Yue Tong was not worried in the slightest. Since the other party had chosen to kill Linlong at the very instant he entered the Imperial Domain, there were only two possibilities. First, they did not wish to make an enemy of him and had therefore acted while he was away. Second, their strength was insufficient.
No matter which it was, Yue Tong had no need to fear being implicated. He was also quite confident in his own strength. He had fought Immortal King Fourth Realm