Although his preparations were complete, Chen Lin did not act.
The greater the stakes, the more important it was to keep a calm mind.
Haste made waste.
To kill Wan Zhencang, he had to plan carefully and make sure his first strike hit home.
The slightest mistake would plunge him into eternal damnation.
The best approach, in fact, was to lure the man to the Kaiyuan Realm. That would give him ample justification for killing him and spare him a great deal of trouble afterward.
So Chen Lin reined in his emotions, cultivating as he waited.
He also sent people with advanced Transmission Talismans to investigate the area around the Heaven-Connecting River.
He refused to believe it.
With so many experts from the Taishi Lineage missing, surely the man would come and take a look.
Yet several months passed without him appearing.
He did not even send anyone to investigate.
Chen Lin realized that Wan Zhencang was even more calculating than he had imagined, and would be difficult to deal with.
Despite having a cultivation level far above his, the man could still endure seeing the woman he had claimed in his mind bear another man's child. He truly lived up to his reputation as someone who could hold the position of alliance leader with only true realm completion cultivation.
But Chen Lin was also puzzled.
After enduring for so many years, why had the man chosen this particular moment to act?
Had he only just learned that Wen Xinzhao had a child with him?
Or did he have some other scheme?
Puzzled, Chen Lin kept sending trusted people out to gather information.
Many people collected finger sand along the Heaven-Connecting River, and there were plenty of temporary camps. Gathering information was not difficult.
Before long.
Chen Lin learned an