Scheming was something only the weak used. The strong broke ten thousand laws with one force; before absolute strength, no conspiracy or trickery was worth mentioning.
"The One Breath Becomes Three Purities you want is in my eldest brother's hands. I can't do anything right now, but I can arrange for him to meet you. What happens then is up to you."
"Hand Xuan Yong over to me afterward."
After weighing it for a moment, Xuan Tian spoke softly. The instant he finished, the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell around Ye Lin's neck began to tremble. Ye Lin gave the bell a pat.
"Behave yourself."
Under normal circumstances, anyone suppressed by the Mysterious Yellow All-Things Bell would be completely unaware of anything happening outside.
Yet Xuan Yong could now hear the conversation between Ye Lin and Xuan Tian. Ye Lin had clearly done this deliberately.
He had done it on purpose so that Xuan Tian would make a decision beneficial to both himself and Ye Lin.
Sure enough, the moment Xuan Tian's words fell, Xuan Yong reacted.
But Ye Lin had no time to concern himself with Xuan Yong's movements. His eyes remained fixed on Xuan Tian before him.
"Young Master Xuan Tian, what a fine calculation. You want to use my hand to kill the third young master and eldest young master of the Profound Origin Scorpion Clan one after another. I'll bear the infamy, while you take the clan chief's seat—is that it?"
After Ye Lin spoke, a strange glint flashed through Xuan Tian's gloomy eyes. Ye Lin was right—that was exactly what he had intended.
Once Ye Lin truly killed Xuan Yong and his eldest brother, he would pin the matter squarely on Ye Lin, making him bear a skyful of infamy and turning him into an enemy