Everyone had taken their seats, and Spider Lady swayed out of the inner hall. Behind her, the half-demon guys filed in carrying delicacies one after another. Many of the ingredients were unique to the Hidden City, and were rarely seen by the human and demon tribes outside.
Lin Qingyang picked up the jade wine glass in front of her, with a warm smile on her pale face, "I would like to offer this glass of wine to you all first. We encountered a disaster today, but fortunately we were not in danger. Let's drink this glass as if we have wiped away all the bad luck."
After saying that, he raised his head and drank the sake in the glass in one gulp.
Su Jingui was the first to respond. He laughed, picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp. "Well said! Boss Lin is so courageous!"
Ever since he found out that Lin Qingyang was the boss behind this huge hidden market, Su Jingui had nothing but admiration for him. He had been doing business all his life, so he naturally knew how difficult it was to create such a large cross-border black market in just five years between the human and demon clans. He couldn't help but secretly regret: If Lin Qingyang had joined the Wanling Sect with Mo Yan and the others, how rich they would be now!
Although Jian Hong still had a prim and serious expression, he silently picked up the glass and drank it all. After sharing life and death in Xuanji Walnut, his attitude was obviously much softer than before.
With Li Yan by his side, Li Tian returned to his gentle and gentlemanly demeanor. He nodded lightly, covered his sleeves with his robe, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
After a few glasses of wine, the tense and murderous atmosphere on the table dissipated a lot, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
Su Jingui held up the wine glass and looked at Lin Qingyang with a red smile on his face, "I didn't expect that Lin Xianjun not only looks like a fairy, but is also a genius in business! We are now friends of life and death, and we must move around more and cooperate more in the future!"
Before Lin Qingyang could speak, Langya snorted from the side and interrupted unceremoniously, "We will talk about these hypocritical polite words later. Let us explain clearly about the broken walnut first! They are all known as famous sects, and their elders can control them as long as they are controlled by others, and they can let evil things sneak into the magic weapon casually. You humans are too unreliable!"
Langya didn't want to engage in peace talks at first, but now that the gang of humans had almost killed Cang Mo, and Ba Shan had finally managed to save his life, she naturally couldn't trust these humans at this moment.
When Li Tian heard this, his face turned gloomy and he said, "I, Tianxuan Pavilion, will naturally thoroughly investigate Elder Chen's matter and give you an explanation."
Su Jingui echoed with lingering fear, "We really need to investigate! I won't even be able to sleep well unless we catch the guy who was secretly causing trouble. Speaking of Elder Chen's cultivation level, he was killed so silently without even a cry for help. It's really scary."
Jian Hong glanced at him with some disgust, probably because he felt that it was unseemly for him to be so surprised in front of the demon clan, and coldly snorted, "It's just an evil thing, what's so scary about it? I guess it was just a trick that was used to plot against him."
"It's not a magic trick, it's just an acquaintance doing it, so there's nothing to be prepared for." Lin Qingyang's cold voice suddenly came, neither light nor heavy, but it fell clearly into everyone's ears.
Everyone stopped and looked up at him. But Lin Qingyang's eyes crossed the large round table and stared directly at Li Tian opposite. Everyone's eyes followed him and then turned to Li Tian.
Li Tian was stunned for a moment, then frowned, facing Lin Qingyang's gaze and said in a deep voice, "Why are you looking at me?"
Lin Qingyang stared at him and said quietly, "Elder Chen obviously hid there before we entered Xuanji Walnut. But the owner of the walnut was you at that time. Logically speaking, only your spiritual power can open it."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's minds flashed with inspiration, and they seemed to understand something. Jian Hong and Su Jingui, who were sitting next to them, instantly became alert and tensed their bodies unconsciously.
Li Tian's expression became even uglier, he glared at Lin Qingyang and said, "What do you mean? You suspect that I am colluding with that evil thing?! I was just like you before and almost died in that walnut!"
Lin Qingyang looked at him, her tone still calm. "Of course it's not you. Because you are not the only one who can open walnuts. There is another person who uses exactly the same spiritual power as you."
Everyone was confused when they heard this. Su Jingui said with confusion on his face, "This is strange. Everyone's spiritual power is obtained through their own cultivation and is unique. How can there be people in this world with exactly the same spiritual power?"
At this time, everyone realized that Lin Qingyang's eyes did not actually fall entirely on Li Tian, but passed him and locked on Li Yan beside Li Tian.
Lin Qingyang stared at Li Yan, who had his head lowered across from him, and revealed the truth word by word. "Because Li Yan is not a living person at all. He is a top-quality puppet carved from sacred wood by Head Li. He moves by absorbing Head Li's spiritual power. Therefore, what flows in him is the same spiritual power as Head Li, and he can naturally open Xuanji walnuts with ease!"
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Li Yan. Li Yan, who had been lowering his head, slowly raised his eyes and met Lin Qingyang's gaze. A dark and twisted smile appeared on his originally gentle and jade-like face.
The hairs of everyone around him suddenly stood up. Su Jingui next to him was even more frightened. He quietly put down his wine glass and moved his buttocks quietly to get away from him.
Cang Mo, who was next to Lin Qingyang, looked unsurprised. It was obvious that the two of them had passed their Qi for a long time. Cang Mo's eyes flashed, and he raised his hand and blasted a fierce and domineering black demonic energy straight into Li Yan's face!
Unexpectedly, Li Tian suddenly raised his hand and drew a purple defensive light array. With a loud "boom", he forcibly blocked Cang Mo's attack. The impact instantly shattered the cups and plates on the table, and the soup splashed everywhere.
Li Tian's eyes were full of anger, he glared at Lin Qingyang and Cang Mo, and said loudly, "You are talking nonsense! It can't be Ayan! He is inseparable from me and has always been controlled by my consciousness. How could it be possible..."
"Pfft--!"
Before Li Tian could finish his words, a scalp-numbing muffled sound of a sharp blade roughly piercing flesh suddenly exploded in the noisy hall!
Li Tian froze and slowly turned his head.
Next to Li Yan, I saw Su Jingui, who was half pouting and preparing to escape. He was frozen there, his eyes were bulging, and his eyes were full of unbelievable fear. He lowered his head inch by inch with difficulty -
A thick dark red blood vine covered with sharp barbs came out directly from Li Yan's back and penetrated Su Jingui's back with lightning speed! The sharp vine tip was dripping with blood and burst out from the center of Su Jingui's heart. The blood vine was like a living thing, still twisting greedily and excitedly!
Li Yan let out a creepy sneer. His originally clear and gentle eyes were flashing with a strange red light. Then, a hoarse voice that did not belong to him spat out word by word:
"Haha... Now, you don't have that obstructive gold armor anymore, right?"