After hearing what the Lei Clan Ancestor said, Qingyi squinted and sized him up.
The fact that this cunning old fox had revealed his true feelings so early surprised Qingyi.
From another perspective, it's not hard to see how much the Lei Clan patriarch valued Mu Chen's legacy.
He knew very well that only through open and honest cooperation with Qingyi would there be even a sliver of a chance.
Seeing that the other party had already made their point clear, Qingyi was too lazy to continue the act.
" Lin Heng has now discovered our intentions."
"Otherwise, they wouldn't have been detained at the Battle Heaven Pavilion."
"It's probably not going to be so easy to take action against him again."
However, the Lei Clan Ancestor smiled slightly and offered a different opinion.
I think the exact opposite.
"It's precisely because Lin Heng discovered our intentions that he detained them."
"So this is his most relaxed moment."
"If we send someone to deal with him now..."
"The probability will also be the highest."
The Qingyi fell silent.
This idea of going against the grain seems to make a lot of sense.
But problems arose as a result.
Both Thunder Punishment Saint Emperor and Qin Hongmian were detained.
Who else can deal with Lin Heng?
At this moment, the Lei Clan Ancestor flipped his hand and took out four array flags.
Upon seeing this thing, the man in Qingyi's expression changed slightly.
"If you do this, it will be very easy for our senior brother to find out that we were the ones who did it."
Both the Lei Clan Ancestor and Qingyi were quite wary of Hongjun.
Since the Lei Clan Ancestor dared to do this, he must have had his reasons.
"So what if Senior Brother finds out?"
"As long as I can obtain Mu Chen's inheritance."
"Do we really need to be afraid of him?"
"As for this matter, we simply need to leave Nine Heavens in advance and then let our subordinates handle it."
"Without concrete evidence, we can easily shift the blame to our subordinates."
"Even if Senior Brother wants to protect Lin Heng, he can't directly attack us unless we do it ourselves."
"He can't explain it to his master either."
After listening to the analysis of the Lei Clan Ancestor, Qingyi quietly pondered.
After a moment of contemplation, Qingyi gritted her teeth, as if she had made a decision.
"It's settled then."
"To avoid any unforeseen complications, let's make arrangements now."
The two then began to discuss how to set a trap for Lin Heng.
Several hours later, the two, having completed their discussion, parted ways.
The Lei Clan Ancestor returned to the Lei Clan. After all, as the ancestor of the Lei Clan, the people of the Lei Clan naturally followed his command.
Qingyi also went directly to the Firmament Hall, but his purpose in doing so was not to have Ao Zhantian deal with Lin Heng.
Qingyi told Ao Zhantian that she wanted to meet with Lin Heng alone to talk about Qin Hongmian.
But Battle Heaven Pavilion is crowded and has many eyes, so he wanted to change locations.
So I asked Ao Zhantian to pass on a message to Lin Heng.
However, Ao Zhantian didn't think much about it and readily agreed.
After leaving the Firmament Hall, Qingyi went to the Mortal World Inn and found the second Tianxuzi.
This Tianxuzi himself possessed the cultivation level of Twelfth Grade Sovereign.
Moreover, he is the sword immortal with the strongest attack power among cultivators, and he has mastered the ultimate in the Heaven-Dominating Sword Dao.
Therefore, Tianxuzi's strength is considered to be at the upper level among the Twelfth Grade Sovereign, not much worse than the Eight Great Saint Emperors.
This time, Qingyi planned to have Tianxuzi lead a group to ambush Lin Heng.
The Lei Clan Ancestor's array flag served as a constraint on Lin Heng.
In addition, they were besieged by powerful figures from the Mortal World Inn and the Lei Clan.
Even though Lin Heng possessed strength surpassing that of the Saint Emperor, he was still destined for death.
After the Lei Clan Ancestor and Qingyi finished making their arrangements and left the Nine Heavens.
At this Ao Zhantian also arrived at the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
Lin Heng was quite puzzled by his return.
Didn't Ao Zhantian say he wouldn't get involved in this anymore? Why is he back now?
Seeing Lin Heng's confusion, Ao Zhantian spoke frankly:
"Brother Lin, I'm here to deliver a message to Venerable Qingyi."
He has invited you to the Heavenly Elegance Mountain Range tomorrow to discuss the matter of releasing Sister Hongmian.
Lin Heng remained outwardly Immovable, but questions arose in his mind.
Logically speaking, someone like Qingyi wouldn't bow down to me so easily.
But now Ao Zhantian has come to deliver a message, asking him to release Qin Hongmian.
Lin Heng was utterly convinced there was nothing wrong with this.
But judging from Ao Zhantian's expression and eyes, he was clearly not going to collude with the other party.
Seeing this, Lin Heng had an idea and verbally agreed. Then he saw Ao Zhantian off.
After he left, Situ Jiannan, who was following behind Lin Heng, spoke up.
"Master, the Venerable Qingyi has invited you to the Heavenly Elegance Mountain Range; there might be a trap involved."
Clearly, Situ Jiannan and Lin Heng had the same idea.
Lin Heng nodded and smiled:
"I suspect he invited me over not to release Qin Hongmian."
"Instead, they laid a trap there, intending to kill me."
Situ Jiannan looked surprised and expressed his confusion.
"Since the master knew this, why did he still agree to let Ao Zhantian go?"
Lin Heng was also quite helpless in this matter.
Judging from Brother Ao's expression, he most likely doesn't know about this.
"If he fails to fulfill the instructions of the Venerable Qingyi, I fear the Venerable Qingyi may harm him."
"Over the years, Brother Ao has indeed helped us a lot, and I don't want him to be in danger."
"Besides, this matter needs to be resolved sooner or later."
"Since they've made the first move, and we can guess what they were going to do, we might as well accept it openly."
"It's much easier to deal with than if the other side resorts to some underhanded tricks someday."
There was another reason why Lin Heng was willing to agree to Ao Zhantian.
He needs to break through his own limitations.
Now, in the Nine Heavens, he is invincible.
Even the issue of the alien races has been resolved.
The chance to have that kind of life-or-death battle again is extremely rare.
That's why Lin Heng wanted to put himself into the Venerable Qingyi's gauntlets.
He wanted to push himself into a corner; only in this way could he unleash his greater potential.
But Situ Jiannan was somewhat worried.
"Master, I think we should think twice before acting."
" The Venerable Qingyi is, after all, a powerhouse who transcends the Nine Heavens."
"Her strength is probably beyond the reach of even the Blood Sea Queen of the Cosmic Spirit Realm."
"A trap laid by someone as powerful as him."
"It's far too dangerous for our master to step inside."
Lin Heng merely smiled at Situ Jiannan's words, then looked up at the sky outside the main hall.
" Jiannan, from the moment we embark on this path of cultivation..."
Our future is either stronger or dead.
"If I know there is a longer road ahead, why would I, for the sake of safety, never take another step forward?"
"Then what is the point of my continuing cultivation?"
Situ Jiannan fell silent and did not try to persuade him further.
He knew that Lin Heng's ability to cultivate to this point was due not only to opportunities, but more importantly, to his unwavering commitment to becoming stronger.