Chapter 30: The Vulgar Reason for Betraying One's Family

  Two figures emerged from the shadows of the cliff, one with a smile on his face and the other looking somewhat dispirited.

  Xu Luojian Li Yuanhua, holding the rabbit bone that Kong Zhuang had just thrown out, grinned and laughed, "Little turtle egg, you did it on purpose to throw it at me, didn't you?"

  "Uh, of course not! If I had known it was you, Master Shibo, earlier, even if I had the courage of a giant, I wouldn't have dared to throw it!"

  "If you had known I was there, you would have smashed that Cong Yuzhu of yours, wouldn't you?" Li Yuanhua chuckled and casually threw away the skeleton.

  "Two masters, how come you have time to come here today? You wouldn't be like me, punished by Master Zhang to face the wall?"

  "I don't have such good luck as you!" Li Yuanhua laughed and pointed to Bo Zhen beside him, "It was he who brought me here. He saw the little girl come up to deliver meat for you, so he pulled me along quietly, following behind. He thought that from your conversation, he could find evidence to nail you, haha, just a little short of it, and I would have nailed you!"

  "That's not necessarily true!" Kong Zhan laughed and said, "Master Shibo, you also know that I'm a habitual scoundrel. No matter who it is, I'll bite to the death and refuse to admit it. I'll insist that it's all of you joining forces to frame me, but that's not difficult at all!"

  "Hahaha!" Li Yuanhua listened, with a very happy look on his face. Suddenly, his voice paused for a moment, "How did you find out about us two? Don't tell me it's because I saw some shadow or coincidence!"

  Kong Zhan smiled, "Within the ten-mile radius of this garden, nothing can escape my ears. Even if Master Shi Bo came, as long as he entered within the ten-mile range, I would know his exact location. The only thing I couldn't determine is who the visitor is!"

  "Hmph, arrogant!" Bao Zhen sneered from the side.

  It was Li Yuanhua, whose expression changed slightly, and in the blink of an eye, a glimmer of understanding flashed across his eyes, "The power of the Earth's core magnetism, it seems that you have mastered it with ease!"

  "That's not quite it, just a little insight!" Kong Zhuo smiled and said. As for this Li Yuanhua, Kong Zhuo's evaluation in his heart was once again higher.

  Within the ten-mile radius of Fangyuan, everything was within his Yuanqi's control range. However, he didn't have complete control, but rather selectively chose areas to control according to certain rules. As a result, the areas under his control were distributed in a web-like pattern, and he sat at the center of this web woven from Yuanqi, like a spider. Within the ten-mile radius, nothing could escape his attention, no matter how slight the movement.

  Bao Zhen was not a weak person either. After listening to the conversation between the two, his heart couldn't help but move, and he began to concentrate and respond. When his mind was completely calm, his face finally became stiff.

  Kong Yan's words just now were not arrogant, and could even be said to be humble, because within a radius of ten miles, everything was not only within his sensory range but also within his attack range.

  Innumerable gravitational threads formed a distribution similar to that of a spider web. In fact, the gravity net constructed by Kong Zhen was almost completely copied from a spider's web.

  Standing in this web, for no reason, one of the five swords suddenly gave birth to a feeling of being a moth, as if he himself was a moth trapped in a spider's web.

  This made him very uncomfortable.

  He let out a cold snort, and a wisp of mist rose from under his feet. His body floated straight up into the air before falling back down.

  Kong Zuo's eyes flashed with a hint of sharp light, and he smiled, no longer sensing any trace of Bo Zhen's existence within his own gravitational web.

  "Shibo is just Shibo, and today I'm making a fool of myself!" Unintentionally, the gravitational net around him disappeared.

  The two words "offending" sounded very unpleasant in Bao Zhen's ears, and at the same time, he also realized that he was indeed a bit out of line today.

  Kong Zuo is just a third-generation disciple, and has been practicing for only a dozen or so years. What about yourself?

  Famous for hundreds of years, a number of top masters in the cultivation world, and a disciple from their sect who hasn't even qualified to go down the mountain yet, what's there to be proud of, what's there to compete about?

  Take another look at Li Yuanhua's smiling face, and Bo Zhen's pale complexion became even more pronounced. He let out a cold snort, flung his sleeve, and without saying a word, he turned and left.

  "This should put an end to Master Bo's thoughts of finding trouble with me, right?" Kong Zuo said, intentionally or unintentionally, as he gazed at his departing back.

  "Don't worry, I can guarantee that he won't bother you about this matter again!" Li Yuanhua said with a smile. "This matter is now settled, and as for why Fang Shaobai rebelled, don't ask Xiaoxue about it anymore. You'll naturally know when the time comes. Don't forget, privately investigating the sect's secrets is also against the rules. You wouldn't want to stay here for another ten or eight years, would you?"

  Kong Zhan slightly shrunk his head and said, "Like hell I would!"

  Li Yuanhua suddenly burst out laughing, stomped his foot, and seemed to be savoring something. "Your magnetic force net is indeed not bad, if given time, even I would not be able to escape the web and turn into a moth!"

  "Master Bo has awarded me, it was just the other day when I inadvertently saw a spider spinning its web, that's when I thought of this trick. To say, this is truly a minor skill!"

  The two of them burst out laughing at the same time.

  "Xiao Xue, I have something to discuss with Kong Zhuo!" Laughter stopped, Li Yuanhua suddenly turned around and said to Zhou Xue, the meaning of those words was already very clear.

  Zhou Xue nodded, wiped away her tears and stood up. "Well, Fifth Brother, I'll go first. Master, I'm leaving!"

  The two nodded simultaneously.

  After Zhou Xue's background completely disappeared, Li Yuanhua said, "I know that Fang Shaobai and you have a good relationship!"

  Kong Zhan was taken aback, and a hint of impatience appeared on his face. Hadn't this matter already reached this point? Was Li Yuanhua still going to cling to it and not let go?

  "You don't need to speak, not even nod your head, I didn't mean to make you acknowledge it either. It's just that because of your relationship with Fang Shaobai is not shallow, so this matter I want to explain clearly to you, in case when the time comes, your heart softens again and gets yourself into trouble!"

  Kong Zhan didn't move, didn't speak, and didn't nod.

  "This thing happened suddenly, but it was all because of Zhou Xue!"

  Kong Zhuo's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

  "You all don't know, Zhou Xue this girl and that useless disciple of mine have been engaged for a long time!"

  "Engagement?! Kong Zan finally couldn't help but speak up, "This matter seems like no one has ever heard of it!"

  A wry smile floated onto Li Yuanhua's face, "Indeed, no one has ever heard of it, they themselves don't know, we were originally planning to wait until they grew up a bit more before telling them, who would have thought...!"

  "I didn't expect Shaobai and that girl's relationship to become closer and closer, you're afraid of trouble!"

  "However, this matter was just a prelude, and none of us expected it to lead to such big trouble. It was precisely because of this news that Fang Shaowei rebelled against the door."

  "But you won't tell me the real reason!"

  "Not for now, at least!" said Li Yuanhua. "As the one in charge of discipline, I naturally cannot take the lead in violating it. However, there is one thing I can guarantee you: Fang Shaobai's rebellion is a certainty. And if you encounter him again in the future, it would be best not to give him any more opportunities, otherwise, you might stir up trouble!"

  "Disciple is being taught!"

  "Don't pretend to be so nonchalant, kid. I know you and Fang Shaobai are extremely close, and you've always treated him like a brother. However, what he's done this time is just too big. With your current abilities, you can't help him, nor can you make up for it. So, in this matter, you need to be smart about it. But you're usually clever anyway, so after I remind you, you should be able to grasp the situation, right?"

  Kong Zhan smiled wryly and nodded, he really couldn't take this half-advice-half-warning as mere wind in his ear.

  "Your strength is beyond my expectations!" Li Yuanhua smiled, "And it seems that the potential is also great, future achievements will definitely surpass us old guys, just, strength can represent many things, but not everything, you take care of yourself!"

  As he spoke, he let out a sigh. "If my foolish disciple had your potential, I'd be willing to live a few years less, alas!" With a deep sigh, his figure vanished like mist.

  "Alas!!!" Kong Zuo also let out a sigh, he hadn't seen clearly when Li Yuanhua had left, but was thinking about the words Li Yuanhua had said to him, "These old things, always speaking in riddles, just like my ruthless master, without saying a word they're gone, can't understand, really can't understand!"

  (This should be the fourth update)