activa-t Chapter 131: Mutual Schemes
Chapter 131: Mutual Schemes
After hearing Wang Wenbo's explanation, Wang Panfeng immediately understood the true significance of the Wang family's search.
Previously, the matter of the herb-gathering team had caused a great deal of discussion in the city.
At the same time, it also led many people in Lianshan City to believe that the Wang family was not invincible and that there were still people who could deal with them.
As a result, the Wang family's prestige in Lianshan City declined significantly.
Wang Wenbo's citywide search was partly for the purpose of the search.
More importantly, it was to intimidate the people of Lianshan City and the three major families.
Let them understand that the Wang family is still the most powerful family in Lianshan City, and an existence they cannot afford to provoke.
However, this raises another problem.
Wang Panfeng immediately asked the same question.
"Patriarch, if that's the case, then all my efforts will be in vain, and I still won't be able to find the murderer. Won't that just invite ridicule from others and damage the prestige of my Wang family?"
Upon hearing Wang Panfeng's question, Wang Wenbo glanced at him with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, and then said:
"If we really can't find anything, there are so many Martial Grandmaster level cultivators in the city without any background. We can just grab one of them to take the blame!"
"this?"
Wang Panfeng paused for a moment, then asked:
"If the murderer attacks my Wang family again, wouldn't we be exposed?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Wenbo sneered:
"The secret won't be exposed."
If anyone else attacks my Wang family, it must be the murderer's accomplice, seeking revenge against the murderer and targeting my Wang family.
If the murderer becomes afraid and stops, then he's not a threat, and we can investigate discreetly!
Upon hearing Wang Wenbo's explanation, Wang Panfeng's eyes lit up, and he shouted:
"The master is wise!"
He then left the hall and led his men to the three major families to find the murderer.
Just as Wang Wenbo had predicted, the operation failed to find the murderer.
Subsequently, the Wang family randomly grabbed a rogue cultivator at the Martial Sect level in Lianshan City, accused him of murder, and publicly beheaded him. The body was then hung at the Wang family's gate as a warning to others.
Upon learning of this incident at the inn, Chu Yunfan couldn't help but feel a pang of shame.
Unexpectedly, because of him, an innocent person died.
However, this trace of shame was immediately replaced by murderous intent.
"The Wang family monopolizes the market and disregards human life."
Such a family must be wiped out as soon as possible!
Chu Yunfan murmured something, then left the room.
In the past few days, besides staying in his room to refine the alchemical fire and make pills, he also inadvertently learned some important news about the Wang family.
According to his inquiries, the Wang family had experienced a shortfall in their business due to the previous batch of medicinal herbs being seized by him. They needed to find medicinal herbs to make up for it, so they planned to send another herb-gathering team into the Shanlianshan mountain range in the next few days.
Chu Yunfan planned to make arrangements in the Shanlianshan mountain range ahead of time.
However, the Wang family's arrival to gather herbs was sudden, and Chu Yunfan considered that this might be a trap deliberately set by the Wang family to target him.
Therefore, he did not follow the usual route of the Wang family's herb-gathering team, but instead entered the mountain range from another direction and began to make arrangements.
In fact, just as Chu Yunfan had expected, this herb-gathering team was a bait set up by the Wang family to lure Chu Yunfan into a trap.
The news about gathering medicinal herbs was deliberately leaked by them.
In fact, a day earlier, the Wang family had arranged for people to monitor cultivators entering and leaving Lianshan City and the Lianshan Mountains near the city gate and around the perimeter of the mountain range in the past few days.
The goal is to find the murderer.
This time, they not only focused on cultivators above the Martial Sect realm, but also registered all cultivators who had entered and left Lianshan City and the Lianshan Mountain Range in the past two days.
Because the Wang family's spies were all dressed as ordinary cultivators and scattered in various places.
Therefore, Chu Yunfan did not notice this.
Time quickly passed, and three days later...
That night, a team of herb gatherers quietly set off from the Wang family and entered the mountain range.
This herb-gathering team was actually a fourth-tier herb-gathering team.
The leader was a powerful expert at the early stage of the Martial Venerable Realm.
His name was Wang Xueyi, and he was the deputy captain of the Wang family's guard.
This time, the guard he led was equally formidable.
Their cultivation level was at least at the peak of the Martial Master realm, and there were even a few Martial Grandmaster realm experts.
Among the Martial Grandmasters, two more are at the peak of the Martial Grandmaster realm.
In addition, the third-tier armor-piercing crossbows they carried were enough to kill even Martial Grandmaster level experts, and could also threaten Martial Venerable level experts.
Therefore, this lineup is undeniably powerful.
This was the result of careful consideration by Wang Wenbo, the head of the Wang family.
After all, the murderer wasn't stupid.
If they send out the same lineup as last time, it will be very obvious that it's a decoy.
Therefore, he deliberately strengthened his lineup this time to confuse the murderer.
Of course, besides these people, Wang Wenbo had other arrangements in mind, to avoid any unexpected setbacks and making a big joke of himself.
Although Chu Yunfan knew that this herb-gathering team might be bait from the Wang family, he still chose to take action.
If a Tier 3 herb-gathering team only causes the Wang family a little pain.
Therefore, annihilating this fourth-tier herb-gathering team, which included a Martial Venerable Realm expert, would be a devastating blow to the Wang family.
Moreover, in any case, it is better to take action in the vast mountain range than in the heavily guarded Lianshan City.
The moonlight, bright and clear as water, spilled through the woods, creating dappled shadows and a serene beauty.
The Wang family's herb-gathering team advanced through the woods by the moonlight.
Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew by.
Suddenly, a fierce barking of dogs rang out in the silent forest.
It turned out that, having learned from the experience of the previous herb-gathering team being poisoned, the Wang family's herb-gathering team specially brought along several trained hunting dogs.
These hunting dogs may not have any other skills, but their sense of smell has been trained to be exceptionally keen.
The poison Chu Yunfan scattered in the breeze was invisible and colorless, with a very faint smell, similar to the fragrance of flowers and herbs, making it impossible for human cultivators to distinguish.
However, the hunting dogs clearly sensed something was wrong.
The barking of the hunting dogs instantly alerted the herb-gathering team.
Immediately, the herb gatherer lay down on the ground, covering his mouth and nose.
The guards immediately took an antidote pill, held their breath, and vigilantly observed their surroundings.
Meanwhile, four guards at the Martial Grandmaster level, each leading a hunting dog, searched for traces of the enemy in four directions.
Wang Xueyi, who was in charge, leaped up and landed on top of a tall tree that was more than ten meters high, observing the surrounding movements.
Hidden in the shadows, Chu Yunfan's eyes narrowed upon seeing this scene. He then hid in the tunnel that had been dug earlier, covering the entrance with weeds and sprinkling some odor-removing powder to prevent the hunting dogs from finding his trail.