Chapter 1751: Chapter 1441: The Disciple Knows a Bit of the Deduction Technique
The woman in the green dress respectfully said, “Peak Master, several disciples have arrived outside the hall, saying that you summoned them.”
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate’s eyebrows slightly furrowed. When did she summon anyone to the Heavenly Language Palace?
However, she was curious to see what those people intended by coming to her private palace. She then transmitted her voice out to Wei Pengtao and the others, “Come in.”
Upon receiving the transmitted message from the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate, Wei Pengtao and the others hurriedly entered the grand hall. Once inside, they immediately knelt on the ground. Wei Pengtao quickly spoke up, “This disciple deserves death, please punish us, Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate.”
Wei Pengtao wasn’t foolish; he knew that merely begging for mercy at this time was likely of no use, so he decided to withdraw in order to advance.
After hearing Wei Pengtao’s words, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate frowned slightly. She didn’t know what had happened, but since they had come to admit their guilt, it indicated they must have done something to wrong the Heavenly Language Peak.
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate coldly said, “Continue.”
Wei Pengtao continued, “We should not have believed the slander and attacked Chen Lu.”
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate was even more puzzled. These disciples attempted to kill Chen Lu?
If that were the case, why did they come here instead of fleeing the Heavenly Language Peak?
After all, Chen Lu was Xu Jingshu’s companion. As Xu Jingshu’s nominal honored master, it was impossible for her to simply stand by if Xu Jingshu’s companion was harmed. She would certainly hunt down and deal with the culprit to give Xu Jingshu an explanation.
Yet this group did not flee but instead came here to confess. Did they think she wouldn’t kill them?
Thinking of this, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate released her Divine Sense to probe Lu Chen’s residence and found him intact and unharmed.
With Chen Lu unharmed, there was even less reason for this group to come here to confess.
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate then asked, “Since you acknowledge the grave crime of attacking Chen Lu, why not flee instead of confessing to me?”
Wei Pengtao said, “Chen Lu claimed you transmitted a message to him, instructing us to come to the Heavenly Language Palace.”
This…
When did she transmit a message to Chen Lu?
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate instantly understood the situation. Chen Lu, seeing himself on the brink of death, played a small trick, deceiving them into thinking their actions had been discovered, using her name to bring them here to confess.
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate chuckled, finding Xu Jingshu’s companion to be quite shrewd.
Indeed, with her Divine Thought at the Immortal Venerable level, she only needed to sweep across the Heavenly Language Peak to know everything happening there, but she did not constantly release her Divine Thought to probe Heavenly Language Peak.
While cultivating, to avoid trivial disturbances, she would withdraw her Divine Thought, leaving her unaware of any events occurring then on the Heavenly Language Peak.
At this moment, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate coldly snorted, and a terrifying pressure descended, rendering Wei Pengtao and the others immobile on the ground.
“Since you acknowledge the crime deserving of death, I shall fulfill your wish!”
Upon hearing the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate’s words, Wei Pengtao and the others were overwhelmed by despair. Before they could react, their bodies were sealed by the cold aura from the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate, and they dissolved into points of light.
However, a few globes of light, their souls, remained floating in the air.
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate raised her hand, drawing the souls into her grasp, and then used the Soul Searching Technique on them, instantly comprehending the situation.
To her, the several Golden Immortals were akin to ants, killing them was of little consequence, especially since they dared to strike at Xu Jingshu’s companion. Should any harm befall Xu Jingshu’s companion causing any rift between Xu Jingshu and herself, then in the future, the Saintess Xu Jingshu carried within her would likely harbor resentment against the Heavenly Language Peak.
Hence, these Golden Immortals deserved death.
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate learned from Wei Pengtao’s memory that someone had provided him with cultivation resources to entice them to assassinate Chen Lu. However, the person who approached Wei Pengtao wore a mask, so even Wei Pengtao and his group didn’t know his identity.
The trail ended here.
Although the identity of the person who contacted Wei Pengtao to kill Chen Lu remained unknown, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate guessed it was likely the work of another peak.
It was obvious that some Peak Masters harbored jealousy upon seeing her find another Saintess and thus sought to destroy her relationship with Xu Jingshu by killing Xu Jingshu’s companion.
Originally, she had no favor towards Chen Lu, considering him only a Heavenly Immortal unworthy of Xu Jingshu.
Still, even if she disdained him, she could not let him die on the Heavenly Language Peak. Who could say how deep Xu Jingshu’s feelings for Chen Lu ran? If Xu Jingshu deeply loved him and he died, Xu Jingshu would inevitably resent the Heavenly Language Peak, and her as the honored master.
Thinking thus, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate’s figure vanished from the grand hall, reappearing at Lu Chen’s residence.
At this time, Lu Chen sat in the courtyard, meditating, contemplating those who now wished him harm.
With Wei Pengtao and the others leaving, it proved the plot to kill him likely wasn’t commanded by the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate. If she had indeed issued a death order, they would have stopped at nothing to kill him.
The panic upon hearing her name and their hasty departure implied his enemies were outside the Heavenly Language Peak.
Lu Chen mused if someone had uncovered he was Xu Jingshu’s companion, intending to kill him and drive a wedge between Xu Jingshu and the Heavenly Language Peak.
As Lu Chen was lost in thought, a strong aura appeared suddenly before him, prompting Lu Chen to open his eyes and see the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate. Rising, Lu Chen greeted, “Greetings, Honorable!”
The Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate acknowledged with a cold “Hmm,” and then asked, “How did you know that disciple’s name was Wei Pengtao?”
After examining Wei Pengtao’s memory, the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate was curious about this.
Even as the Peak Master of the Heavenly Language Peak, she did not know Wei Pengtao’s name before using Soul Search on him, yet Chen Lu, who had always been cultivating here and had no contact with Wei Pengtao, directly called his name.
Importantly, Wei Pengtao and the others wore masks to block Divine Sense detection, yet Chen Lu could still call out their names.
Wei Pengtao and the others believed Chen Lu chiefly because he called out their names.
Lu Chen answered, “This disciple knows some Deduction Techniques and deduced the disciple’s identity.”
Lu Chen’s response didn’t surprise the Heavenly Language Immortal Venerate much; those proficient in Deduction Technique could indeed deduce someone’s identity without significant issue.
If not for Wei Pengtao and the others’ guilty conscience and fright at hearing her name, they might have thought calmly and guessed Chen Lu’s mastery of the Deduction Technique.