"Um?"
Lin Feng looked puzzled.
"I noticed that no one else seems to react to him. What, do you know him?"
"Of course! The reason why others can't see him is probably because the wooden puppet used some kind of illusion to make him transparent in their sight."
Ye Lingya swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing, and said, "This person is the sect leader of the Wooden Puppet Sect. This sect was very famous more than ten years ago. Even though I was just a nobody who had just entered the path of cultivation at that time, I had heard of the Wooden Puppet Sect's fearsome reputation. They are most skilled in puppetry, and most of their cultivation techniques are extremely insidious. They not only take people's lives, but also refine their souls, preventing the dead from being reincarnated and making them their puppets, to be used by the Wooden Puppet Sect for all eternity."
"A few years ago, this person, Mu Kui, suddenly led a group of disciples and elders into a soon-to-be-closed inheritance. There was no news for about two years. Some people said they were dead, while others said that Mu Kui had comprehended the Great Dao and directly led the Mu Kui Sect into seclusion. However, later, someone found a lot of corpses near the inheritance, including the corpse of Mu Kui himself. As a result, it was basically confirmed that this person had died in battle. Why would he suddenly appear here?"
"Oh, from what you're saying, that person practiced puppetry, which is the most unpredictable art. What that person saw back then was probably not the real wooden puppet, but just a puppet."
Shen Subai frowned slightly and looked at Fan Xing, who was sitting on the high platform. The latter noticed the hostility in her eyes and quickly shook her head to indicate that this person was not arranged by her.
If it's not Fan Xing, then it can only be Luo Jiang...
"Brother Fan, you noticed?"
Luo Jiang stroked his beard, a cryptic smile on his face.
"It's a wooden puppet...wasn't he dead?"
"Hehe, what that martial artist saw back then wasn't the wooden puppet itself, but just a puppet. However, although the wooden puppet wasn't dead, it was close to death. After entering the inheritance, it encountered a powerful being that was difficult to defeat. In the end, all the other elders and disciples perished in that battle. Although the wooden puppet obtained the inheritance and managed to escape by chance, it was also seriously injured and on the verge of death. Finally, it was saved by a martial artist from my Mujiang Chamber of Commerce."
“You know Mu Kui’s personality; he can’t stand being restrained. So when I first negotiated with him to have him work for our Mujiang Chamber of Commerce, he refused without hesitation. But later… he promised that for the next ten years, he would be at the beck and call of our Mujiang Chamber of Commerce without any objection.”
"So that's how it is... Saving his life in exchange for ten years of experience from a Divine Tribulation Realm expert?"
Fan Xing nodded, but his face remained expressionless.
What bad luck...
Lin Feng was clearly someone Shen Suobai had his eye on. Luo Jiang sending the wooden puppet was undoubtedly an attempt to kill Lin Feng, which was extremely offensive in Shen Suobai's eyes.
After the Dragon Gate celebration ends... could it be that the Zunxing Chamber of Commerce will be the only one left dominating the Endless Sea?
Well... it's a good thing after all.
Fan Xing thought silently.
"That wooden puppet was already at the first level of the Divine Soul Realm before entering the ruins, and we don't know what its strength is now. Brother Lin, if you are really no match for it, you should just admit defeat!"
Ye Lingya glared at Luo Jiang with hatred.
"A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years; at worst, he can retaliate later! Right now, saving my life is the most important thing!"
"It hasn't come to that point yet."
Lin Feng shook his head and said, "It's just a wooden puppet. I'm not without the ability to fight it."
Shen Subai and Ling Hong both nodded. The former believed that Lin Feng was a person protected by the Heavenly Dao, and even if his cultivation was insufficient, he could still rely on the Heavenly Dao's help and wouldn't be unable to defeat a wooden puppet. The latter, having witnessed Lin Feng's strength, felt that the dangerous one might be the guy called the wooden puppet.
Cross-border battles are nothing more than commonplace for Lin Feng, nothing to brag about.
Seeing that Lin Feng was determined to fight, Ye Lingya could only sigh helplessly.
Geniuses are all proud and proud. Even if they die on the stage, they will never admit defeat. Ye Lingya has seen many such people, so he understands that no matter how much he tries to persuade them, it will be useless. He can only watch helplessly as Lin Feng walks onto the stage.
Before long, the third round of the competition began, and Ye Lingya was the first to step onto the stage. He knew that this was a little trick played by Luo Jiang.
Perfect timing, he's been holding back his anger too!
In the end, he defeated his opponent by a narrow margin, causing an uproar among the audience.
"You bastard!"
Luo Jiang couldn't help but curse loudly.
He had initially been confident in the experts he had recruited, but now he doubted that they were all useless!
Why can't they even beat a mere Ye Lingya?! Are they all just sitting around doing nothing?!
When he saw that Mo Yeye had defeated his opponent, his face darkened even more.
All his elaborate schemes seemed to have become a joke, benefiting Lin Feng and his group and making them more powerful, while he himself became the clown.
"President Luo, please don't get angry."
Fan Xing also wanted to laugh, but he suppressed his laughter and said seriously, "Wooden Puppet is different from those trash. He is a veteran powerhouse who has been famous in the Endless Sea for a long time. Lin Feng is only at the ninth level of the Divine Tribulation Realm, so he is definitely no match for Wooden Puppet."
"Brother Fan is right!"
Luo Jiang caught his breath and said in a deep voice, "If even a wooden puppet is defeated by Lin Feng, I really will start to doubt the reality of this world!"
Fan Xing couldn't help but glance at him again.
To be honest, he really wasn't sure who was stronger or weaker.
After all, Lin Feng is a person favored by Heaven, and that wooden puppet that opposes him will surely not have a good ending.
"Please come to the arena, the two martial artists who drew number 15!"
The elder referee's voice rang out leisurely.
Lin Feng flashed and appeared on the arena.
The next second, the wooden puppet, draped in a black cloak and surrounded by an eerie aura, walked onto the arena step by step without any fancy moves.
When that familiar figure appeared, there was a moment of obvious silence around them.
Immediately following was a lively discussion.
"Damn... living long enough really does make you see everything!"
"A wooden puppet! That's a wooden puppet!"
"Isn't he dead?!"
"Damn it! Who was it that said the wooden puppet was dead?! Step forward!"
"That's right... the wooden puppet is indeed dead, how could it reappear here? Could it be an imposter?"
The moment he heard the question, the wooden puppet lifted his cloak, revealing an exceptionally pale and thin face.
"Damn it, it's a wooden puppet!"
"It's over, Lin Feng is in big trouble now!"
"It seems that only the puppets of the wooden puppets died back then. I wonder what has become of the rest of the Wooden Puppet Sect!"
A flicker of pain suddenly crossed the wooden puppet's perpetually expressionless face.
Those were deep-seated wounds, and he would never forget how the elders and disciples risked their lives to tear a path to survival for him.
It was precisely because of this that he became extremely afraid of death. Since the Mujiang Chamber of Commerce saved his life, he was willing to dedicate ten years of his life to serving Luojiang.
He took a deep breath and suppressed the unpleasant memories in his mind.
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