CHAPTER 1570: CHAPTER 1561: BORN NEMESIS

"Bang! Bang! Bang!—"

Just as Wu Dongyuan thought everything was under his control, his room’s door was suddenly knocked on.

This made Wu Dongyuan frown, and he said, "Come in!"

"Creak!"

The door was pushed open, and a disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall hurriedly walked in.

After Ye Chenfeng neutralized the poison in the Red Flame Sect Master Zhao Lengfeng’s body, and Zeng Guangyuan, Qian Rong’an, and others had distributed the elixir pills refined by Ye Chenfeng.

Zeng Guangyuan and Qian Rong’an once again instructed Zheng Mei to notify all the inner sect elders to gather in the main hall; these two old men wanted to thoroughly investigate Zhao Lengfeng’s poisoning incident.

Now, most of the disciples in the Red Flame Sect knew about Sect Master Zhao Lengfeng being poisoned. After the Law Enforcement Hall’s disciple entered the room, he respectfully said, "Elder, Zheng Mei has just informed that the two ancestors want all the inner sect elders to gather in the main hall."

Hearing this, Wu Dongyuan was slightly taken aback, then a smile appeared on his lips as he muttered to himself, "I didn’t expect it to be so quick? The power of the Thunderbolt Death Scatter exceeds my expectations."

Wu Dongyuan assumed Zhao Lengfeng was dead.

Sitting beside Wu Dongyuan, Wu Nan also suddenly smiled, while Wu Li, lying on the side, kept envisioning Ye Chenfeng’s face in his mind. It was Ye Chenfeng who had turned him into a cripple, and he wanted to return the pain he had suffered a hundredfold, thousandfold on Ye Chenfeng.

But could Wu Li really achieve this?

Wu Dongyuan couldn’t afford to appear too joyful; after all, he hadn’t yet controlled the Red Flame Sect, and the people from other sects assisting him hadn’t arrived yet. He restrained himself and asked knowingly, "Did Zheng Mei say what the matter was?"

The Law Enforcement Hall disciple replied, "Zheng Mei didn’t say much, but it seems the poison in the Sect Master’s body has been completely cleared, and the Sect Master has fully recovered."

Wu Dongyuan didn’t react immediately, instead nodding with a sense of relief, saying, "What a pity, truly..."

Wu Dongyuan had assumed that this Law Enforcement Hall disciple would certainly report Zhao Lengfeng’s death, so he hadn’t listened carefully. When he realized what was said, his expression changed suddenly. He stood up abruptly from his chair and sternly questioned, "What did you say?"

The Law Enforcement Hall disciple was frightened and took two steps back. After regaining his breath, he spoke again, "Elder, I’ve heard that all the poison in the Sect Master’s body has been completely cleared, and the Sect Master should have fully recovered now."

Clearly hearing the disciple’s reply again, Wu Dongyuan’s hands, hidden under his sleeves, clenched into fists instantly, and he told the disciple in front of him, "You may leave now."

After this Law Enforcement Hall disciple left, Wu Dongyuan’s anger completely exploded. His aura of the Middle Stage of the First Level Reincarnation Realm surged, and he slapped the table beside him.

With a muffled "Bang!"

The entire table instantly turned to powder in the air.

Furious, veins bulged on Wu Dongyuan’s forehead. He had waited an entire decade for this day, but would it all end up in smoke?

Sitting on the chair, Wu Nan shivered at his grandfather’s anger, realizing that since Sect Master Zhao Lengfeng hadn’t died, his grandfather’s plan was doomed. He hurriedly and frantically asked, "Grandfather, what do we do now?"

Wu Li, lying helplessly, once again became unresponsive.

Wu Dongyuan knew it must have been Ye Chenfeng who saved Zhao Lengfeng, but how could Ye Chenfeng neutralize the Thunderbolt Death Scatter? The person who concocted this poison had claimed that no one in the Earth Profound Realm could undo it.

Bulging veins rose on the back of Wu Dongyuan’s hand, his face turning extremely grim. Ye Chenfeng had been in the Red Flame Sect for less than a day.

Ye Chenfeng had first crippled Wu Dongyuan’s eldest grandson, Wu Li.

Now he had ruined his decade-long plan, leaving Wu Dongyuan deeply unwilling, his throat filled with murderous intent: "My plan was thwarted by a mere Divine Thought Realm brat? Is he my natural nemesis?"

Then, Wu Dongyuan muttered to himself, "No, I can’t give up. I must seize control of the Red Flame Sect."

With that, Wu Dongyuan grabbed Wu Nan with one hand and Wu Li with the other, his figure darting out of the room. They had to leave the Red Flame Sect immediately; Wu Dongyuan had no other relatives in the sect besides Wu Li and Wu Nan, as their parents had long passed.

Wu Dongyuan sped away with Wu Li and Wu Nan, and the surrounding Red Flame Sect disciples dared not obstruct the Law Enforcement Hall’s elder.

Soon, Wu Dongyuan and his grandsons reached a winding path leading out of the Red Flame Sect.

At the path’s end, a massive mountain wall blocked their way.

This mountain wall was also a formation, only openable with the jade token of an inner sect elder from the Red Flame Sect.

Wu Dongyuan took out a jade token from his bosom and injected his spiritual energy into it.

The jade token glowed brightly, enveloping the mountain wall in light.

In just a blink, the mountain wall vanished completely, allowing Wu Dongyuan and his grandsons to pass through.

However, to truly leave the Red Flame Sect, they had to pass through a forest where the Misty Cloud Array was set up.

Looking at the forest ahead, Wu Dongyuan entered the wooden house where Zeng Guangyuan and Qian Rong’an rarely ever left.

Wu Dongyuan had harbored ulterior motives ten years ago. During those years, besides waiting for the perfect opportunity to poison Zhao Lengfeng, he was also studying the Sect Protection Array, the Misty Cloud Array of the Red Flame Sect.

Several times, he had secretly observed how Zeng Guangyuan and Qian Rong’an activated and deactivated the Misty Cloud Array.

In a corner on the right side of the wooden house.

A purple crystal column stood there, as thick as a barrel. Its base pierced through the wooden flooring into the soil beneath.

This purple crystal column was the key to activating and deactivating the Misty Cloud Array. However, Wu Dongyuan wasn’t sure if he had the strength to deactivate it.

Wu Dongyuan had Wu Nan support Wu Li and moved to the purple crystal column, placing his palm on it and pouring his turbulent spiritual energy into it.

As Wu Dongyuan continued to inject spiritual energy into the crystal column, its purple hue intensified.

Through the crystal column, an invisible force spread throughout the forest, deactivating the Misty Cloud Array.

To activate and deactivate the Misty Cloud Array, one needed at least the strength of the Reincarnation Realm, and Wu Dongyuan, having the Middle Stage of the First Level Reincarnation Realm, barely managed to deactivate the array.

To reactivate the Misty Cloud Array, one need only inject spiritual energy into the crystal column, and the array would come back to life.

Wu Dongyuan hadn’t expected the deactivation of the Misty Cloud Array to be so smooth. He knew he couldn’t waste time here, so he led Wu Li and Wu Nan further into the forest.

Before leaving, Wu Dongyuan glanced back at the Red Flame Sect and gritted his teeth, saying, "Next time I return, I, Wu Dongyuan, will surely take control of the Red Flame Sect."

...

Meanwhile, inside the main hall of the Red Flame Sect.

Due to the extensive depletion of his spiritual energy and divine sense, Ye Chenfeng sat quietly, eyes closed, recovering.

Under Zheng Mei’s notification, the inner sect elders of the Red Flame Sect were gathering one after another.

Currently, only the Law Enforcement Hall’s Elder Wu Dongyuan hadn’t arrived.

After waiting for a short while, Qian Rong’an and Zeng Guangyuan had Zheng Mei urge one more time.

At this moment, Zheng Mei hurried back into the main hall and said, "Two ancestors, Elder Wu is not in the Law Enforcement Hall. According to the disciples there, Elder Wu already left the hall some time ago."

At Zheng Mei’s words.

Zeng Guangyuan and Qian Rong’an’s expressions changed, realizing who the traitor of the Red Flame Sect was—if they still didn’t know, their heads would be no different from a pig’s.

Zeng Guangyuan shouted, "Not good, Wu Dongyuan must have escaped."

Zeng Guangyuan and Qian Rong’an immediately darted out of the main hall.

Sitting and recovering with closed eyes, Ye Chenfeng stood up, ready to see what was happening.

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