Chapter 28: Deception Gone Too Far
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Following their gaze, Wan Yi indeed saw four young men seated in wheelchairs not far away.
The four were dressed in luxurious clothes and carried themselves with extraordinary bearing. Their looks were more stunning than the last: high, straight noses, deep-set eyes, and stern, unsmiling expressions that radiated a coldness warning everyone to keep their distance.
What was even stranger was that standing behind each of the four wheelchair-bound tycoons was a beautiful young woman.
Each of the four women possessed her own unique charm. They were as evenly matched as plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.
Zhou Tong was utterly astonished. After a long while, she finally asked in a low voice, “Second Senior Brother, who exactly are those four men in wheelchairs?
“Their cultivation doesn’t seem very high to me. The strongest among them appears to be only at the mid Foundation Establishment stage, right?
“Then why are all those disciples protecting them in the middle like stars surrounding the moon?”
The Fatty gave a lecherous grin. “Their cultivation may not be impressive, but they’re loaded. Those four are famous throughout the Western Continent as domineering tycoons.
“Huo Ting深, Li Beichuan, Gu Shichen, and Bo Yanzhou. Heard of them? Each one is worth hundreds of billions. They divide the Western Continent’s wealth among themselves and hold its economic lifelines in their hands.
“But that’s not even the most impressive part. The truly formidable thing is their connection to the Reincarnation Sect. Those four domineering tycoons are all sons-in-law of the Reincarnation Sect.
“If we’re talking about the cultivation strength of their disciples, the Reincarnation Sect may not rank very highly. But if we’re comparing wealth, I doubt any other sect could match them.
“With those four tycoons backing them, forget the Western Continent—even across the entire Five Continents, there isn’t a sect richer than the Reincarnation Sect.”
Zhou Tong was dumbfounded. “Second Senior Brother, according to what you’re saying, those four men shouldn’t be ordinary people either. How did they all end up falling into the hands of the Reincarnation Sect?”
Zhou Zihao sighed softly and shook his head. “The Reincarnation Sect’s methods are absolutely shameless! See the beautiful women standing behind those four tycoons?
“Their names are Shi Xiaowan, An Ran, Wen Nuo, and Jiang Li. They’re all disciples of the Reincarnation Sect, and all four cultivate the Way of Reincarnation.
“They even went around claiming that they had been reborn through reincarnation. In their previous lives, they had let down the men who loved them most, so after being reborn, they vowed to offer themselves to those men in marriage. Then they shamelessly clung to the four tycoons’ sides.
“As the saying goes, even heroes cannot resist a beauty’s charms. Don’t be fooled by the fact that those men are in wheelchairs—they’re still perfectly normal men, all right? Under the women’s relentless pursuit, it would have been strange if they hadn’t surrendered.
“From an outsider’s perspective, it’s the same script and the same old trick. But the Reincarnation Sect has played it so brilliantly that they’ve truly made it work. Tell me, isn’t that impressive?!”
Zhou Tong was speechless. She nodded instinctively. “Impressive!”
The moment the word left her mouth, she realized something was wrong and hurriedly added, “No, wait. Are those four tycoons idiots?!
“It would be understandable if one or two of them failed to see through the Reincarnation Sect’s scheme. But all four of them ended up together. How could none of them realize they were being manipulated?”
The Fatty chuckled. “That’s exactly why I said the Reincarnation Sect’s methods are so shameless!
“Besides everything I already told you, the Reincarnation Sect’s disciples have also been loudly proclaiming that the four tycoons suffer from different ailments: one is a violent maniac, one has a rage disorder, one has been poisoned, and one suffers from insomnia!
“Even divine physicians can’t cure those conditions, and there’s no medicine for them. But after those four senior sisters appeared in their lives, everything changed. The violent maniac stopped being violent, the rage disorder vanished, the poisoned man recovered, and the insomniac was finally able to sleep.
“Their senior sisters are the antidotes to all four men’s afflictions. Those four tycoons will never be able to live without them for the rest of their lives!”
After hearing the Fatty’s explanation, Zhou Tong felt that the whole matter was absurd beyond all reason.
Meanwhile, Wan Yi, who had remained silent throughout, watched his expression change again and again. Inside, he ranted furiously:
“What the hell is going on? Did I walk onto the wrong set or pick up the wrong script? Did I come to the wrong movie altogether?!”
Looking at the four men in wheelchairs in the distance, the five men with crooked mouths, and the three groups tangled together in utter chaos, he was genuinely speechless.
The five crooked-mouthed fellows from the Hall of War God were especially unbearable. Two of them leaned to the left, and two leaned to the right.
The one in the middle, a fellow named Long Aotian, was even worse. One moment he leaned to the left; the next, he leaned to the right.
The sight irritated Wan Yi so badly that he wanted to rush over and slap him. He was absolutely certain that a good round of hard smacks would straighten those men’s mouths out.
What kind of devilishly charming smile was that supposed to be? The man simply looked as though he deserved a beating!
Just as Wan Yi was raging inwardly, a commotion broke out among the crowd in the distance. The next moment, the communication talismans belonging to Zhou Zihao and Zhou Tong lit up.
After reading the messages, their expressions changed drastically. They grabbed Wan Yi and charged toward the source of the disturbance.
On the way, Zhou Tong briefly explained what had happened.
It turned out that at one of the arenas, people from the Alchemy Cauldron Sect had challenged disciples from Pill Peak under the pretext of a friendly exchange.
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But the opposing side had actually used lethal force in the arena, severely injuring an outer disciple of Pill Peak!
As they spoke, the three of them arrived outside the crowd.
By then, the disciples of Pill Peak had descended into chaos. While some treated the injured disciple, others angrily denounced the people on the platform for having no sense of martial honor.
Seeing this, the man on the platform showed neither guilt nor fear. Instead, he addressed the people below with a mocking smile.
“Oh dear, I’m terribly sorry. I failed to hold back just now and injured one of your sect’s disciples. Please don’t take it to heart!”
On the other side of the arena, his fellow disciples laughed.
“Senior Brother Wang, injuries and even death are unavoidable in an arena match. He was simply inferior to you—who can he blame?”
As he spoke, one of them tossed a porcelain bottle to the feet of the Pill Peak disciples. With an arrogant expression, he said, “This is our Alchemy Cauldron Sect’s sacred healing medicine. It’s countless times better than the trash you people refine at Pill Peak.
“Hurry up and give it to him. Don’t let him die here and then accuse our Alchemy Cauldron Sect of standing by and refusing to help!”
It was a blatant provocation.
The disciples of Pill Peak exploded with fury, and the two groups instantly began shouting insults at each other.
Seeing this, Senior Brother Wang of the Alchemy Cauldron Sect burst into loud laughter from atop the platform.
“What good are words? If you have the courage, then one of you disciples from Vast Ocean Sect’s Pill Peak should come up and fight me.
“Do you think you can avoid being mocked by the disciples of the righteous sects by doing nothing but bark helplessly?!”
The moment he finished speaking, the disciples of Pill Peak fell silent.
There was only one reason: their cultivation was too low.
All of them were outer disciples of Pill Peak, with cultivation levels ranging from the early to the middle Foundation Establishment stage. Senior Brother Wang on the platform, however, was at the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment.
Faced with an opponent who had one foot in the Golden Core Realm, the Pill Peak disciples burned with fury but did not dare to go up and fight him head-on.
At that moment, Wan Yi and the other two pushed their way through the crowd. The instant the outer disciples of Pill Peak saw Zhou Zihao, they cried out urgently:
“Second Senior Brother, you have to stand up for us! The people from the Alchemy Cauldron Sect are bullying us outrageously!”
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To be continued...