The Villain's Counterattack

The fat man Ding Mian had not uttered a word since he entered the hall. Suddenly he asked in a stern voice, "Do you know Qu Yang?"

Liu Zhengfeng still did not answer. Thousands of eyes were focused on his face. Everyone felt that it made no difference whether Liu Zhengfeng answered or not. Since he could not answer, it was tantamount to tacitly agreeing.

Just as Liu Zhengfeng was about to respond, Lin Pingzhi stood up in displeasure and said bluntly, "Liu Zhengfeng, a real man should take responsibility for his actions. If you know someone, you know them. If you don't know someone, you don't know them. There's no need to hesitate. And do you really think you're clean? You even invited a bandit like Yu Canghai. How can you pretend to be a gentleman?"

Lin Pingzhi's words made everyone speechless. You are just taking revenge for personal gain. Yu Canghai originally didn't intend to intervene, but when he saw Lin Pingzhi brought the conversation to himself, he immediately felt that this was a good opportunity, and stood up with a cold snort.

"Lin Pingzhi, you cunning son of a bitch, you scheme against me everywhere and collude with the government. How can you be considered a hero?" Yu Canghai classified Lin Pingzhi into the category of officials as soon as he opened his mouth. You must know that many people in the martial arts world are not clean and do not get along with the government at all. It can be said that many of them are potential enemies of Lin Pingzhi.

"I, Lin Pingzhi, am well-read. Last year, I passed the imperial examination and was granted an official position by the emperor himself. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am half a member of the court. Yu Canghai, let me ask you, my Fuwei Escort Agency's branches in more than ten provinces, together with its headquarters in Fuzhou, were ambushed by your Qingcheng Sect, causing heavy casualties. Do you admit it or not?" Lin Pingzhi seduced Yu Canghai step by step, but would not beat him to death with one blow.

Yu Canghai was furious. This was a fact that could not be concealed. He could not help but shout angrily, "Back then, Lin Yuantu was despicable and shameless. He used petty tricks to defeat my master, Qingzi, causing him to die of depression. Why shouldn't I avenge my master?"

Lin Pingzhi curled his lips in disdain and asked, "Who has a grudge against you?"

"Of course it's Lin Yuantu." Yu Canghai responded, but then realized something was amiss and added, "Lin Yuantu has passed away. It's the son who pays for his father's debt. Why shouldn't I look for Lin Zhennan?"

"Haha, then let me ask you, was it Changqingzi who took the initiative to provoke our ancestor, Yuantu, or did our ancestor take the initiative to find Taoist Changqingzi? Did Taoist Changqingzi die of depression, or was he killed by our ancestor's sword?" Lin Pingzhi pointed at Yu Canghai's nose and cursed, "Martial arts competitions are common among people in the martial arts world. Now that I have defeated you, do I have to kill your entire family? Otherwise, your descendants will kill my entire family in the future just because I spared your life."

"Let's not even talk about the fact that our ancestor and Taoist Changqingzi made friends through martial arts. After the two of them decided who was better, did Taoist Changqingzi die of narrow-mindedness and depression, or was he angered to death by some despicable and unworthy disciple? I only want to ask you, why do you secretly use petty means to cause trouble for my family? Grudges formed through martial arts must naturally be resolved through martial arts. You poisoned and attacked people, how can you be considered a reputable and upright sect? When did I ever wrong you when I called you a bandit?"

"Don't you dare say that your Qingcheng Sect has not demanded any benefits from the more than ten branches of Fuwei Escort Agency?" Lin Pingzhi shouted loudly, leaving Yu Canghai speechless.

"Don't try to quibble, you bastard. Even though my methods were a little wrong, you and your father were painstakingly planning to fake your own death and escape, so you are not good people either. Lin Zhennan's martial arts skills are not inferior to mine, and his sword technique to ward off evil spirits is superb, but he never uses it. If you say that there is no problem with your family, no one will believe it. But I fell into your family's trap and became your scapegoat." Yu Canghai didn't mind talking about his defeat at all.

Lin Pingzhi sneered, "Then tell me, if my father possessed such martial arts prowess, why wasn't he well-known? Our Fuwei Escort Agency spans over a dozen provinces, and we're a wealthy family. Why would he fake his death and go into hiding when life was easy? Do you think our family, like Liu Zhengfeng, enjoys associating with bandits like you? Even if the government were to inspect our Lin family's accounts, they'd be crystal clear."

"This..." Yu Canghai was speechless. When Lin Zhennan said it at the beginning, he felt that it made sense, but he didn't know many details of the actual situation. At the beginning, he wanted to make the news that Lin Zhennan was not dead public, so that he could naturally clear his name, but he didn't think of the many tricks involved.

"Whether my father is alive or dead is beyond our consideration. However, it is an indisputable fact that you, Yu Canghai, infiltrated the Fuwei Escort Agency's Fuzhou headquarters and killed someone. The groom died from the Heart-Destroying Palm. Do you acknowledge this?"

Yu Canghai said nothing. He had indeed done this, and it seemed that he was the only one who knew how to use the Heart-Destroying Palm.

"How many people from my Fuwei Escort Agency died at the hands of your Qingcheng Sect disciples? Have you ever calculated it? Do you know how much gold and silver my Fuwei Escort Agency lost because of this? Have I wronged you by saying that you are a pirate?" Lin Pingzhi paused for words and pressed forward step by step, forcing Yu Canghai to retreat step by step.

"Revenge for the master? Who would believe such a ridiculous excuse?" Lin Pingzhi sneered, "You're completely destroying the reputation of Taoist Chang Qingzi. You keep saying you're avenging the master, but Taoist Chang Qingzi only lost to our ancestor once, so he could have let it fade away. But you keep saying you're avenging the master, as if you're afraid others won't know your master is so petty that he'd die of anger if he lost."

"And you're even more formidable. Others always get back up where they fell, but you, on the other hand, didn't bother to clear your master's name and redeem yourself with Qingcheng martial arts. Instead, you sneaked around, using your master's name to commit murder and robbery, coveting the millions of dollars in our Fuwei Escort Agency. Ultimately, you ended up in disgrace, but it was all your own fault. You can't blame anyone else."

Lin Pingzhi's argument was well-reasoned, leaving Yu Canghai deeply frustrated. He realized that as long as the problem was entangled with him, he would never be able to clear himself. He never believed that he was wrong. He was a man of the underworld, and using underworld methods, although a little inferior, was not wrong. But this guy wanted to talk to him about the law, and he was also a juren and an official, which made him helpless.

"This is all a conspiracy of your family. Lin Zhennan is not dead, and he has taken away all the money of Fuwei Escort Agency. And you must have the "Sword Manual of Exorcism", otherwise Lin Zhennan would not have such good martial arts. But you just show those inferior third-rate swordsmanship to others. It is obvious that you have something to hide." Yu Canghai was smart. Let's not talk about right or wrong. He threw out the "Sword Manual of Exorcism" first to attract everyone's attention.

"The Manual of the Exorcist Sword?" Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but shake his head. "You've been aiming for the Lin family's ancestral secret manual all along, right? It's just that you have no idea what the Exorcist Sword Technique is. There are at least five people here who understand it, and they all have the complete manual."

Yu Canghai was shocked when he heard this: "Impossible?!"

Lin Pingzhi casually pointed at Yue Buqun, who nodded gently. "The Exorcism Sword Technique is difficult to learn and master, but it is undeniably a powerful killing sword technique. It's just not suitable for me to use. Young Master Lin once exchanged it for my Huashan's basic internal energy and basic sword technique."

Lin Pingzhi then made a subtle gesture to the Songshan Sect's guards. Although Fei Bin was annoyed by Lin Pingzhi's disruption, he still explained, "The Exorcism Sword Technique is mysterious and unpredictable, but it's simply a killing sword technique. It only has killing techniques, not training methods. If a first-rate expert uses it, it's a first-rate sword technique. If a second-rate expert uses it, it's a second-rate sword technique. If a third-rate person uses it, then, haha, it truly becomes a third-rate sword technique. Yu Canghai, you're not a third-rate person, are you?"

Yu Canghai was speechless. "Impossible! This guy must have given you an incomplete version of the Exorcism Sword Technique. Otherwise, how could Lin Yuantu have been so powerful back then, and how could Lin Zhennan have such top-notch strength? This..."

"Because our ancestor, Yuantu, was already a top-notch master before he learned, or rather, created, the Exorcism Sword Technique. My father, clinging to the ancestral teachings, refused to give up the Exorcism Sword Technique and was unwilling to learn the internal skills of other sects, so he never made any progress, which is why you took advantage of him. I'm different. I've been searching for martial arts from all over the place, including Shaolin's Changquan, Songshan's swordsmanship, Wudang's Shiduanjin, and the basic internal skills of Huashan."

"As your strength increases, the power of the Exorcism Sword will naturally increase slowly. Yu Canghai, don't you want our family's Exorcism Sword? Today I will let you die under the Exorcism Sword and fulfill your passion for it." Lin Pingzhi drew out his sword and stabbed it out like lightning.

Yu Canghai was already on guard and quickly retreated, trying to blend into the crowd.