The Villain's Counterattack

Qin Ning is very panicked now.

As a veteran of the Tianxia Association, this was not his first time to come to the inner hall of the Tianyi Pavilion. Although the number of times was not large and each time he had to pay a huge price to enter, he still knew something about this place.

It looked pretty much the same, but the things inside seemed to be much less. The boxes were all there, but he opened several boxes that had been out of his reach before, and they were empty. What scared him the most was: the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm was gone!

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! How could this happen?!" Qin Ning was furious. It shouldn't be like this. This was completely different from his plan. The Iron Corpse Male Silkworm must not be lost, otherwise Xiongba would never forgive him.

This little trick of mine might be able to deal with Nie Feng and Duan Lang, but it would definitely not be hidden from Xiongba. If he knew that the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm that could threaten the assassin had disappeared, I would be in big trouble.

No!

He absolutely could not sit there and wait for death. Thinking of this, he suddenly turned around and looked around fiercely. His five loyal confidants and his son Qin Jiao had already discovered the abnormality in the inner hall. No, no, it was empty, still empty!

"Dad, what's going on? Why..."

Qin Ning waved his hand and said solemnly, "There are two possibilities. One is that the gang leader already knew the assassin's identity and background, and immediately moved all the treasures from the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion. The other is..."

Everyone looked at Qin Ning with piercing eyes. The latter said with a cold expression, "Secondly, someone sneaked into the inner hall before us and swept away all the treasures, including the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm that the gang leader valued so much."

As for Nie Feng stealing from his employer, he didn't believe it, because with so many disciples watching, let alone Nie Feng, even Xiongba couldn't sneak into the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion silently. If it really wasn't the gang leader Xiongba who transferred so many treasures before strengthening the security, then it was only possible that someone had sneaked in here before, and more than once, and gradually emptied the treasures bit by bit.

"The old man selling medicine!" Qin Ning finally reacted, and a person emerged in his mind. If there was anyone who could sneak into the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion quietly, then the only person he could think of was the elusive old man selling medicine.

If he stole the treasures from Tianyi Pavilion, then everything would make sense.

According to his guess, the old man selling medicine was originally an old member of the Tianxiahui, or even a doctor from the Tianyi Pavilion. Only a doctor would be obsessed with alchemy and be so familiar with elixirs. Could it be that the elixirs he sold to him belonged to the Tianyi Pavilion?

Wait, it seems that most of the pills I bought are not qualified to enter the inner hall. Other names such as Yi Meng Huang Liang and Xiao Hun Mi Yan are not names I have ever heard of, and there is no such thing in the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion.

Could it be that I am overthinking it?

"Dad, what should we do next? We have roughly guessed that Duan Lang may know the assassin and wants to get the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm. I won't give up!" Qin Jiao's voice was a little loud.

"Dad is not willing to give up either. According to the original plan, we could get the Iron Corpse Silkworm to threaten Duan Lang, move the stolen items in the inner hall to Nie Feng, and find the elixir to restore your martial arts. We could kill two birds with one stone, but..." Qin Ning found that something seemed really wrong.

"No, we must leave here immediately and kill Nie Feng and the others at the same time. We must create the illusion that assassins broke into the Tianyi Pavilion and killed people to steal the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm. We must get rid of us, otherwise..."

"Pah! Pah! Pah!" Suddenly, the tightly closed door of the inner hall was pushed open, and a round of applause rang out. Qin Shuang, Bu Jingyun, Duan Lang and a group of elite soldiers walked in. Hundreds of other elite soldiers surrounded the entire inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion. "What a loyal Chief Instructor Qin! What a man who achieved multiple goals with one move! What a man who silenced the witness!"

Looking at Qin Ning's pale face and shaky figure, Qin Shuang said coldly, "Whether the treasure here has been secretly stolen by Master, I don't know, nor do I care. But I am somewhat interested in the old man selling medicine you mentioned. I wonder if Master Qin has time to explain this to me? Is the recovery of Young Master's Qi a little too fast? Could there be some great opportunity?"

"For example, the elixir in the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion, and the wedding dress secret technique possessed by the assassin!" Qin Shuang's voice was extremely cold, and the last four words were spoken word by word, making Qin Ning shiver all over and almost fall to the ground.

Because of the internal force of the Wedding Dress Divine Art, his son was manipulated by someone to attack the gang leader, and then suffered serious injuries and the internal force of the Wedding Dress dissipated. But at this time, if it was discovered that there was still the Wedding Dress Qi in his body, it would be hard to explain.

"Master Shuang, please understand. I am very upset that Duan Lang has become a candidate for the Heavenly King, and I also found out that he has a relationship with the assassin. I couldn't find any evidence against him for the time being, so I resorted to this desperate measure. I never thought that after going through so much trouble to enter the inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion, I found that although there seemed to be nothing unusual here, in fact, many elixirs had disappeared long ago, including the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm that the assassin had been coveting. Please understand, Master Shuang!" Qin Ning could only avoid the important issues and discredit Duan Lang in order to find an excuse for himself.

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" Duan Lang couldn't help but applaud and exclaimed, "Coach Qin is so eloquent, so good at making excuses, and so shameless!"

"Hahahaha, I, Duanlang Third Branch, stopped the assassin on the field and locked him down, allowing the gang leader to severely injure him. And you say I'm colluding with the assassin? I wonder if a spy like me, achieving this level, is very successful? Then what about Coach Qin, who didn't dare to take action against the assassin, but was ruthless to me, a meritorious official?"

Duan Lang pointed at Qin Jiao and sneered, "To get your good-for-nothing son to the top, you've been keeping a tight watch on me. Even training at Tianxiahui is too much for me. I can only practice swordplay in seclusion, leaving early and returning late. Master Qin, do you want me to capture the spies who are constantly watching me at Tianxiahui and interrogate them? When has my spirit ever left their sight?"

"Master Coach Qin, you are the best witness to prove my innocence!" Duan Lang's words made Qin Ning and his son furious, but they had no way to refute it. They couldn't say that Duan Lang stole the treasures from the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion outside the Tianxia Association, right?

Apart from Xiongba, even a fool would not believe it.

Xiong Ba: If this gang leader says it's you, you're you. If not, you're still you! Duan Lang, just accept it.

"Feng leads hundreds of elite disciples, guarding the inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion around the clock. Unless someone can sneak in from underground, it is impossible to steal the treasures inside. And since Feng has been guarding this place, only tonight you have managed to knock out the guards and enter."

"It wouldn't be difficult for you to enter the inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion with your identity. You must have been here before. Given your familiarity with the inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion, after knocking Feng unconscious, you immediately retrieved the treasure you wanted and gave it to your trusted confidant to take away. Then, using yourself as bait, you pretended to discover the treasure was missing and shifted the blame onto Feng."

Duan Lang looked at Qin Ning sarcastically and praised him, "Master Qin has made a good plan. After all, you were caught with nothing on you. The treasure is not in your hands, so we can't convict you. As Feng, the one guarding this place, you will definitely not be able to escape the blame. But..."

"Don't be too proud. Feng has been conscientious and responsible since he received the order. He has never left the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion. No one else has entered here except you."

"There are only two possibilities for the treasure being lost. The first is that you took advantage of this extremely short window of time to take it away. While this is somewhat difficult, it's not impossible. The second possibility is that the treasure was gone before the wind arrived. Because no one can prove that what the wind is guarding is not empty, bait!"

Duan Lang pointed at Qin Ning and said, "No matter which one, you're highly suspicious because you definitely used some tricks to ruin Feng's original intention of carrying out the leader's orders. If that assassin was watching Tianyi Pavilion from the shadows, do you think he'd show up again?"

"Catch him down!" Bu Jingyun was the most impatient. He never thought that Qin Ning and his son would be so stupid. As soon as he gave the order, someone took action. Qin Ning cried out for injustice, but did not dare to resist. He was quickly caught by acupuncture.