The Villain's Counterattack

No one is perfect. Many people appear to be bright and prosperous on the surface, but a closer look reveals a lot of dirty secrets about them.

Nie Feng's investigation was not going smoothly. The people in Tianyi Pavilion were quite hostile to him. Even with Duan Lang's help, he was unable to make a breakthrough from the people in Tianyi Pavilion.

Instead, piles of negative information about Qin Ning were delivered to Xiongba. Qin Ning was insidious, cunning, and powerful. The things he had done could not be explained in a day or two, especially hiring murderers to eliminate dissidents, which did not start with Duan Lang.

Duan Lang didn't even want to overthrow this kind of talent who was good at infighting. If there were such talents in the world, there would definitely be a big chaos within ten years.

"Can I be considered to have done a good thing with bad intentions?" Duan Lang shook his head and threw this idea out of his mind. What he wanted was to repay kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred. The feud between him and Qin Ning and his son over the years was about to come to an end.

Among the many collections of Tianxiahui, Duanlang had already seen most of the low- and mid-range ones, and there were only a few left. There were not many truly high-end or top-notch ones, and they were all controlled by Xiongba and hidden on the first floor. Duanlang had no chance to go in and take a look.

After all, Xiongba had left Tianxiahui even less than himself, so he had no chance at all. He had visited all the other places he could visit, and only Tianyi Pavilion was slightly different. Public collections might not necessarily have more treasures than private collections.

Public Collection Duan Lang tried his best to watch the whole set, and he also had some ideas about the unique skills of the people in Tianyi Pavilion, so he called all the leaders of Tianyi Pavilion. At this time, his identity was the gold medal thug of the privileged case-handling master Nie Feng, and he was holding a chicken feather as a sword, which was quite threatening.

"Duan Lang and I are old acquaintances. We all know each other well. It's okay for you to secretly take kickbacks and take advantage of us, but I never thought that you would be so capable as to quietly empty the entire inner hall of the Tianyi Pavilion. Duan Lang can only say that he admires you. He really admires you!"

Duan Lang saw that everyone seemed to have something to say, so he waved his hand and said, "Don't rush to deny it. Listen to me. The Tianyi Pavilion belongs to the Tianxia Association, and of course, to you all. It would be a waste for anyone else to have those high-end resources except you and me. I have no objection to your ideas and actions. I think the same thing anyway. It's just that my status is special, so I don't have the qualifications or opportunity to enter the inner hall of the Tianyi Pavilion."

"Boy Duan Lang, although you haven't entered the Tianyi Pavilion, you have spent as much time in the Tianyi Pavilion as in the Sutra Repository. No one treats you as an outsider. Everyone here treats the Tianyi Pavilion as their own home. No one can say that they have done anything harmless or have no selfish motives. No one dares to say that they have not coveted anything from the Tianyi Pavilion. But, the things in the inner hall..." An old man spoke first.

Duan Lang waved his hand in annoyance and said, "Mr. Zhou, you haven't forgotten that thing you showed off to me last time when you were drunk, have you? I do believe everyone. Anyway, Tianyi Pavilion belongs to the gang, but also to everyone. No one really wants to bring their family down. The treasures hidden in the inner hall of Tianyi Pavilion are all valuable. If there are one or two items that are not commonly used, maybe everyone might tamper with them, but if they are to be taken away completely, no one here would dare to do so."

Apart from me, Duan Lang only muttered this sentence in his heart.

"But if you want to claim innocence, no one here can claim it." Duan Lang looked around and said, "Fortunately, there's a scapegoat, Qin Ning. Not only did he knock out the guards and break into the inner hall, he even claimed to have a lot of elixirs in the hands of an old medicine vendor."

Speaking of the old man selling medicine, Duan Lang carefully observed everyone and found that they had different expressions and were all a little surprised. They were not panicked, but instead looked at each other, trying to find the culprit.

However, they never imagined that the culprit was Duan Lang who summoned them here.

"It seems like none of you are willing to step forward and admit it, but that's okay. The helpers can probably guess that this old man selling medicine either doesn't exist, or he's part of a small group, definitely not just one person." Duan Lang continued, "I've been ordered to investigate this matter, and I only have three days. It's already the second day, and I only have one question: Who has the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. That thing had little effect on them. No one was proficient in this kind of evil magic.

Seeing that no one admitted it, Duan Lang looked a little embarrassed and sighed, "Everyone, this puts me in a difficult position. This item was specifically requested by the gang leader to be found. Someone must be responsible for it, either finding it or..."

"Duan, we all know each other well. The inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion must have been robbed by outsiders. There's no doubt about that. There are more than a dozen of us, and at most each of us embezzled one or two items. There are more than a thousand treasures in the inner hall of the Heavenly Doctor Pavilion. It's impossible for us to take them all. As for that Iron Corpse Male Silkworm, let me be frank and say something unpleasant. No one here would covet that thing. It's so worthless that a dog wouldn't even eat it."

Duan Lang burst out laughing upon hearing this, and couldn't help but give the old man a thumbs-up. He said, "You are truly domineering, Old Master Yao. But the Gang Leader must not hear this, or else you will be in great trouble. The Gang Leader found this thing and personally placed it in the inner hall."

"Do you have any idea how to find or cultivate a male Iron Corpse Silkworm as quickly as possible?" Duan Lang said awkwardly, "The gang leader said we should recover everything else, but this one is absolutely essential."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. The Iron Corpse Male Silkworm was extremely evil, and most people could not accept it. However, it was not necessarily impossible to do it, but it would definitely take a long time, not just a day or two, and there was no guarantee of success.

As for buying?

No one is selling this thing outside.

"Duan, I heard that you were also investigating Master Qin and his cronies, and found a lot of elixirs belonging to the Tianyi Pavilion?"

"It is true. It's the story about the old man selling medicine that I just mentioned, whose authenticity is unknown."

"How about this? Each of us here will offer a treasure from the inner hall. You help put it in the evidence that Master Instructor Qin has given us. We will help you find a poisonous silkworm similar to the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm and let you try to deal with it. How about that?"

Duan Lang rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think the gang leader is so easy to deal with? The gang leader personally found the Iron Corpse Male Silkworm and placed it in the inner hall. No one knows what that thing is better than him."

"No! Duan, we admit that the gang leader is skilled in martial arts, but you say that the gang leader knows more about poisons than we do. That's absolutely impossible. If we work together to concoct something that looks similar, even the gang leader might not be able to tell the difference. Unless he's a true doctor, like you!" Duan Lang was stunned by Master Yao's words, and then he smiled bitterly and said, "Master Yao, you're harming me."

"Duan, it's not me who's trying to harm you, it's the leader who's forcing you. You have no other choice. And we won't let you do this for nothing. You've been coveting my unique skills for a long time, haven't you? If you're willing to agree to this, I can give you everything I've learned."

"And me, my hand..."

"I can do that too..."

"Deal! But you need to act quickly, time is running out."

Outside the window, Qin Shuang, who had been called by Duan Lang to eavesdrop, was furious. Is this how Duan Lang handles cases? And he even let her eavesdrop openly. Isn't he afraid that I will expose him?

"Interesting." Bu Jingyun, who was also eavesdropping beside Qin Shuang, smiled and found that Duan Lang was indeed an interesting kid.