Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 88 The Man Behind the Scenes

"When did I get the slime of the Scent-Seeking Mother Insect on my body?"

Han Yi's face instantly darkened, his mind churning with turmoil.

A series of figures flashed through his mind, which he then quickly dismissed.

Bai Sanren, Qianxue?

It's impossible, and there's no need for it. If it were them, they wouldn't need to go through all this trouble; they would have already taken action when dealing with the stray dogs.

Moreover, if they wanted to harm me, why would they provide me with such a safe place as the Bai family courtyard?

Ah Qiu and Xiao He? Their chances are even lower. Given their abilities, if they wanted to tamper with me, I would definitely notice.

Pan Sheng and Li Feng?

If they wanted to frame me, it would indeed be difficult to detect. However, I have a very good relationship with them. Besides, if they really wanted to harm me, wouldn't it have been easy for them when we were at the outer sect of the Crimson Flame Sect?

Han Yi was having a bit of a headache. He only knew a few people, but no matter how he tried to figure it out, it was unlikely that any of them would actually get involved.

Chirp!

Suddenly, the male insect in the bamboo tube began to chirp urgently, as if the female insect were right in front of it, and frantically released a rich fragrance!

"how?"

At this moment, Han Yi crossed his arms, and the green bamboo tube was exactly parallel to his shoulders.

"Could it be..." Han Yi thought of a possibility.

He held the bamboo tube closer to his shoulder.

Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!

The male insect seeking fragrance became even more excited, flapping its wings and chirping loudly. Han Yi even felt the bamboo tube in his hand shake slightly!

It seems there's some residue of the Scent-Seeking Mother Insect's slime on my shoulder...

"Shoulder…..."

Han Yi frowned, his expression stern.

Suddenly, the scene of him visiting Elder Li at the Li residence that morning flashed into his mind…

'A golden carp is no ordinary fish; you're destined for great things...'

After saying that, Elder Li seemed to pat me on the shoulder...

"Could it be that Elder Li is the informant Tie Sha mentioned, and also a traitor within the Crimson Flame Sect???"

Han Yi's pupils widened suddenly; he was stunned by his own thought.

However, Elder Li is a martial artist in the Meridian Opening stage and a rotating elder of the Crimson Flame Sect's External Affairs Hall. He has everything he could want in terms of wealth, status, and power!

Even in the vast city of Anyan, Elder Li is a prominent figure!

Black Wind Stronghold only has a few hundred bandits at most, and those at the Blood Refining stage are considered strong among them.

Within Black Wind Stronghold, only the leader, Blood Butcher, possesses strength that is suspected to be at the Meridian Opening stage.

However, in any case, Black Wind Stronghold is just a small force that can be eliminated with some effort compared to the massive Crimson Flame Sect.

Elder Li, would someone like that collude with a mere bandit from Black Wind Stronghold? Han Yi felt that anyone who heard this would think it was a fantasy and wouldn't believe it.

But after repeated deductions and eliminating all the impossible possibilities, only this one possibility remained...

there is only one truth!

I'm afraid Elder Li really does have a problem!

If that's the case, then when I first entered the city, Elder Li gave him a secret manual, encouraged him to leave the city, and went to the trouble of arranging accommodations for me...

The strength he revealed to Elder Li was also at the Bone Refining stage...

All sorts of strange things suddenly made sense!

I killed Tie Lu, the second-in-command of Black Wind Stronghold.

Therefore, when Black Wind Stronghold wanted to cause me trouble, Elder Li leaked my information to Tie Sha, and everything made sense...

Thinking of this, Han Yi broke out in a cold sweat, his clothes clinging coldly to his skin, making one's hair stand on end!

"Fortunately, it wasn't Elder Li who personally intervened..."

He muttered to himself

Elder Li is a martial artist at the Meridian Opening stage. If he wanted to attack Han Yi, Han Yi would probably have already met his end.

Moreover, Elder Li doesn't need to take action personally. With his immense power, he can easily send countless experts to cause trouble for Han Yi with just a single order!

"It seems that Elder Li's cooperation with Black Wind Stronghold is only superficial, and each has their own ulterior motives."

After much thought, Han Yi came to this conclusion.

After all, he was on good terms with Li Feng, had no grudge against Elder Li, and he himself was still subtly associated with the Li family.

If he were to become an inner disciple of the Crimson Flame Sect in the future, he could even be considered a member of the Li family faction. In that case, Elder Li would likely only be helping Black Wind Stronghold incidentally, engaging in superficial cooperation. However, the feeling of being betrayed is rather unpleasant!

But…...

Han Yi gave a wry smile. What could he possibly do?

Could it be that he went to the sect to report Elder Li because Elder Li patted him on the shoulder?

This would be absolutely laughable!

I can barely be considered an inner disciple, while the other party is a martial artist at the Meridian Opening stage who has been operating in An'yan City for many years, and I have no substantial evidence...

How can a gentle breeze topple a deeply rooted old tree?

"It's too difficult, far too difficult, it's simply impossible!"

At least, given Han Yi's current status and strength, it's impossible for him to do that!

The best solution now is to pretend you don't know...

He could only pretend to be unaware, lie low quietly, swallow his anger, and secretly prepare for the worst, waiting for Elder Li to reveal his true colors or for him to develop his own strength!

After all, since Elder Li didn't want to expose himself and didn't want to break off relations or take action himself, he would just play along and play along with Elder Li!

"I must start cultivating as soon as possible; it's never a bad thing to become stronger!"

Han Yi is now eager to improve his strength.

Chi!

Tie Sha's head rolled to the ground with a thud. Han Yi remembered that there seemed to be a wanted poster for Tie Sha in the Martial Alliance. He could exchange it for some silver to buy some cultivation items.

However, I don't think I brought the Martial Alliance's special cloth bag today...

Han Yi glanced at the clothes of the bandits around him and an idea came to him.

"Damn, these guys are even poorer!" After tearing off the clothes of the men, he wrapped Tie Sha's head in several layers and then touched the corpse.

Unfortunately, let alone gold and silver, these people didn't even have much money on them!

These bandits live a life of "drink today, for tomorrow we die" and "money will come back even if it's all gone," so they probably don't know how to save money at all!

But considering they provided the fabric, let's dig a hole and bury them for them...

Ding Ling clang!

Han Yi threw the corpses along with their weapons into the pit. These weapons were just ordinary swords and knives, worthless. The only valuable one was Tie Sha's ghost-headed broadsword.

Unfortunately, it was also cut in two by Han Yi!

"Oh right, and this scent-seeking beetle... what should we do with it..."

Han Yi narrowed his eyes into slits, a glint of light flashing within them.