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Chapter 912 - 913: Absurd Whys

Chapter 912: Chapter 913: Absurd Whys

"Yes," Tang Hongyuan responded respectfully and then turned to leave through the doorway.

"Wait a moment, Brother Tang." Suddenly, Li Changlin smiled and called for him to stop. Tang Hongyuan turned back in astonishment to find Li Changlin had calmly taken a seat opposite Tang Zhongtian.

"Brother Li, what is this about?" Tang Hongyuan turned around, puzzled, and his mouth fell open in surprise.

Li Changlin chuckled, "It’s just to have you stay as a witness; don’t overthink it."

Tang Hongyuan didn’t understand what Li Changlin meant by that, so he looked up at the elder.

Tang Zhongtian started to laugh nonchalantly, "It’s fine. I didn’t really want you to see this, but since he doesn’t want you to leave, you might as well stay."

"Yes," Tang Hongyuan replied and nervously took a seat to one side.

He wasn’t a fool; he could sense that the atmosphere was somewhat unusual.

But for the time being, how could Tang Hongyuan know that, whether it was his family’s elder or Li Changlin, both had already harbored an intent to kill and were ready to eliminate their adversary?

Seeing Tang Hongyuan take his seat, Li Changlin merely smiled nonchalantly but did not speak. Observing this, Tang Zhongtian slightly frowned and said in an unhurried tone, "Young man, do you know why I asked you to come here?"

"I can’t guess that, but there’s one thing I do know. Elder Tang had Brother Tang trick me into coming here, and I’m certain that he didn’t really want to discuss sharing the profits with me," Li Changlin said as he shrugged his shoulders, seemingly indifferent.

"Brother Li!" Hearing what he said, Tang Hongyuan’s complexion changed slightly, and he quickly called out.

"Hongyuan, don’t speak!" Tang Zhongtian raised his hand, and a dangerously sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Tang Hongyuan didn’t dare to say more and obediently confirmed with a "Yes."

Although he was the Tang Family’s next successor, he felt an instinctive fear towards the family elder.

Tang Hongyuan himself was not domineering, and his martial power was limited. With Tang Zhongtian’s immense presence, Tang Hongyuan naturally couldn’t resist such force, and he felt cowed at once.

"There’s no need to put on airs in front of your own junior, Elder Tang. Just get straight to the point about what exactly you intend to do. I’m genuinely curious too!" Li Changlin said calmly after looking at Tang Hongyuan, recognizing his submissive character.

Perhaps Tang Hongyuan didn’t really want to turn against him, but it’s likely he didn’t have much say in the Tang Family.

Of course, with Tang Hongyuan’s temperament, the Tang Family might have threatened to annul his right of succession to bend him to their will.

Although Li Changlin was not born into a great family, he could still guess a thing or two about their tactics.

Tonight, the reason Tang Zhongtian had Tang Hongyuan lure him here was probably not with good intentions.

"Since you’re so eager to know, then there’s no harm in telling you." Tang Zhongtian tapped his fingers on the sofa twice, followed by a couple of chuckles, his eyes suddenly revealing a fierce radiance as he stared at Li Changlin, "What if I told you that tonight I am here specifically to take your life, Li Changlin? Would you be afraid?"

Tang Zhongtian’s gaze was fierce, and his body emitted a dense intent to kill, unmasked.

This killing intent was cold and clear; though it was mainly directed at Li Changlin, Tang Hongyuan, sitting on the other side, still felt like there was a thorn in his back, his heart chilling with fear.

"Oh, so the Tang Family figured out it was me who took away those jade stones so quickly?" Even though he had guessed that the Tang Family harbored ill will, Li Changlin still found it somewhat strange when he heard the other party blatantly express their intention to take his life.

Normally, Li Changlin didn’t owe the Tang Family anything, and even if they were cruel and ruthless, they had no reason to take Li Changlin’s life.

Of course, unless the Tang Family had discovered that it was Li Changlin who had arranged for the theft of those jade stones, then it would seem normal for Tang Zhongtian to show his true colors and that would make some sense.

"What did you say, you were the one who stole those jade stones?"

"Old Ancestor, Brother Li, what are you, what are you talking about!"

Both Tang Zhongtian and Tang Hongyuan cried out in surprise; Tang Hongyuan was unaware of the jade stones’ theft, and he was completely foggy about why his ancestor wanted to kill Li Changlin.

However, upon hearing Li Changlin’s words, Tang Zhongtian’s face immediately turned dark and grim, and he got up with a slap on the sofa.

He glared at Li Changlin with such ferocity that, if looks could kill, Li Changlin would have surely died a hundred times over.

One hundred and twenty billion, dammit, this guy actually took away all the jade stones, even including those saved by the Tang Family themselves, the jewels and jade—it was unforgivable!

However, Li Changlin was slightly frowning.

From the expression on Tang Zhongtian’s face, he instantly felt his guess was wrong.

Tang Zhongtian’s desire to kill him had nothing to do with the discovery of the Tang Family’s jade stone theft being connected to him.

In that case, why did he want to kill him?

Soon, a thought flashed through Li Changlin’s mind; he suddenly remembered something Tang Jinshui had mentioned that morning when explaining Tang Hongyuan’s whereabouts, "So it seems, the reason you want to kill me is because of Cheng Hui’s request!"

"It’s you, it was actually you, Li, how dare you rob the Tang Family’s jade stones, you deserve to die!" However, Tang Zhongtian did not reply to Li Changlin; he just stared at him intensely, his eyes filled with chilling murderous intent.

"If you don’t want to talk anymore, then let’s go outside; this place is too cramped!" Li Changlin frowned slightly. It seemed Tang Zhongtian was not going to let things go, so since he would have to act against the Tang Family anyway, he might as well eliminate the Tang Family’s Stabilizing Sea Needle first.

"Fine!" Tang Zhongtian glanced deeply at Li Changlin and was the first to stride towards the door.

He was in the Late Stage of Virtual Strength, his cultivation having already reached the Two-Dragon Realm; he was not worried in the slightest about Li Changlin, who was only at the Late Threshold Stage, managing to escape.

After all, even if Li Changlin wanted to flee, he would need Tang Zhongtian’s approval.

"Brother Li!" Seeing the Old Ancestor leave the room, Tang Hongyuan finally snapped back to reality, he quickly stood up, stretched out his hand, and called out in a deep voice, "Brother Li, did you really steal all those jade stones? Do you know, for these jade stones, our Tang Family..."

"Shut up!" This time, Li Changlin had lost all semblance of goodwill towards Tang Hongyuan.

He looked coldly at Tang Hongyuan, his eyes devoid of any feeling, completely as if he were looking at a stranger; "Step aside, from now on, you should start hating me."

"Why, why did you steal our Tang Family’s jade stones, Li Changlin? To think I treated you with wholehearted sincerity, and yet, this is how you reciprocate!" Tang Hongyuan trembled with emotion; one hundred and twenty billion, and even the Family’s several-billion worth of treasured collections, might have been taken away by Li Changlin too.

Why, how could he do this? This was the act of a bandit!