Chapter 299 - She Is Not An Abyss Ghost
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When he was a few inches from Zhen Ta, he stopped and brought his cane down with a resounding crash that shook the land before asking in a grave tone that sent chills up the spine of every person present.

“Come again?”

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Zhen Ta was both terrified and secretly elated by the Grand Preceptor’s reaction.

In truth, he wanted to kill Long Di to avenge his grandson and reestablish their prestige as one of the Ten Grand Families.

However, they were no closer to this goal when the life tablet of Zhen Yong shattered, startling him. He was quite clear on Zhen Yong’s strength and knew that only someone of great strength could have possibly killed him.

As a result, he rushed over in the direction of the greatest power levels he could sense and ended up here. Since it wasn’t that far for him, he was able to arrive here relatively fast.

Instant despair befell him when he found out that it was the Grand Preceptor who killed Zhen Yong. This was not an existence he could afford to offend, so he couldn’t pursue Zhen Yong’s death any longer.

This was a great blow to the Zhen bloodline as his withered blood qi and depleted vitality rendered having any more children a pipedream for him. This left the burden of the Zhen family’s future on Zhen Paohui, who wasn’t the best choice in most capacity. His cultivation talent exceeded his now-deceased brother, but his personality made this advantage moot.

This incident greatly weakened them, leaving their family at a disadvantage. He was angry, but there was nothing he could do.

However, when he saw Long Di, he instantly remembered him from that village that housed the rumoured Abyss Ghost. After all, it was the rumour of the Abyss Ghost that led to him taking even a modicum of interest in that run-down place. This was why he bothered to manipulate Zhen Paohui to go there regularly.

Taking all of that into account, It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Zhen Yong’s death was in some way tied to him.

Unfortunately, The Grand Preceptor himself barred him from making any moves. This was why

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