CHAPTER 1067: CHAPTER 1069: HARMONIZING HOSTILITY

"This Jade Pendant was given to me by Lian Chengyu."

Ah Peng said.

Lian Chengyu?

"Who is Lian Chengyu?"

Chu Ge asked, feeling like he had heard the name Lian Chengyu before, but it was so long ago that he couldn’t remember.

"Lian Chengyu is the Master of Lianhuan Manor."

Suddenly, someone stepped out from the crowd—it was Gu Tong.

Gu Tong walked up to Chu Ge, took the Jade Pendant from Chu Ge’s hand, and carefully examined it, "This is a Mother-child Pendant. Lian Chengyu should have another piece. Lian Chengyu must know everything that happened to Ah Peng."

Ah Peng looked at Gu Tong, shocked, "What? He knows? He knows I betrayed him? I’m done for, I’m going to die!"

Lin Dong looked at Ah Peng with a scornful gaze, "Do you think even if you didn’t betray him, you could escape? If you dare not speak the truth, I won’t spare you first!"

He waved his fist threateningly in front of Ah Peng and said sternly.

Gu Tong glanced at Ah Peng and asked, "What did Lian Chengyu give you this Jade Pendant for?"

Ah Peng’s gaze flickered, he stammered, unable to get the words out.

Lin Dong saw he wasn’t speaking and waved his fist in front of him, "If I punch you, your leg might just be crippled!"

Ah Peng, being timid, hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, no, I’ll tell you. He gave me this Jade Pendant because I told him I couldn’t go up to the third floor."

"What did you go to the third floor for?"

Ah Peng, seeing he had said this much, decided to spill everything, "It was Lian Chengyu, Lian Chengyu wanted the layout of the Gambling Stone Field. I had no choice, they poisoned me, if I didn’t do as they said, they wouldn’t give me the antidote."

"They?"

Chu Ge keenly caught the word in Ah Peng’s speech, squinting at him, "Who else?"

"It was... it was Gao Weijie."

It was him!

Chu Ge was somewhat shocked, not expecting Gao Weijie to follow him to the Capital City.

"Besides monitoring me, what else did he make you do?"

"Also... to find any possible way to work at the Gambling Stone Field, so I could infiltrate your group."

Lin Dong laughed twice at his words, disdainfully glaring at Ah Peng, "Did you really think you could pass the interview to join us? Keep dreaming! Hmph!"

The Gambling Stone Field would never employ someone like Ah Peng!

Ah Peng wore a face on the verge of tears, pleading with Chu Ge, "Mr. Chu, you have to believe me, it wasn’t intentional, they forced me."

Chu Ge slowly stood up, ready to leave.

Ah Peng grabbed Chu Ge’s leg with one hand, pleading, "Mr. Chu, please save me, I don’t want to die. Everything I did was because they forced me."

"Didn’t you just say you would help detoxify me? I’ve told you everything I know, you can’t go back on your word."

Chu Ge cast his eyes downward, looking at him coldly, "I’ve already detoxified you just now."

With those words, he withdrew his leg and walked away briskly.

Lin Dong, feeling puzzled, asked, "Mr. Chu, what about him? Are you just going to let him go?"

Chu Ge shook his head, "We don’t need to act. Someone else will deal with him."

Ah Peng stood up from the ground. Had Chu Ge really detoxified him? He did feel some noticeable changes in his body, but he couldn’t believe it, that the poison had truly been removed.

Gu Tong threw the Jade Pendant back to Ah Peng with a cold snort, "Mr. Chu is a Martial Artist. In the world of martial arts, credibility is paramount. If he says your poison is detoxified, then it’s detoxified. You’re free now. If we catch you at the Gambling Stone Field again, it won’t be this easy."

Ah Peng left the Gambling Stone Field looking dazed. If his body’s poison was truly detoxified, it meant he was completely free now.

Gao Weijie could no longer do anything to him.

That’s right, he needed to leave here immediately, this place had to be behind him.

However, just as Ah Peng had walked no more than a few steps, Lian Chengyu blocked his way.

His heart skipped a beat, remembering he had exposed Lian Chengyu and Gao Weijie’s dealings at the Gambling Stone Field, feeling incredibly guilty.

"Master Lian, what a coincidence."

Ah Peng chuckled awkwardly.

"How goes the investigation?"

Lian Chengyu asked.

"The third floor seems to have some kind of illusion."

Ah Peng pretended to brush off Lian Chengyu, just to tell him what he wanted and get it over with.

Ah Peng thought he had a good plan, but he forgot that, at this point, he was of no use to Lian Chengyu.

Lian Chengyu sneered when he heard what Ah Peng said, extended his hand, and said to Ah Peng, "Return the thing to me."

Ah Peng remembered what Chu Ge said, and quickly took the Jade Pendant out of his pocket, handing it to Lian Chengyu.

He said, "Master Lian, you don’t need me anymore, right? I’ll be on my way then?"

He smiled frivolously and was about to turn and leave when suddenly, Lian Chengyu appeared in front of him again.

Lian Chengyu sneered at him, "Ah Peng, you’ve confessed to everything. Do you think you have any value left?"

Ah Peng was stunned and looked at him, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"You are of no use to me anymore, so..."

He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Ah Peng by the throat.

Ah Peng never imagined, to the moment of his death, that Lian Chengyu would burn the bridge after crossing it.

Lian Chengyu dumped Ah Peng’s body in the park, and it wasn’t discovered until the afternoon.

Chu Ge wasn’t surprised at all to receive the news of Ah Peng’s death.

But he was very curious about Lian Chengyu.

"Gu Tong, do you know this Lian Chengyu?"

Chu Ge curiously asked.

Gu Tong nodded, then shook his head, "I know, and yet I don’t."

Chu Ge looked at him, puzzled. What did that mean?

"Lian Chengyu is the Master of Lianhuan Manor, but he has another identity."

Gu Tong took a deep breath, recalling, "The true master of the Yuwen Family’s Yin Summoning Talisman is indeed Lian Chengyu."

"What?"

Chu Ge was surprised.

"This was something my master told me. Back then, the Yin Summoning Talisman’s yin energy was too intense for Lian Chengyu to control. A Quanyang person was needed to mitigate the hostility from the Yin Summoning Talisman, so Lian Chengyu sought out the Yuwen Family and tricked them into obtaining the Yin Summoning Talisman.

Eventually, there were only just over a hundred Deadpools, and the immense group today was cultivated by Lian Chengyu!"

Gu Tong told Chu Ge everything he knew...