Chapter 1470: Conspiracy

If one or two branches reported at the conference that their income decreased, it wouldn’t have a big impact on the entire Hong Sect, and no one would notice anything strange. However, if ten branches… no, if only seven or eight branches reported no profit this year, for the headquarters and the Sect Leader, it wouldn’t just be a matter of losing face due to lack of money!

Once such a thing happens, I’m afraid all the Hong Sect brothers would know that those seven or eight leaders are ready to turn against the headquarters or the Sect Leader, and the entire Hong Sect may also crumble apart because of this.

In that case, it’s likely that all of the Hong Sect brothers would understand that the newly appointed Sect Leader is unpopular and may not last long!

“This method isn’t bad… We don’t even need to hurt relationships, just directly contact the like-minded brothers and slightly modify the profit amount submitted on that day to make Lin Feng lose all his prestige. Jiang Gang, your idea is really good!” Liu Shouyi was the first to react and spoke.

“I think it’s feasible too!” Ye Liangdao sneered, “That kid Lin Feng lacks experience, if this happens, I’m afraid no one will heed his words anymore… Even if the headquarters threatens each branch with not distributing year-end bonuses, our own profits are enough to pay the brothers’ bonuses, so why would we fear him!”

“I support!” Gong Sunyi, who hated Lin Feng to the core, gave a wicked smile and agreed.

“I think this method is doable too…” Liu Hongtao nodded.

“Haha… Since everyone agrees with this approach, it’s easy to proceed!” Jiang Gang’s triangular eyes emitted a dangerous glow, “There are still about ten days before the annual conference, let’s each reach out to the leaders we’re close with and work together to bring down Lin Feng! As for who will be the Sect Leader after Lin Feng is brought down, we’ll discuss that later… After all, besides that kid and Wang Bing, every brother here is a veteran with over a decade of experience, no matter who becomes Sect Leader, I approve of it!”

Liu Shouyi’s lips formed a slight cold smile, “As long as it’s not Lin Feng and Wang Bing, I approve too…”

Ye Liangdao and Gong Sunyi exchanged a silent glance and nodded quietly.

…

An hour later, Lin Feng emerged from his cultivation state, opened his eyes, and looked at the black dragon-shaped jade turned into an ink-like block in his hand, feeling a strong urge to curse.

Originally, Lin Feng thought the dragon-shaped jade could completely absorb the black aura in his body at once, but now it seemed the dragon-shaped jade was polluted by the black aura from his body…

“The dragon-shaped jade is an invaluable artifact for detoxification and healing, it can’t just end up polluted… I must find a way to see if I can expel the black aura inside the jade!” Lin Feng picked up the dragon-shaped jade, which no longer absorbed black aura, went to the villa yard, used a dagger to dig a pit over twenty centimeters deep in the soil, buried the dragon-shaped jade in it, remembered the location, and then went back to bed.

Early the next morning, when Lin Feng returned to the yard to dig up the dragon-shaped jade for inspection, he found three great beauties in sportswear practicing martial arts elegantly near the spot where he buried the jade…

Xue Qingyi, Oda Kunoichi, Ning Aoxue! Lin Feng was a bit surprised to see Ning Aoxue, it was normal for Xue Qingyi and Oda Kunoichi to appear together, but why was Ning Aoxue practicing martial arts with them?

“Lin Feng, let me introduce my new apprentice…” Xue Qingyi stopped her actions when she saw Lin Feng, pointed at Ning Aoxue, and said with a light smile, “From today, Aoxue is my first and eldest disciple. You better not bully her, or I won’t let you off easily!”

Ning Aoxue apprenticed under Xue Qingyi, Lin Feng’s lips twitched slightly as he looked at Ning Aoxue, noticing her serious expression, he couldn’t help but find it amusing… Ning Aoxue “betrayed” him to learn martial arts from Xue Qingyi, didn’t this girl know Xue Qingyi’s martial arts were also learned from him?

“Qingyi… What are you up to?” Lin Feng asked Xue Qingyi with a bitter smile and a puzzled look.

“I’m not up to anything… I’m just teaching my first and eldest disciple martial arts…” Xue Qingyi explained to Lin Feng with a gentle smile, “Lin Feng, you know what, my first and eldest disciple is quite generous, she gave me a Maserati as a token of apprenticeship… How could I not teach her seriously?”

After speaking, Xue Qingyi pointed at the brand-new Maserati sports car parked not far away, proudly blinked.

Lin Feng knew the origin of this Maserati, Ning Aoxue said she didn’t like the repaired sports car, spent over eight million yuan to order a new one, which was delivered just two days ago…

A sports car worth nearly ten million was given so generously to Xue Qingyi, it seemed this girl was serious indeed!

However, when Ning Aoxue, Ning Yujiao, and Su Zi were learning martial arts from him, why didn’t they think of gifting an apprenticeship token? Lin Feng looked enviously and resentfully at the supercar, then glanced at Ning Aoxue, who deliberately ignored him, with no choice but to say to Xue Qingyi, “In that case, congratulations on acquiring an excellent apprentice!”

“Haha…” Xue Qingyi knew there was definitely a problem between Ning Aoxue and Lin Feng, but she was happy to see it. To put it bluntly, Xue Qingyi hoped Ning Aoxue’s issues with Lin Feng would get worse… Though she wasn’t deliberately causing trouble, that’s just how simple her thoughts were.

Then, Lin Feng walked to Ning Aoxue, looked deeply into her eyes, and said affectionately, “Aoxue…”

“What do you want to say?” Ning Aoxue arrogantly glanced at Lin Feng.

“Could you please let me pass, I need to retrieve something…” Lin Feng said to Ning Aoxue with a bitter smile, his gaze shifting to beneath Ning Aoxue’s feet; coincidentally, under her feet was where Lin Feng buried the dragon-shaped jade.

“Retrieve what?” Ning Aoxue curiously looked down, only seeing a lawn underfoot, puzzled whether Lin Feng was teasing her.

“Uh, just move aside a bit, then you’ll see…” Lin Feng said awkwardly, “I buried it underground last night.”

“Buried underground…” Ning Aoxue grew increasingly puzzled by Lin Feng’s words, but nonetheless, she stepped aside according to his instruction, curiously watching his actions.

Without a knife, in the face of the women’s puzzled gazes, Lin Feng directly used his hand to lift the small grassy patch he previously excavated, revealing a small hole, and reached inside to grasp a clump of mud-like substance.