The Beauty CEO's Personal Expert

Chapter 1561 - 1866: Karma (3)

"Speak, who exactly are you?" Tong Zhentian suddenly stood up, staring at the man and said, "Why did you do such a vicious thing? As someone who practices martial arts, if you cause so many deaths and injuries, can your conscience rest easy?"

The man replied coldly, "This kind of poison won’t take lives. If I were really vicious, I wouldn’t have used this thing."

"You..."

Tong Zhentian’s face turned angry, and he wanted to speak, but Ling Chen stopped him. "Elder Tong, please don’t get agitated yet. I think we still need to ask Master Su about this."

"Ask me?" Su Mei looked puzzled at Ling Chen and asked, "Ask me what?"

"Master Su, if I’m not mistaken, I think you should know some inside information. At this point, do you still intend to hide it?" Ling Chen pointed at the man and said, "Earlier I talked with him, and he said that he did all this to take revenge on your Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion. So, I’m very curious, what on earth did your Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion do to make them hold such a grudge?"

Upon hearing this, Su Mei couldn’t help but exchange a glance with Du Kang. After hesitating for a moment, Su Mei said, "Elder Du, perhaps it’s better if you explain."

Du Kang nodded and said, "Alright. Since everyone wants to know, I might as well tell you. Since the Martial Arts Tournament started, we’ve been attacked by three people: one is Xie Qian, another is the man who injured staff at the venue that day, and the third is this man today. The martial arts they used are the Meridian Soul Stealing Needle, Blood Phoenix Fist, and Sword Yang Finger. Some of you present might have heard of these martial arts, some may not have, but they are all martial arts that have long since disappeared."

After pausing for a moment, Du Kang continued, "The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion has been established for hundreds of years, always helping to eliminate threats in the Martial Arts world. Some masters use their powerful abilities to commit all sorts of evil, and these people are the main targets the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion strikes against. The original masters of the Meridian Soul Stealing Needle, Blood Phoenix Fist, and Sword Yang Finger were all villains in the martial arts world, each with several lives on their hands. At that time, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion dispatched Heavenly List experts to lead teams to exterminate these villains. Over the years, there have been many actions like this, always successful, and those villains who wreaked havoc in the martial arts world never had a good end."

"Humph!" After listening to Du Kang’s account, the man sneered and said coldly, "Sounds so nice. If you only eliminated villains, I believe no one would seek revenge on you. But why do you have to eradicate even their families?"

Hearing this, everyone’s face in the room changed slightly.

Eradicate even the roots! Such a ruthless approach.

Du Kang responded, "The Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion must prevent future trouble and cannot allow potential enemies and threats to form. Actually, while we were exterminating those villains, we discovered some issues. It seems that someone secretly helped these villains, secretly saving their descendants. Over the years, since nothing happened, we all chose to ignore it and didn’t conduct further investigation. Now it appears that those who were saved were likely taken in by a certain force, secretly trained, and then sought an opportunity for revenge."

"How many people like this are there?" Tong Zhentian asked.

"I’m not sure, maybe a dozen, maybe more than twenty. However, what I’m more curious about is where they learned these martial arts from. Those villains were all eliminated by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion; it’s impossible for each one to leave behind their martial arts manuals before they died." As he said this, Du Kang cast his gaze on the man in front of him, seemingly hoping for an answer.

"That’s because someone approached them back then and made a pact with them. One day, if they were killed, those people would take care of their families and then pass on their skills, and then find people to seek revenge. Because of this pact, they handed their martial arts to those people, which is how we were able to learn these things."

After listening to the man’s explanation, everyone suddenly understood; so that’s the reason.

"Who exactly are those people you mentioned?" Ling Chen asked.

"There’s no need to ask, even if you asked I wouldn’t tell you, and besides, I don’t even know who they are, so there’s no need to waste your effort on me."

Su Mei spoke calmly, "Back then, those villains committed all sorts of evil, and who knows how many innocent people died at their hands. If everyone were like you, seeking revenge for their families, you’d all be dead by now. If you do something wrong, you should pay the price. Don’t you understand such a simple truth?"

"No!" At this point, Du Kang seemed to think of something and said, "The martial art you’re using is the Sword Yang Finger. If I remember correctly, the owner of this martial art was named Li Chongqing. Back then, he did a lot of bad things but didn’t take any lives. Therefore, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion only punished him with some penalties, but did not kill him. Why are you seeking revenge on the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion?"

"Nonsense," the man angrily shouted, "It’s clear that you killed him, even my innocent mother was killed by you, and you still want to argue?"

Tong Zhentian cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Du, since the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion acted, don’t deny it."

Du Kang shook his head and said, "If it were truly done by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, we wouldn’t argue, but Li Chongqing was indeed not killed by us."

"How can you guarantee what you say?"

"Because the person sent to find Li Chongqing back then was me," Du Kang said. "I can be one hundred percent sure that at the time I did not kill Li Chongqing; I just crippled his martial arts, so he could no longer continue his misdeeds. When I left, he and his wife were both fine, nothing happened to them."

"You’re lying, you killed my father, and even hung his body on a tree and whipped it. Only people like you from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion could do such cruel things."

"I think I’ve got it figured out." Ling Chen slowly stood up from his seat and said, "I trust Elder Du’s character, so I do not doubt his words." With that, Ling Chen turned his gaze toward the man and said, "If I’m not mistaken, someone impersonated the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, killed your parents, and then cruelly treated them to frame the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and invoke your sense of hatred. Tell me, what did the people who found you say at the time?"

The man, full of resentment, said, "They told me that the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion killed my parents. As long as I followed them, I would have the chance to take my revenge. Over the years, I’ve trained tirelessly, just so that one day I could destroy the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and avenge my parents."

"Do you know how many people like you there are?"

"Many, very many, at least I know of dozens."