Defying the Martial Way to Burn the Heavens

The rune light trembled slightly, and then after a series of flashes, a figure stepped out of it.

Outside the light of the formation, only a few people looked over here. When they saw the figure who walked out first, two of them hurriedly bowed and saluted. The other three curiously cast their eyes into the formation, as if they were curious about the changes that had taken place in it.

"Big Manager"

The five people outside the formation spoke in unison. The person who walked out of the formation was naturally the most senior figure in Kuocheng, the big manager of the Lin family.

After a gentle response, the big manager's eyes swept over the people around him, and finally turned his head to look behind him. Although the rune light was much dimmer, it was still floating and flowing slightly, and a thin figure followed.

Although his appearance had changed, those who were very familiar with him could still recognize that this was the legendary medicine boy Zuo Feng.

Zuo Feng, who walked out of the formation, found that he was in the courtyard where he first entered through the long underground secret passage. According to Zuo Feng's estimation, this courtyard should be in the center of this large courtyard group, and it is also the core of the formation of the courtyard group.

There are five people in front of him, three of whom are known to Zuo Feng, and the other two are slightly unfamiliar, but the identities of the other parties can be judged from their cultivation. On the surface, he stood behind the shopkeeper calmly, with a respectful face.

"Did the infiltrator escape?"

The shopkeeper asked. Zuo Feng knew very well that the shopkeeper had seen the whole process through the formation before, and was obviously pretending at this time.

Yanzhi slowly lowered his head and said, "I am incompetent and failed to keep the infiltrator."

"Identity?" The shopkeeper spoke again, with almost no extra nonsense.

Frowning slightly, Yanzhi said carefully: "I can't determine his identity, but I suspect that he is Captain Lin of the Mu family."

"Humph, I really can't think of anyone else except him. I will slowly settle this account with him." The shopkeeper said coldly, as if he was very sure of the identity of the man.

This made Zuo Feng slightly surprised. Originally, Zuo Feng thought that he could see more through the formation, so he could know the other party's identity. But now seeing that the shopkeeper came to the same conclusion, it is obvious that the information obtained by the other party through the formation is far beyond his original expectation.

Although he was furious, the shopkeeper did not intend to entangle himself. He turned his eyes to the two people behind Yanzhi and said slowly: "What did you two do?"

The two young men who had been standing behind Yanzhi were Zuo Feng's newly recognized elder and second brothers, Shu Suo and Shu Kun. Since they came here, they have been respectfully bowing their heads, and they dare not even look up at the shopkeeper.

Hearing the shopkeeper's question, the two people's faces were full of uneasiness. They didn't understand why there was such a question, and they didn't know how to answer.

Looking at the two coldly, the shopkeeper slowly said: "At the critical moment, you can lead the tribe and fight with foreign enemies with all your strength. Not bad, very good!"

Although he was praising the two, his expression and tone were completely different. The two dared not show any joy in the face of the praise from the chief shopkeeper. Even Shu Suo, who was very jealous of Shu Kun, could not help but feel a little relieved at this moment.

These words were directed at Shu Kun. He dared not pretend to be confused anymore and said hurriedly: "As a member of the family, you should do your best for the family. Even if you sacrifice your life, you can't let the family's interests suffer."

"Okay" The chief shopkeeper finally smiled, but the smile looked a little distorted. He turned his head and looked at Yanzhi and said: "These two should be cultivated well. The family is in need of people. Let them try to get along with the people from other teams."

Outsiders may not understand what these words mean, but Shu Suo and Shu Kun, who are from the Shu family, certainly know what it means. At the same time, the two of them showed joy in their eyes, and they bowed and saluted, full of gratitude.

"What's the matter with Shu Zai?" Very abruptly, the chief shopkeeper changed the subject.

Not only Shu Kun and Shu Suo were stunned on the spot, but even Yanzhi beside them couldn't help but be a little surprised. However, what the three of them thought of at the same time was that they had abandoned Shuzai in different ways.

After a short silence, Shusuo had to speak first. After all, Shuzai belonged to his team, and if the chief manager asked, he had to give an explanation.

"We had already done our best, but Shuzai refused to listen to our advice and insisted on doing it. The two of us had no choice but to retreat and find other companions to deal with the intruder together."

Without saying anything, the chief shopkeeper slowly turned his eyes to Yanzhi beside him. Without hesitation, Yanzhi said frankly: "At that time, I was only thinking about finding the intruder, so I didn't pay much attention to the boy called Shuzai."

The chief shopkeeper was obviously not satisfied with the answers of the two people. His face became more gloomy and he said coldly: "That Shuzai is a traitor. Didn't you realize it at all before?"

While speaking, the chief shopkeeper glanced coldly at Shusuo and Shukun and said: "You live with him every day and call him brothers every day, but you didn't expect this thief's secret activities!"

Without waiting for Shusuo and Shukun to explain, his eyes fell on Yanzhi and said: "They are led by you every time they act. Don't you find any problems at all? Why does the family require that every action must be followed by the head of the family? Isn't it to avoid such things from happening?"

"But now, what kind of explanation do you want to give me now?" The shopkeeper glared at Yanzhi with a gloomy face, then slowly moved to Shusuo and Shukun, and finally fell on another guest official and the man called the accountant.

The surroundings were quiet, no one could answer the shopkeeper's question, and no one was willing to take the initiative to stand up and bear the anger at this time.

Perhaps Zuo Feng was the most surprised person among all the people present, but he was also the first person among all the people present to understand the shopkeeper's words.

Including Yanzhi, Shukun, and Shusuo, after hearing the shopkeeper say that Shuzai was a "traitor and traitor", many questions suddenly emerged in their minds.

With their understanding of Shuzai, they naturally did not believe that Shuzai, who had been with them for so many years, would betray the family. Or they believed that many people would betray the family, even the shopkeeper would betray, and they could not believe that Shuzai would betray.

But the shopkeeper was definitely not the kind of person who shot without a purpose. Since he said so, there must be a basis. Therefore, although the three people were puzzled, they did not think of refutation.

The first thing that came to Zuo Feng's mind was that Shu Zai would never betray. With just a little thought, Zuo Feng immediately guessed what the chief manager's judgment was based on. Captain Lin's desperate breakout was the direction he helped him choose, but in the eyes of the chief manager, he was helping Shu Zai to evacuate and attract people to attack him at all costs.

Zuo Feng, who understood the cause and effect, couldn't help but feel that Shu Zai was not worth it. He paid so much for the family, even giving his life to the family, but in the end he didn't get the slightest trust.

At this time, no one was willing to argue for him even a word, which had to be said to be Shu Zai's sorrow.

'The collapse of the building must start from the small, such a huge family, but it is composed of insignificant little people. No matter how powerful a family or sect is, when they no longer value the individuals in it, they will be on the road of decline and decay. '

If some people from super families heard what Zuo Feng was thinking at this moment, they would be shocked. It is hard to imagine that a young man like Zuo Feng, who grew up in a mountain village, would have such a profound understanding of sects and families.

This is certainly not because Zuo Feng's insights are superior, and he has completely surpassed those in power in the big families. In fact, many people also understand these principles, but it is an extremely difficult and complicated thing to really balance the interests of the family and the individual.

Interests, contradictions, conflicts, these things happen almost every day in families and forces, and no one can really balance everything. After all, where there are people, there are relatives and strangers, so there will be no absolute fairness, otherwise why would the Lin family come up with the two branches of the Shu and Mu surnames.

"Who else is in the Shuzai family?" The big shopkeeper suddenly asked.

Hearing this, Zuo Feng's heart sank. He naturally let Ikari rescue Shuzai, but forgot that there were relatives in Shuzai's family.

If Shuzai died so quietly, perhaps his relatives would not be implicated, but now that he was rescued, things have become worse.

The accountant who had never spoken suddenly took out a thick booklet from the storage crystal. He flipped through it casually, then looked up and answered: "Shu Zai, his father is from the Shu clan, and died in action a few years ago. His mother is from the Mu clan. After his father passed away, his mother returned to the Mu clan and settled in Tunmu Village!"

Hearing this, the chief shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then laughed in anger, and said with a cold smile: "Don't the people in the family have brains? For such an important operation in Kuocheng, they can actually send such a sensitive person here. Haven't they thought that the Mu family will do something secretly?"

This time, not only Yanzhi and Shu Suo, Shu Kun were speechless, even the accountant lowered his head silently. If it hadn't happened today, no one would have thought that Shu Zai would betray the family, and no one thought that the Mu clan would do something at this time, and no one could produce any evidence to prove that the mysterious man was Captain Lin.

"Can we contact the family members outside the city now?" The chief shopkeeper asked with a bad face.

Another guest official said helplessly: "After the city defense formation was repaired, the defense strength of the two city gates and the city wall has doubled. Whether we can contact and when we can contact, we can only wait and see. No one can call for sure."

Zuo Feng, who was standing in the back, had a slight flicker in his eyes and did not dare to show it, but he was very excited in his heart.

'This is good news. If I don't take advantage of this opportunity, I will be sorry to God! '