Cheng Xiaofan was slightly stunned by the ringing of his phone, wondering if someone had already found the mastermind behind everything for him.
When he took out his phone, he saw that the call was from Zhang Heng at the headquarters of the Jianghu Affairs Bureau.
"Teacher, why are you calling me?" Cheng Xiaofan asked with a smile.
Zhang Heng said, "As soon as I opened the Jianghu forum, I saw your post. I didn't expect there to be such an evil person who would try to frame you using such methods!"
"By the way, what did you do with Yu Tian?"
"I killed him!"
Cheng Xiaofan replied, "This person is a habitual offender. According to his confession, I don't know how many people he has harmed. If such a person isn't killed, even heaven wouldn't tolerate him!"
Zhang Heng said, "Xiaofan, I'm calling on behalf of Jiang Wentao. He wants to name the cave on Yupai Mountain, calling it Nüxi Cave. He asked me to ask you if this name is suitable?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled and said, "The name is fine, it's quite good."
Zhang Heng smiled and said, "He also said that recently, when they give this mountain cave a plaque, he wants to invite you to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. I wonder if you can make time to come?"
Cheng Xiaofan immediately replied with a smile, "Teacher, please convey to Old Jiang for me that I'm very busy lately and probably won't have time to come."
Zhang Heng said, "Alright, I'll pass on your message to Jiang Wentao. You go ahead and be busy, I won't disturb you anymore!"
After hanging up, Cheng Xiaofan flipped through the posts on the Jianghu forum again.
The replies had already exceeded three thousand.
Most of the content was discussions about the funds Cheng Xiaofan had offered and how to find the mastermind.
This truly echoed the saying: "Raise the banner of the army, and there will be those who eat the grain."
The bounty of one hundred million yuan had already made countless people's eyes gleam with desire.
At this moment.
In Jiangcheng, the secluded aristocratic family, the Wu family.
The family head, Wu Tianfu, was reclining on the sofa in the main hall, enjoying a massage from two beautiful maids. His nephew, Wu Chengfeng, rushed in in a panic.
He shouted, "Uncle, it's bad! Something big has happened!"
Wu Tianfu waved his hand, signaling the two beautiful maids to withdraw.
He shrugged his shoulders, sat up straight, and glared at Wu Chengfeng, scolding, "Why are you shouting nonsense? What big thing has happened?"
Wu Chengfeng hurriedly said, "Uncle, Yu Tian, the necromancer you sent to Zhuxi Village, has fallen into Cheng Xiaofan's hands."
"What?"
Wu Tianfu was greatly shocked and asked, "Where did you get this news?"
Wu Chengfeng said, "I saw it on the Jianghu forum. Cheng Xiaofan posted a message offering a bounty of one hundred million yuan to find the mastermind who instructed Yu Tian to poison Zhuxi Village."
"This one hundred million yuan has made people in the Jianghu world red-eyed and driven mad. They've been posting replies, wanting to help Cheng Xiaofan find the mastermind behind Yu Tian."
Hearing his words, Wu Tianfu's face instantly lost all color, becoming as pale as paper.
Back then, when the Southern Mountain Lake was filled with dragon energy, cultivators from all over the Jianghu rushed there, hoping to obtain the dragon energy to improve their cultivation levels.
Among them was Wu Tianfu's son.
His son, named Wu Chengli, relying on his background in a secluded aristocratic family and his decent martial arts skills, caused a commotion at Southern Mountain Lake. He had his legs crippled by Bai Yiling and his eyes blinded by Cheng Xiaofan.
Wu Tianfu had only this one precious son. Seeing his son become a complete cripple, he was both angry and anxious, wishing he could immediately rush to Zhuxi Village and dismember Cheng Xiaofan and Bai Yiling.
Later, from the information he gathered on the Jianghu forum, he realized that even if the entire Wu family's cultivators attacked, they would not be Cheng Xiaofan's match. Thus, he had to abandon the plan of crushing Cheng Xiaofan with brute force.
Since he couldn't deal with Cheng Xiaofan openly, Wu Tianfu decided to resort to insidious means in secret to scheme against his opponent.
Not long ago, he obtained the contact information of the necromancer Yu Tian through an introduction.
Wu Tianfu originally thought that with Yu Tian's intervention, Cheng Xiaofan would be doomed.
Who would have thought!
This Yu Tian had also fallen.
After hearing Wu Chengfeng's report, he immediately took out his phone and opened the Jianghu forum.
When Wu Tianfu searched for the post made by Cheng Xiaofan and browsed the replies below, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Uncle, as the saying goes, man dies for wealth, just as a bird dies for food!"
Wu Chengfeng's mouth twitched a few times and he said, "There are so many capable people and unusual individuals in the Jianghu. I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before our Wu family's act of hiring Yu Tian to go to Zhuxi Village is discovered."
Wu Tianfu nodded and said, "Chengfeng, since your brother Chengli is already crippled, I treat you as my own son!"
"Tell me, what should we do now?"
Wu Chengfeng said, "Uncle, that Cheng Xiaofan is a person who retaliates. If he finds out that our Wu family sent Yu Tian to Zhuxi Village, he will definitely come knocking."
"With our Wu family's current strength, we are no match for him."
"We have no other choice right now. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is the best."
Wu Tianfu pondered for a moment, sighed heavily, and said with a mournful face, "I really can't imagine what kind of monster this Cheng Xiaofan is reincarnated from. Sending Yu Tian, the necromancer, was supposed to be foolproof. How did he fall into his hands?"
"Chengfeng, let's do as you suggested. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is the best!"
He gritted his teeth and said, "However, I won't let this Cheng Xiaofan off. I will definitely make him suffer a terrible fate!"
...
In the afternoon, Cheng Xiaofan visited Tiantian Mountain again.
On the mountainside of Tiantian Mountain, he found Xu Man doing a live stream with some tourists gathered around watching.
Seeing Cheng Xiaofan, Xu Man immediately stopped the live stream.
She packed up her live streaming equipment and trotted over, greeting him with a smile, "Mr. Cheng, you've come again!"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled slightly and said, "Yes, beautiful Xu, how are you feeling?"
Xu Man smiled and said, "Very good, just like usual, no abnormalities at all."
"By the way, did you catch that old man?"
Cheng Xiaofan nodded and said, "I caught him. I didn't expect this old fellow to have poisoned many young women in Zhuxi Village with this love-inducing poison just to frame me!"
Xu Man stomped her foot and said, "This old man is simply too wicked. He didn't just harm me, he harmed others too!"
"What about those people?"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, "I made some detoxification pills and had Goddess Bai handle it."
"Mr. Cheng, where is that old man?" Xu Man was very angry, and looked as if she wanted to slap Yu Tian dozens of times.
After all, Xu Man was an ordinary woman, and it was inconvenient for Cheng Xiaofan to tell her that Yu Tian had already been killed by him.
He could only say, "I've handed that old man over to the police."
Xu Man couldn't help but curiously ask, "Mr. Cheng, did that old man tell you who instructed him to do this?"
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, "This old man is stubborn and didn't reveal it."
"However, I believe the police will interrogate him and find out soon."