"Ruozeng, come in." Hearing this, Kong Ruozeng's father hurriedly pulled Kong Ruozeng into his room.
Then, he took out a bead, the size of a palm, with golden light flowing within it — it was actually the power of an Immortal-tier barrier.
Kong Ruozeng's father merged his aura into the bead, then raised his arm, and the bead transformed into golden gas that scattered and adhered to the walls of the room.
It turned out this was a treasure of barrier technique — even someone who wasn't a Spirit World Master could use it, and its function was soundproofing.
"Ruozeng, you say you have a plan to kill Chu Feng?"
"What is the plan?" Kong Ruozeng's father asked.
"Father, I cannot swallow this humiliation. I absolutely cannot let Chu Feng leave the Kong Heavenly Clan alive, or the consequences will be endless," Kong Ruozeng said.
"Then what do you have in mind? Let's hear it," Kong Ruozeng's father said.
"I heard that someone broke into the Sorrowful Calamity Mountain Range — an outsider, and a young junior at that."
"We can insist that Chu Feng was the intruder," Kong Ruozeng said.
"Insist it was Chu Feng?" Kong Ruozeng's father's expression changed.
"Yes. Chu Feng is a junior, an Immortal-tier Spirit World Master, and he's not from our Kong Heavenly Clan. He fits the profile of that outsider perfectly," Kong Ruozeng said.
"Among everyone we know, Chu Feng does fit the intruder's profile. But we all know what the Sorrowful Calamity Mountain Range is."
"Throughout the ages, so many of our clan's powerful ancestors have broken in and barely survived. With Chu Feng's strength, it's clearly impossible for him to have done it. That's why the clan currently suspects the intruder is some genius from a higher realm," Kong Ruozeng's father said.
"Of course Chu Feng isn't really the intruder, but as long as he fits the profile, that's enough," Kong Ruozeng said.
"You mean to frame him?" Kong Ruozeng's father asked.
"That's right, Father. I want to frame him. Even if the real intruder is someone else, we can say Chu Feng was his accomplice."
"And the Sorrowful Calamity Mountain Range is no small matter — it concerns the inheritance of our Kong Heavenly Clan. For our clan, there is nothing more serious than this."
"So... regarding this matter, I believe the Clan Chief and the Supreme Elders would rather kill the wrong person than let anyone go," Kong Ruozeng said.
"Ruozeng, if you can think of this, I'm sure many in the clan can too. But no one has spoken up. Do you know why?" Kong Ruozeng's father asked.
"I know, I know why. But I just can't figure it out — what's so special about Chu Feng? It's just because he got lucky and obtained Master Kaihong's inheritance. Is he really that powerful, that even Kong Xunlian, that old thing, protects him like that?" Mentioning this, Kong Ruozeng's face was full of resentment.
"That's only one part. There's another important point: Chu Feng claimed to be in closed-door cultivation, and there have always been guards at his seclusion site, including peak Martial Ancestor powerhouses. In theory, Chu Feng couldn't have left. Even if he had, someone would have noticed."
"So without proof, I'm afraid it would be hard to convince the Clan Chief and the Supreme Elders," Kong Ruozeng's father said.
"That's simple. All I need to say is that I spotted Chu Feng outside during his closed-door cultivation period. That would increase his suspicion," Kong Ruozeng said.
"Ruozeng, you absolutely mustn't. The risk of doing this is too great," Kong Ruozeng's father said.
"Father, can't you see our position? We've already offended that old fogey Kong Xunlian because of Chu Feng, and every single clan member knows about it."
"And what kind of person is a Supreme Elder? Anyone who offends a Supreme Elder in the clan will be shunned by the others. I'm afraid from now on in the Kong Heavenly Clan, it will be very difficult for us father and son to have any chance of rising again."