Chapter 1368: Chapter 687: Burying the Flower-Season Youth (Part 2)
Lin Beichen folded the talisman carefully and pressed it tightly against his body. He then held his breath and slowly approached the three people. As expected, they did not notice his presence and continued their discussion as if no one else was there.
Lin Beichen didn’t know two of them and wasn’t interested in them. His attention was mainly focused on the missionary. From their brief conversation, he could tell that the missionary was obviously the leader of the three and had the dominant position.
To avoid being discovered, Lin Beichen deliberately found a spot downwind. This way, even if he breathed a bit heavier, the three would not notice it. He perked up his ears and carefully listened to their conversation.
At first, the three were talking about fairly ordinary topics, and after listening for a while, Lin Beichen still couldn’t catch onto the main issue. He couldn’t help but feel a bit anxious, as the invisibility talisman had a time limit. If he didn’t obtain useful information before it expired, his trip would have been for nothing.
Just when he was extremely anxious, the three finally mentioned matters related to the Celestial Cloud Temple.
Lin Beichen’s heart leapt, and he immediately perked up. He focused intently on the missionary, listening to his slightly accented speech.
"What should we do next? Lin Beichen appearing suddenly could be quite troublesome," one of them couldn’t help but complain to the missionary. As their plan was about to succeed, he felt truly unwilling.
The missionary scoffed contemptuously, "Lin Beichen? Not worth mentioning! If he really had any skills, he wouldn’t have wasted time up till now." His tone was full of sarcasm and disdain.
Another person then spoke, "What about Xuanzhen Temple? Now Lin Beichen wants to revive Daoism; if our previous actions are discovered..." His speech was noticeably more cautious than the first person’s, immediately hitting the main point.
Hearing this, Lin Beichen couldn’t help but become interested. He wanted to know what schemes were going on between them, so he listened even more carefully.
The missionary maintained the same disdainful attitude, "Daoism won’t recover! Do you think his little skills are enough to make the believers trust him? We invited so many media outlets to smear Daoism and even took action against Xuanzhen Temple. Lin Beichen is destined to fail!"
After saying this, he laughed proudly, as if he already saw Lin Beichen’s downfall. The two others laughed along with him, obviously convinced by the missionary’s words.
Lin Beichen heard everything clearly from the side, and his heart instantly filled with rage! These bastards were the ones causing trouble! But why did they go to such lengths to suppress the development of Daoism? He couldn’t understand!
As Lin Beichen was filled with doubt, the missionary conveniently solved the mystery for him.
"We absolutely cannot allow Daoism to regain its Primordial Qi." The missionary’s voice carried an undeniable conviction, "The power contained within Daoism is immeasurable. I can feel its strength, calling it the greatest in the world wouldn’t be an exaggeration."
The missionary’s words were heartfelt, and it was precisely because of their fear of Daoism that they adopted such severe suppression methods, wishing for Daoism’s complete disappearance from Dragon Country.
This way, they could be at ease, without opponents. And the missionary’s first step was to deprive Daoism of its believers.
From the final outcome, his plan was a great success.
After hearing the missionary’s statement, Lin Beichen was burning with anger. This foreign devil wanted to wipe them out simply because he couldn’t compete, even though Daoism had never hindered their development.
Apparently, their race was rotten to the core.
Lin Beichen could no longer tolerate their nonsense, decisively discarding the invisibility talisman and revealing himself. This action left the three around him speechless with shock.
The missionary was the first to recover, and his initial reaction was to flee. A strange guilty conscience welled up within him, but how could he possibly escape Lin Beichen’s pursuit so easily?
Lin Beichen completely ignored the other two and directly chased after the missionary. They wanted to intervene, but it was too late.
In a moment of desperation, one of them pulled out a black gun from his pocket, pointing the muzzle directly at Lin Beichen.
"Don’t move! One more step, and your head will explode!"
The missionary, seeing Lin Beichen held at gunpoint, also stopped in his tracks, turning to provocatively glare at Lin Beichen, a smug expression on his face.
Lin Beichen didn’t care about his threat at all and continued charging towards the missionary.
The bullet whistled out, but Lin Beichen dodged it with ease. The missionary was so stunned by this that he froze on the spot.
Taking the opportunity, Lin Beichen grabbed the collar of his coat, lifting him up and running away. With a few quick leaps, the two vanished from the others’ sight.
Lin Beichen carried the missionary, sprinting all the way to the back mountain.
At this moment, Lin Beichen’s heart was full of fury. He knew well that the root cause of all this was the missionary before him.
Without a word, he dragged the missionary in front of an unmarked grave marker: "Look, all of this is because of you! Doesn’t your heart feel any remorse?"
At this time, Lin Beichen suddenly noticed a glint of murderous intent in the missionary’s eyes. Such a person had no compassion in his heart at all.
His heart was like a cold, unfeeling stone. Lin Beichen had never seen someone so ruthless, capable of acting so viciously against innocent children.
"Sorry, but on my path to success, these children are indispensable sacrifices, and I have no other choice." The missionary said coldly.
Lin Beichen wished to tear this missionary to pieces, but he knew he could not let it go like this. He wouldn’t easily spare this missionary, and he must ensure that he received the harshest punishment!
Only this way could he ensure the missionary learned his lesson.
"Don’t be too smug. You will certainly pay for what you’ve done!" Lin Beichen said through gritted teeth.
Every time he thought of those children who died, Lin Beichen couldn’t sleep at night. He knew well that unless he avenged these children, his conscience would never be at peace.
"Lin Beichen, I’m telling you, don’t be arrogant there! Blame yourself! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have done such things! Don’t act like you’re innocent!" The missionary shouted hysterically.
The missionary’s words deeply confused Lin Beichen. He had no idea about these things and didn’t know what the missionary was talking about.
"Don’t wrongly accuse me! What does this have to do with me?" Lin Beichen questioned.
Then, the missionary revealed an astonishing secret to Lin Beichen.
It turned out that the resentment of these children would form vengeful spirits, and these spirits possessed strong resentment, making them the best weapon against Lin Beichen.
Upon hearing this, Lin Beichen’s anger could no longer be contained, almost bursting forth. He never imagined this missionary could be so vile!
"You beast! You actually thought to use their resentment to defeat me!" Lin Beichen roared.
The missionary was also clear that it was a decision he was forced to make. Without this plan, he had no other way to deal with Lin Beichen.
"If you hadn’t pushed me to this dire situation, I wouldn’t have resorted to such methods! Who else can I blame but you?" The missionary argued.
Hearing this, a trace of guilt surged in Lin Beichen’s heart. If he hadn’t cornered him to this extent, perhaps he wouldn’t have done such things.
As Lin Beichen immersed himself in guilt, the missionary suddenly took advantage of his distraction, pulling out a glass bottle and sprinkling some red liquid from it.
"What are you up to?" Lin Beichen asked alertly.
The missionary sneered insidiously: "You’ll find out soon enough, Lin Beichen, you just wait and see!"
