Meanwhile, in the storage room's other hallway, Xue Qingyi, held under the control of Ling Yun's gunman, desperately wanted to intervene and prevent Lin Feng from being handed over to the Qingzi Sect. However, she couldn't let Lin Feng see Ling Yun with the gunman, as that might put Lin Feng in even greater danger. So, she had to forcibly suppress the urge to cry out.

Xue Qingyi's companion, Zhou Yang, smirked. Lin Feng is so lucky with the ladies... Much better than the Wolf King!

"So far, everything is going smoothly. Fu Chuanqi didn't disappoint me; he brought out his best chips in exchange for Long Shaotian giving up on Lin Feng. Long Shaotian places great importance on the position of Hall Master. It looks like the Sky Wolf Gang will soon have Lin Feng under control, and then we can easily get rid of him!" Ling Yun said with a grim smile. "Once this brat is dead, there will be no more damn White Wolf King in the world. Even if the rumors about the reincarnation of the White Wolf King aren't true, they are quite unsettling!"

Xue Qingyi, looking at Ling Yun with pity in her eyes, shook her head and whispered, "You must be very afraid of him. You've been with him for five years, and in all those years, not one of your battle plans was ever adopted. Even for the simplest escort tasks, he could find flaws in your security plans. That's why you're dissatisfied with him and have always wanted to surpass him.

"But for five years, he remained the perfect White Wolf King, and you could never surpass him. Therefore, you're jealous, you hate him, and you even want to destroy him. That's why, in the end, you did what you did!"

Xue Qingyi's words were like ice-cold needles, piercing deeply into Ling Yun's fragile heart. "The mysterious person who pursued the Violent Organization's female assassin Mu Tianluo was you, right? You didn't have the motivation to kill her, as she admired you. But when you abruptly heard from her the news about the reappearance of the White Wolf King, you panicked and grew crazed. You tried to vent your anger by killing Mu Tianluo, but accidentally let the disabled Mu Tianluo escape… In fact, you've always been terrified of Lin Feng, haven't you?!"

Ling Yun's expression changed slightly upon hearing Xue Qingyi's deduction. After a few seconds, he recovered and gave Xue Qingyi a faint smile, saying, "Ling Long, you truly are sharp-witted. Very intelligent… You guessed almost everything correctly, except for one tiny detail… Mu Tianluo didn't escape on her own!"

"What?" Xue Qingyi was taken aback. Then, she quickly realized the implication. Her pupils constricted, and she stared at Ling Yun, her voice cold with anguish as she demanded, "You intentionally let Mu Tianluo be saved by me? Your purpose was... to make me go to China to verify if Lin Feng was the White Wolf King?!"

"Correct!" Ling Yun nodded approvingly, his handsome face twisting into an almost perverse expression. "Isn't my plan perfect? I had you appear before Lin Feng to confirm that he indeed possesses the memories of the White Wolf King. Then, I'll kill him right before your eyes... Afterward, you'll forget him entirely. Isn't it perfect?!"

Xue Qingyi's ears seemed to block out all sound. She couldn't believe that her return to China to see Lin Feng had been entirely orchestrated by Ling Yun. His goal was to use her to verify Lin Feng's identity, and she, foolishly, had walked right into his trap without realizing it…

"Ling Yun, wasn't the Wolf King good to you? Why are you doing this…?" Zhou Yang demanded, his face a mask of shock and anger.

"Zhou Yang, oh Zhou Yang, of course, he wasn't good enough to me. Because what I wanted, he couldn't give me…" Ling Yun sneered, looking at Zhou Yang.

"What is it you truly want?" Zhou Yang really couldn't fathom Ling Yun's true objective…

"The White Wolf King is too unenterprising! He clearly has excellent capabilities, but always, due to some misguided compassion, he refuses to expand the Mercenary Corps. I've advised him many times to strengthen the Corps, to make the White Wolf Squad the true number one—the absolute number one! We need to become so powerful that even small nations wouldn't dare to oppose us. That is my goal…" Ling Yun declared, his eyes blazing with extreme fanaticism, his voice filled with excitement.

"You're insane…" Zhou Yang muttered, shaking his head as he looked at the fanatical Ling Yun.

"Indeed, I am mad!" Ling Yun stuck out his tongue, licked his upper lip, and said with a smile, "If you don't go mad in silence, you perish in silence. I've been silent for five years. Before I'm ultimately destroyed, at least let me be mad once!"

「...」

Long Shaotian was struggling… He never imagined his own son would also jump in to stop him from abandoning Lin Feng. He really wanted to tell Long Xiaoyun to his face: don't you realize that your father can only let you live so carefreely by remaining the Hall Master? Who is Lin Feng, anyway? What good can he do for you? Could he possibly take your father's place?

However, in front of everyone, he couldn't just reject Long Xiaoyun's request outright. More importantly, he still needed to consult Lin Feng.

"Lin Feng, Boss Fu says you're my man. But actually, apart from the agreement where I hired you for ten boxing matches, we have no other relationship. He must have misunderstood…" Long Shaotian said to Lin Feng nonchalantly, his tone unhurried. "Why don't you explain things clearly to Boss Fu yourself?"

When Long Shaotian said this, both Long Xiaoyun and Yan Su were shocked. They never imagined Long Shaotian could be so shameless. Although he hadn't directly agreed to hand Lin Feng over, he had made it clear to Fu Chuanqi that Lin Feng had no connection to the Qingzi Sect…

This was blatantly selling out a teammate to their face!

Fu Chuanqi almost wanted to give Long Shaotian a thumbs-up. He figured that as long as the Qingzi Sect agreed not to protect Lin Feng, catching him would be a matter of minutes. He could almost picture the exhilarating sight of Lin Feng being thrown into the sea…

Lin Feng, too, was rather stunned by Long Shaotian's shamelessness. It was the first time he'd ever witnessed such a direct and clean betrayal; it made him a little uneasy!

Let me talk to Fu Chuanqi? How could Long Shaotian actually bring himself to say that? Lin Feng couldn't imagine what he could possibly have to discuss with Fu Chuanqi…

At this critical juncture, Lin Feng cast an apologetic glance at Yan Su. Yes… now that Long Shaotian had decided to abandon him, the secret infiltration mission Lin Feng had promised Yan Su could almost be declared a failure! A rift had formed between them. Long Shaotian would certainly no longer consider him a true confidant, nor would he let him get near any sensitive secrets. Lin Feng's role in the mission was effectively over.

Without changing his expression, Yan Su gave Lin Feng a meaningful look, signaling that if it became necessary, Lin Feng should definitely find him.

Lin Feng nodded discreetly. Then, with a cheerful smile, he said to Fu Chuanqi, "I suppose saying any more is useless. Gang Leader Fu, you're convinced I'm the murderer, and I refuse to admit it! In that case, why don't we be more direct and let our fists do the talking?"

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