Chapter 952: The Fury of Lin Dapang

Inside Changxing Star Island, Lin Dapang, whose cultivation had reached the peak of Yu Xingjun, received Xu Jin’s starlight message and, without suspicion, immediately teleported out of his star mansion, appearing before Xu Jin three breaths later.

“Great Saint, you called me!” Lin Bowei appeared before Xu Jin with a smile.

Xu Jin, who had been sensing Lin Bowei’s movements the entire time, pressed his hand to his forehead, looking deeply frustrated.

From the moment Lin Bowei received his starlight message, he had shown no hesitation, contacted no one else, made no preparations, and came straight over.

Just from this, Lin Dapang had no guilt in his heart.

It was precisely because he noticed this that Xu Jin felt helpless.

This situation made things difficult.

If Lin Dapang had been behind this, it would’ve been simple: Xu Jin would have crushed him with one palm, reduced him to dust, and ended all grievances.

But now, it seemed Lin Dapang had been used—and that was the problem.

“Dapang, come with me.”

In the next instant, Xu Jin teleported Lin Bowei through several shifts, far away from Changxing Star Island, then turned and handed him a starlight message token that had been tampered with.

“Dapang, were all these starlight message tokens you forged?” Xu Jin asked.

“Yes, all of them were forged by me,” Lin Dapang laughed.

“Then examine this one I’m giving you—carefully check it,” Xu Jin said.

“What, is there something wrong with this one?”

As Lin Dapang, surprised, took it and sank his spiritual sense into it for a thorough inspection, half a breath later he snapped his head up, shock flashing in his eyes, his face draining of all color.

“This one’s been tampered with—it can sense location? Great Saint, I didn’t do this!” Lin Dapang hurriedly explained.

“Didn’t you say you forged them yourself?”

Xu Jin stared at Lin Dapang, his expression fierce, “Do you know, if I hadn’t been strong enough, if I hadn’t hidden some of my true power, I’d have been killed by someone tracking me through this thing.”

“And now you tell me you didn’t know? Do you think I’m a three-year-old?”

“Great Saint, I truly had no intention to harm you—I would never betray a comrade! Please, let me think—”

Lin Dapang’s face turned pale as he strained to recall; suddenly, as if remembering something, he shuddered violently, his lips trembling, “It’s her—it must be her—it’s her!”

“Who?”

Seeing Xu Jin press further, Lin Dapang’s expression turned ghastly, “It’s Chunshui! Recently she’s been kind to me—I was forging these starlight tokens, and she was always with me, helping me complete my tasks.

Nearly half of them were forged by her.”

As he recalled, Lin Dapang’s face turned even paler, “Yes! After the Emperor changed the message rules, I forged them overnight, rushed out the first batch—you were the last to collect yours, and that final batch was entirely forged by her!

Back then, she was so considerate, saying I was too tired and telling me to rest!

So it was…

So it was…”

“You mean Chunshui Zhenjun is behind this?”

“She… she shouldn’t have lied to me! But…” In that instant, a flood of thoughts overwhelmed Lin Dapang, and he began speaking incoherently.

Without a sound, Xu Jin’s palm pressed against the back of Lin Dapang’s skull, and Wengmeng activated.

At this moment, Xu Jin no longer fully trusted what Lin Dapang said, so he seized the chance to interrogate him.

Under Wengmeng, Lin Dapang spoke only the truth.

Neither Jade Kun Emperor, Shen Zhenxuan, nor Jin Nanzhi had contacted him—he had no abnormalities, carried out his duties normally, and knew nothing of any scheme.

His account of Chunshui Zhenjun was also true.

“Chunshui Zhenjun!”

The moment Xu Jin’s eyes filled with killing intent, Lin Dapang awoke from Wengmeng’s control: “Dapang, I know you didn’t betray me—it was Chunshui Zhenjun who tampered with the tokens!

This grudge must be settled.

Here’s your chance: go summon Chunshui Zhenjun for me.”

Xu Jin had already prepared himself—if Lin Dapang refused, he would kill him instantly.

He’d given him a chance!

Besides, if he let him go alive, with his dog-like nature, he’d spill everything to Chunshui Zhenjun—and that would ruin everything.

“How could she do this to me!”

Lin Dapang’s expression twisted in agony, “I treated her so well—I obeyed her every wish, gave her everything she asked for!

I gave her all my cultivation resources.

I gave her all my battle merits.

I gave her every plunder I took.

I even exchanged and bought her all kinds of cultivation materials!

All of it fueled her rapid advancement!

But how could she betray my comrade like this?

No!

I must get answers!

I must confront her face to face!” In an instant, Lin Dapang’s eyes burned crimson.

Overcome with emotion, Lin Dapang moved to return—but Xu Jin blocked him: “Dapang, summon her. Tell her you’ve prepared a surprise.”

Lin Dapang looked into Xu Jin’s clear eyes, then nodded firmly.

The two returned to the edge of Changxing Star Island’s communication zone, and Lin Dapang, before Xu Jin’s eyes, sent a starlight message to Chunshui Zhenjun using the Tongxuan Token, exactly as Xu Jin instructed.

Inside Chunshui Hall on Changxing Star Island, Chunshui Zhenjun, who had been cultivating, suddenly opened her eyes, saw Lin Dapang’s message, and smiled faintly—she instantly understood.

In this capture of a medium-sized star fragment, Lin Dapang, as the vanguard scout, must have earned substantial battle merits and loot.

He was calling her now—surely to give her a gift.

“A surprise?

Could this useless fool have found a primordial material?”

The thought sent a surge of heat through Chunshui Zhenjun’s heart.

With one more primordial material, and once the promised water-element primordial material arrived, she might reach the fourth tribulation.

Recently, she’d been profiting from both sides, and under Xu Jin’s leadership, she’d kept reaping rewards—her cultivation had surged.

First she broke through to the third-tribulation True Person, now she’d reached the peak of third tribulation; with a little more gain, she’d become a fourth-tribulation True Person!

Then she’d be a Gao Jie True Person.

Without further thought, Chunshui Zhenjun prepared to head toward the location marked by Lin Dapang.

As for danger—she never once considered it.

For years, she’d held Lin Dapang firmly under her thumb.

She hadn’t even slept with him.

A few affectionate kisses, and he’d been ecstatic.

The more you dangled him, the more obedient he became!

But before leaving, Chunshui Zhenjun changed into a relatively modest long dress—the style Lin Dapang liked.

Unlike that other one, who preferred her in revealing clothes.

In the void, Lin Dapang’s eyes blazed crimson as he stared at the starlight streaking toward him, desperate to rush forward and confront her.