Chapter 1142: Chapter 1143: Deception
Lin Yifan didn’t have ti to explain anything to the Mu Family Elder here, nor did he want to explain.
The Mu Family Elder felt Lin Yifan was being secretive and didn’t know what kind of task he was on.
Moreover, he wanted to know what Lin Yifan gained from the seemingly erald stone and insisted on finding out where it originated.
Could this seemingly erald stone really be an erald? But an erald, while beautiful, is just an ornant. Why would he want so many?
He felt the erald stone wasn’t just jade; it might be so other rare mineral.
If that’s true, wouldn’t their Mu Family mine strike it rich?
Thinking about this, he contemplated deceiving Lin Yifan. But if Lin Yifan found out he lied, wouldn’t he et a horrible end?
After so consideration, he decided to take the risk.
After all, Lin Yifan didn’t know the source of this seemingly erald stone. Even if Lin Yifan knew it wasn’t from the Mu Family’s mine, he couldn’t do anything because he could always say it was from the location he ntioned.
So he replied, “This seemingly erald stone ca from a mine near Pasha Town.”
“Can you send soone to guide there?” Lin Yifan inquired.
“Ah? You need soone to guide you?”
The Mu Family Elder felt a bit panicked; this was unexpected for him.
“Of course, Pasha Town is vast. How else am I supposed to find that mine?”
“Alright then! I’ll send my subordinate to take you there.”
The Mu Family Elder didn’t hesitate much and imdiately sent his trusted aide.
His aide would likely understand his intention and help cover this lie since he already knew the location was false.
After understanding the Mu Family Elder’s intention from his expression, the aide drove out a jeep to take Lin Yifan to Pasha Town, searching for the source of this seemingly erald stone.
Lin Yifan actually wanted to use Qinggong to quickly reach Pasha Town with the Mu Family Elder’s aide.
But this secret was known only to him, so there was no hurry, and he didn’t want to waste his Cultivation Power.
Pasha Town wasn’t far; a two to three-hour drive would suffice.
On the way, the aide kept glancing at the rearview mirror, observing Lin Yifan’s expression, trying to gauge whether he believed or doubted him.
Lin Yifan, feigning sleep, noticed these actions.
His eyes often avoided Lin Yifan’s gaze; clearly, he was hiding sothing.
“Is the source false? Is the Mu Family Elder trying to fra ?”
Regardless, no one could harm him because he had the dicine Saint’s protection.
If the dicine Saint still cared about the Green Immortal Ring, he would surely be following him.
The dicine Saint was among the world’s top experts, so he wouldn’t face any danger.
After a few hours of a bumpy ride, they finally reached Pasha Town safely.
The aide continued driving, taking Lin Yifan towards the mines of Pasha Town.
The fact that there’s a mine in Pasha Town was true; the Mu Family Elder didn’t dare to give a random address. If Lin Yifan realized it was fake, with no possible jade ore extraction, he would be in trouble.
Once they reached the vicinity of the mine, the aide finally stopped the car.
After getting out, he led Lin Yifan to the “source” of the so-called erald stone, pointing to an excavated spot ahead, saying, “Mr. Lin, that’s the site where the seemingly erald stone was found.”
Lin Yifan looked and saw a mining site.
However, the mine had no workers, and so weeds had grown inside, indicating it had been unvisited for quite so ti.
He couldn’t help but question, “Are you sure the erald stone ca from here?”
“Yes! Absolutely sure!”
The aide of the Mu Family Elder replied with certainty.
At a crucial mont, he dared not falter; he had to cover for the Elder’s lie.
“When exactly did you dig it up?” Lin Yifan continued to ask.
This location might actually be genuine; without confirming the truth, he couldn’t wrong an innocent person.
The aide of the Mu Family Elder didn’t understand why Lin Yifan was asking so many questions; was he already suspicious?
Besides, he didn’t know Lin Yifan’s intent behind the question; why would the extraction ti matter?
Perhaps, to be cautious, he hesitantly lied, “A month ago!”
“A month ago? Then how co the Elder of the Long Family and Xu Anzhi only recently heard this news? And why is this place overgrown with such tall weeds?”
Lin Yifan sensed discrepancies in the tiline and, combined with the strange behavior from the Mu Family Elder’s aide during their journey, he couldn’t help but doubt the authenticity.
“Because… because we only recently announced it; also, the erald stone wasn’t mined by us. It was sold to us by a local farr, who claid it was from here.”
The aide hesitated slightly in his response, but that mont of hesitation beca crucial, failing to support the Mu Family Elder’s lie.
Seeing the avoidance and slight hesitation, Lin Yifan realized the person might be lying.
Enraged, he interrogated, “Why are you lying? Do you think I’m easy to deceive? Tell ! Is this the true source of the seemingly erald stone or not?”
This was an intimidation tactic, as soone with a guilty conscience would lose composure in such a situation, unable to refute.
The Mu Family Elder’s aide was frightened by the atmosphere Lin Yifan exuded.
Facing a Cultivator at the Peak of the Divine Transformation Third Realm, possessing strength at the Divine Transformation Fourth Realm Middle Stage, he, at the Peak of the Breaking Mortal Fifth Realm, was no match.
He trembled all over, extrely fearful; yet, he couldn’t abandon the task entrusted by the Elder, so he suppressed his fear and attempted to reply calmly, “It’s true, I didn’t deceive you!”
Seeing the deanor and the action of the person, Lin Yifan understood that the address given by the Mu Family Elder was very likely false.
Confident people wouldn’t display guilt.
Thus, he reprimanded and threatened, “Nonsense! If you don’t reveal the truth, believe , I’ll clap you to death!”
Seeing Lin Yifan raising his massive palm, the aide’s legs went weak.
He felt that Lin Yifan must have noticed sothing to be so sure their words were false, so he imdiately conceded, too scared to continue pretending.
“Please, Mr. Lin, it’s not my fault! It’s all due to the hints and cues from the Mu Family Elder, suggesting I do this. In reality, this address is entirely false.”
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