The place where Lin Wu invited Simon Shen was called Tianwu House, the most luxurious restaurant on Holy Spirit Island.
But when Simon Shen stepped into the private room, he found that Lin Wu was not alone.
The moment he saw the other person, he immediately felt something was wrong and had the urge to turn around and leave.
Lin Wu looked at him with a playful expression. "Simon Shen, since you're here, why are you standing in the doorway and not coming in?"
Lin Wu looked at him with a playful expression.
Simon Shen hesitated for a moment, but still walked in. Even if things got exposed, he believed Leon Huang wouldn't dare do anything to him. After all, he had only provided Lin Wu with a possible solution.
"I didn't expect Junior Huang to be here too!"
"Yeah. The one who ordered the poisoning was Liam Liang, right?" Leon Huang asked with a smiling face.
Hearing this, Simon Shen's face instantly darkened. "What are you talking about, Junior Huang? I don't understand at all. Sorry, I just remembered something urgent—I’ll be leaving now!"
"You came, and now you want to leave?" Leon Huang looked at him with a mocking expression.
Hearing this, Simon Shen felt an intense sense of foreboding. "Leon Huang, what are you trying to do? I'm warning you—don't mess around, or the academy rules won't spare you!"
With a flicker, Leon Huang appeared in front of Simon Shen and tapped his finger right between Simon's brows.
Half an hour later, Simon Shen left Tianwu House.
That night, Simon Shen claimed he had urgent matters to discuss and invited Liam Liang to his dorm.
Simon Shen was Liam Liang's trusted adviser. He knew many of Liam's dirty secrets. Although Liam was annoyed that Simon hadn't come to see him personally, he still brought two of his henchmen and went to Simon's dorm.
Liam Liang complained, "Simon Shen, it's so late—why did you call me here? What's so important?"
"No rush, Senior. Have a cup of tea first, then we can talk," Simon Shen said mysteriously.
Liam couldn't help but grow curious. He picked up his cup and took a sip of tea. "I've had the tea—now, what do you want to say?"
Seeing this, Simon Shen gave a strange smile and lowered his voice. "Senior, I have to tell you—I've put Break-Qi Powder in the tea you just drank!"
"What?"
Liam Liang's face changed dramatically. He immediately calmed himself and checked the flow of true qi in his body. Sure enough, he found that his true qi had suddenly decreased.
He glared at Simon Shen and demanded, "Why did you do this?"
"Ha!"
Simon Shen burst out laughing. "My conscience finally woke up. All these years, you've done so many terrible things and harmed so many people. I figured it's time you tasted what it's like to be set up! Hahaha!"
"You bastard! I'll kill you!"
Liam was almost driven mad with rage. He raised his palm and chopped fiercely at Simon Shen.
Simon Shen didn't resist at all, letting Liam's palm strike him square in the chest.
Liam struck with all his strength, fueled by anger, while Simon Shen didn't use any true qi to defend himself. As a result, his internal organs were shattered—he died instantly, beyond saving.
Seeing that Simon Shen had lost all signs of life, Liam was first stunned, then a wave of panic surged in his heart. Killing someone inside the academy was a major crime—even his older brother, an advanced student, might not be able to protect him.
Just then, Lin Wu entered with a group of people...
The next day, news spread that low-level student Liam Liang had killed fellow low-level student Simon Shen.
Currently, he had already been arrested by the academy's law-enforcement team and thrown into the academy prison.
In his defense, Liam claimed to the law-enforcement team that Simon Shen had tried to poison him first with Break-Qi Powder, and he killed Simon in a fit of rage.
The law-enforcement team investigated the matter and found that Liam had not been poisoned with Break-Qi Powder at all. The tea Simon gave him wasn't laced with poison, but was actually a rare Spirit Medicine that refines the purity of true qi.
When Liam heard this, he was instantly stunned. At the time, he had only noticed his true qi decrease and assumed he'd drunk Break-Qi Powder. Simon's provocation made him snap, and he hadn't checked carefully—he never expected it wasn't poison at all.
What he couldn't figure out was, why would Simon Shen do this? If Simon wanted to frame him, Liam felt he'd always treated Simon fairly.
Academy prison.
Liam slumped against the damp prison wall, utterly dejected. He knew he was finished—killing a fellow student was a grave offense. Even if he wasn't put to death, he'd be crippled and expelled from the academy.
Just then, footsteps sounded in the corridor.
Liam perked up and shouted, "I'm innocent! I was framed!"
"Shut up!"
At that moment, a tall figure appeared outside the cell.
When Liam saw who it was, he was overjoyed and rushed over. "Big brother, you’re here! You have to save me—I really was framed!"
Indeed, the newcomer was Liam’s older brother, Liamson Liang, an advanced student at Sanctum Martial Academy whose cultivation had reached early Great Grandmaster level.
Liamson looked at him with disappointment and said coldly, "It's one thing for you to dabble in shady business, but this time you actually killed someone. How am I supposed to save you now?"
"Big brother, I really am innocent! Don’t you believe me?" Liam cried. He knew Liamson was his only hope; if his brother didn’t help, he was truly finished.
Seeing this, Liamson couldn’t help but doubt. His brother was a scoundrel, but not a liar. "Speak. What exactly happened?"
"You have to believe me, big brother! I really didn’t...!"
Seeing Liam so pathetic, Liamson felt even more disappointed. But since he was family, he interrupted coldly, "Enough! Tell me everything, word for word!"
After Liamson’s outburst, Liam finally calmed down. After a moment’s recall, he began to explain: "Big brother, here’s what happened. Last night, that bastard Simon Shen called me over, said he had something important to discuss, so I went..."
After hearing Liam’s account, Liamson’s frown deepened. He was certain his foolish brother had been set up, but with Simon Shen dead, there were no witnesses. Even if he wanted to investigate, there was nowhere to start. Annoyed, he asked, "Think carefully—have you offended anyone recently?"
"...Me?" Hearing Liamson’s question, Liam thought hard, but after a while, he realized he’d offended way too many people. He stammered, "Seems like I’ve offended a lot of people!"
Hearing this, Liamson nearly wanted to slap his idiot brother. He asked again, "Then have you offended anyone recently?"
This time, Liam blurted out, "A few days ago, I had a conflict with a new student named Leon Huang!"
"Oh? What happened? Tell me in detail!"
"Here’s what happened..."
Liam recounted the entire story of how he became enemies with Leon Huang.
After hearing the story, Liamson was even more baffled. In this incident, Leon Huang clearly had the upper hand and had already humiliated Liam—there was no reason for him to set up such a deadly trap. Plus, as a mere freshman, how could he make Simon Shen die for him in such a short time?
Suddenly, he noticed Liam's expression flicker and barked, "Are you still hiding something from me?"