Of course, Tang San did not forget to inspect Lin Tian’s cause of death.
After all, the other party’s death was far too bizarre.
With Lin Tian’s skills, would he accidentally fall off a cliff and die?
He wouldn’t believe such a cause of death even if it killed him.
It was fine if he didn’t inspect it, but once he did, he was given a huge fright.
When he silently channeled the Mysterious Heaven Skill into Lin Tian’s body, he was shocked to discover that although Lin Tian looked like he had died from a fall on the outside, his bones were shattered inside, and all his internal organs were ruptured.
These were definitely not injuries that could be caused by falling off a cliff.
It looked more like someone used a heavy object and a special force-application technique to shake him to death before throwing him off the cliff.
And anyone capable of this must be an expert.
At the very least, in his past life, experts capable of reaching this level were absolute few and far between, and not even a single one could be found even if he scoured the entire Tang Sect.
Thinking of this, Tang San instinctively looked around, discovering that among those present, besides himself and Xiao Wu, there was only the Spirit Scholar Lin Yuan.
Not a single one possessed Soul Power.
Could it be Xiao Chenyu?
Impossible.
As far as he knew, Xiao Chenyu’s father was merely a Spirit Ancestor.
Relying solely on a Spirit Ancestor, it was absolutely impossible to achieve this.
The clues were broken…
Lin Yuan did not know what Tang San was thinking at the moment; he had no mind to pay attention to Tang San at all.
He was solely focused on weeping together with the group of villagers.
At the same time, he did not forget to cement the fact that Lin Tian had accidentally fallen off the cliff to his death.
Only then would that Tang Hao be able to shift his gaze away from the people of Zhuling Village.
Otherwise, if he cried and shouted about finding the culprit to avenge Lin Tian, there was no telling what kind of things that fellow Tang Hao would do.
After Lin Tian’s funeral ended, Tang San and Xiao Wu left.
As for Lin Yuan, he stayed behind in Zhuling Village.
In his own words, there were memories of him and ‘Brother Lin Tian’ here, and he wanted to stay here to accompany ‘Brother Lin Tian’ through his final period of time.
He asked Xiao Wu to help relay a message to his mother telling her not to worry about him.
Seeing how much Lin Yuan cared for Lin Tian, Xiao Wu was touched and naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
After watching Xiao Wu leave, Lin Yuan forcibly resisted Cultivating the two Cultivation Techniques he obtained from Lin Tian over the next two days.
Instead, he wandered around Zhuling Village all day long, ‘commemorating’ Lin Tian, putting up an appearance of deep brotherhood.
It wasn’t until the evening of the third day that he finally came to the back mountain of Zhuling Village.
In a secluded spot, he found the tallest ten-year Lone Bamboo and dripped the green liquid of the Palm Heaven Bottle onto it.
Only then did he come to a hidden cave, lit a campfire, and took out Lin Tian’s blood-stained clothes to begin studying the two major Cultivation Techniques.
After weighing the pros and cons, he chose the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula first.
There were three reasons.
First, biting off more than one can chew leads to poor digestion.
For an outsider like him, it was better to eat meals one bite at a time.
Second, the Supreme Sacred Universe Skill was extremely yang and rigid, leaning towards the fire attribute.
It did not fit well with a plant Spirit.
Third, Lin Tian had already demonstrated it in front of everyone.
If he Cultivated it and integrated it with his Lone Bamboo martial soul, it would be far too conspicuous.
It would inevitably arouse suspicion.
But the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula was different.
If it was integrated with the Lone Bamboo martial soul, it could instantly mutate into Thunder Bamboo.
This would make up for the lack of offensive power in the Lone Bamboo martial soul.
Just thinking about how unstoppable the Lone Bamboo martial soul would be after gaining the lightning attribute filled Lin Yuan’s heart with excitement.
Meanwhile, after Xiao Wu, who had already returned to the academy, spent a full two days grieving, under Tang San’s day-and-night comfort, she finally returned to her former carefree appearance.
While this made Tang San happy, it also inevitably reminded him of Lin Tian’s tragic state of death.
As early as the day they returned to the academy, he had informed Yu Xiaogang of the suspicious points in this matter.
As a result, Yu Xiaogang naturally shifted the blame onto Spirit Hall without any hesitation.
In his own words, Lin Tian was assassinated because he refused to join Spirit Hall, and the scene was subsequently disguised to look like an accidental fall off a cliff.
What puzzled Tang San, however, was that leave him aside—after all, Blue Silver Grass was a universally recognized trash Spirit.
But Xiao Wu was not a trash Spirit!
Both possessed Innate Full Spirit Power.
Logically speaking, if Spirit Hall really made a move, it was impossible for them to target only Lin Tian.
“Little San, what is wrong with you?
Why do you look so gloomy?
Quickly tell me.
In light of you comforting Sister Xiao Wu these past few days, Sister Xiao Wu is willing to listen to your troubles.”
Xiao Wu said.
Tang San smiled faintly, “It’s nothing…”
He did not want Xiao Wu to hear about matters concerning Lin Tian and become sad again.
But women, especially women like Xiao Wu, often grew more curious the less you said.
“Stop talking nonsense, spill it.”
As she spoke, she put on an expression implying that if he didn’t tell her, she was going to exhibit Life Qi.
“Alright then.
I suspect that Lin Tian did not die from accidentally falling off a cliff, but was framed by someone.”
With no other choice, Tang San had to voice his guess.
“Someone harmed him…”
In an instant, Xiao Wu thought of Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, that existence who shared the same name as Tang San’s father and possessed the number one Tool Spirit under heaven, the Clear Sky Hammer.
Could it be that he did it?
Tang San did not know what Xiao Wu was thinking and continued:
“I inspected Lin Tian’s physical condition; his entire body’s bones were shattered and his internal organs ruptured.
This doesn’t look like dying from a cliff fall; it looks much more like he was first beaten with a heavy object by someone and then dropped off the cliff…”
Xiao Wu did not continue listening to the rest of the words; her whole face turned stark white.
It matched up, it all matched up.
Everything made sense.
No wonder Lin Tian suddenly ran off to the back mountain in the middle of the night.
No wonder he inexplicably fell off the cliff.
So all of this was deliberately done by someone.
As for the reason, besides someone coveting her spirit ring and Spirit Bone, she truly could not think of any other possibility.
But why didn’t that person capture her directly instead of getting rid of Lin Tian?
Time twisted and turned, and it quickly came to the day Notting Academy reopened.
During this period, besides collecting the Palm Heaven Bottle green liquid and accelerating the growth of the Lone Bamboo Spirit Beast, Lin Yuan spent his time bitterly practicing the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula.
Because of the plain-speech version of the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula left by Lin Tian, he had also very thoughtfully written down his Cultivation insights and the wrong paths he had taken.
Lin Yuan could tell that our deceased classmate Lin Tian was a good student who liked to take notes in class.
Therefore, he exerted all his effort into Cultivation.
And managed to Cultivate even a trace of mastery out of this Cultivation Technique.
Even so, this allowed his Cultivation speed to increase instead of decrease without using the Palm Heaven Bottle green liquid to enhance his Spirit quality.
According to his estimation, after returning to the academy and using the Palm Heaven Bottle to collect green liquid for Cultivation, it would take no more than twenty days to Cultivate his Soul Power to rank nine.
If he could successfully Cultivate the first layer of the Five Thunders Heavenly Heart Formula beforehand, this time could be shortened even further.
The only pity was that this month, it rained heavily on and off for several days, leaving no moonlight.
Coupled with the few days delayed in the middle due to Lin Tian’s death, he had only collected three drops of green liquid.
Even with the one drop of green liquid pre-stored earlier to accelerate the Lone Bamboo, it was only a little over four hundred years.
However, it was no big deal.
When he next Breakthrough to rank ten and returned to Zhuling Village, he could just accelerate its growth then.