Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

So, the old patriarch resolutely made a promise to hold a competition three months later, and the winner would become the new patriarch.

At that time, Li Qingchi was the least valued one.

Because he had suffered a serious injury in his early years, the doctor said that his foundation had been damaged and his path to martial arts had come to an end. He could only stay at the seventh level and there was no possibility of further progress.

Because of this, Li Qingchi was often ridiculed and despised by his brothers and sisters. Even his elders had no expectations of him, and his existence seemed dispensable.

However, it was this least-favored Li Qingchi who broke the doctor's assertion and managed to advance to the eighth level of martial arts in a short period of time. In the competition three months later, he defeated everyone and won the position of clan leader.

Only Li Qingchi himself knows the efforts he made to achieve this result.

Therefore, he especially cherished this hard-earned position. After becoming the patriarch, he ruthlessly eliminated all those who disobeyed him and those who might pose a threat to him.

After listening to all this, Li Cenyuan remained silent for a long time, and the complex emotions he felt towards his father became stronger.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "But Baisheng is just a child, what threat can he pose to him?"

Hua Chaochao sighed softly: "Perhaps in the eyes of Chief Li, Bai Sheng's personality and ability may not be under his control in the future, thus becoming a variable."

Li Cenyuan was silent for a moment: "Even so, you shouldn't be so heartless."

Hua Chaochao shook her head slightly, and her words revealed a sense of the world's cruelty: "Don't advise others to be kind without experiencing their suffering."

……

A shocking event has been circulating in Xuanzhou recently.

In the aristocratic family trial that just ended not long ago, the dreaded Beast King appeared.

Moreover, there are rumors that this beast king was provoked by the desperate white leader.

Many children from noble families died at the hands of the Beast King, causing outrage among the noble families.

At this time, the four clan leaders were gathered together with serious expressions, discussing how to deal with Hua Xi.

Among them, Qi Man and Shen Lingtan did not make a clear statement.

They had their doubts in their hearts and didn't quite believe that Hua Xi would be such a vicious person, but all the clues pointed to her and they couldn't say anything to refute it.

The one who was most angry was Song Guwei.

After the trial, six people in his Song family lost their lives at once, and the young generation was almost extinct.

He said angrily, "I never thought that Chief Bai was such a vicious person. He deliberately lured out the Beast King and killed the children of my family. He must be severely punished!"

Qi Man frowned and replied, "Those claims are somewhat groundless. I always feel that there is something fishy going on."

Shen Lingtan also nodded and said, “Yes, Chief Bai’s usual behavior doesn’t seem like he would do such a thing.”

Song Guwei got anxious when he heard this: "Why not? Have you lived in vain these years? There are many people in this world who say one thing to your face and another behind your back! You are so easily fooled by superficial phenomena!"

Qi Man and Shen Lingtan: "..."

Really·One thing in front of others and another behind their backs·Li Qingchi: “…”

"It must be her. I felt something was wrong at the time. How could she be so lucky? Everyone who saw the Beast King died, but she survived. I thought she was just acting when she was injured!" Song Guwei gritted his teeth and slammed the ground heavily with the crutch in his hand.

"What if the Beast King just doesn't want to kill?" Qi Man tried to defend Hua Xi from another angle.

Song Guwei couldn't listen to him: "There are so many chances. Go to Giant Beast Ridge and find the Beast King now to see if it can kill you!"

Qi Man: “…”

Facing the three silent clan leaders, Song Guwei's anger was almost evident in his words: "The facts are clearly laid out here, are you still planning to protect her?"

Then, he turned his gaze to Li Qingchi, "Qingchi, she is your granddaughter, what do you say we should do!"

It looked like he would turn hostile immediately if Li Qingchi dared to protect him.

Li Qingchi had a bitter smile on his face, looking quite helpless: "Gu Wei, calm down first. Since Bai Sheng did something wrong, he should be punished. I will not be partial."

Song Guwei blew his beard and glared, and slammed his cane into the ground, "You'd better do what you say."

Then he added: "Also, I think Bai Sheng is not worthy of being the leader of the desperate situation. He should be removed and replaced with a new leader. Replaced with one of our people, it will be just right to control the desperate situation in our hands."

No one raised any objection to Song Guwei's proposal, mainly because they were afraid that if they spoke up, he would retort against them. No one present could argue with him.

After a while, Li Qingchi stood up and said, "How about this, Bai Sheng is a member of my Li family, leave her to me, and I will definitely give our family a satisfactory explanation."

Song Guwei's eyes widened: "Leave it to you? How can I trust you! What if you are partial to me and commit fraud?"

Li Qingchi's face darkened. "Gu Wei, I guarantee on the honor of the head of the Li family that I will not be partial in the slightest. If Bai Sheng is truly guilty of an unforgivable crime, I will deal with him according to the family rules."

At this time, Qi Man interrupted and said, "Qing Chi, this matter is very serious, and we need to act with caution."

Shen Lingtan didn't say anything. He was thinking in his heart that the talisman he found for his grandson had fallen, so he had to go and get him back quickly.

Song Guwei snorted coldly: "Okay, then I'll wait and see how you deal with it. If you make me dissatisfied, we're not done yet!"

……

"Arrogant, really too arrogant!"

Moni was like a lit firecracker, her whole face flushed red with anger.

Not long ago, Jue Jing received a notice from the four major families. It was written in black and white and was cold and ruthless. It demanded that Hua Xi immediately resign as the leader of Jue Jing and take the initiative to go to the Li family to confess his guilt, otherwise the four major families would send people to launch a full-scale attack on Jue Jing.

"I've never seen such shameless people! They actually framed you for the Beast King's affair without even thinking about it. If you really had the ability to command the Beast King, you would have let the Beast King flatten those families long ago!" Moni was so angry that her chest heaved.

Compared to her, Hua Xi, the person involved, seemed unusually calm. She narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Li Qingchi is obviously trying to force me to submit."

She was mentally prepared that Li Qingchi might use the danger of her own life in extreme danger as a threat, but she had never expected that he would persuade the other three families to put pressure on her together.

Moni paced back and forth anxiously, "What should I do? Should I really listen to them?"

Just as Hua Xi was about to speak, someone came hurriedly to report.

It was news that the head of the Shen family was visiting.

"Patriarch Shen? What is he doing here?" Mo Ni's heart was filled with alarm.

Hua Xi shifted her gaze to Yi Mu who was sitting not far away.

These days, Hua Xi pieced together from Mo Ni and Yi Mu everything that happened in the year when she lost her memory, and also learned that Shen Lingtan was Yi Mu's grandfather.

Therefore, when she heard that Shen Lingtan was coming to visit, she immediately guessed his purpose - to take Yi Mu away.

After all, in his opinion, Yi Mu was no longer safe in his desperate situation.

“Please come in, Patriarch Shen.”

When Shen Lingtan walked into the room, Hua Xi raised her hand slightly and made a gesture of invitation.

“Patriarch Shen, please take a seat.”

Shen Lingtan looked at Hua Xi with mixed emotions in his eyes, including emotion and helplessness.

He shook his head gently and waved his hand to refuse: "No need, I'm here to take Yi Mu home, I'll leave right away."

He turned his gaze to the boy sitting quietly in the corner, "Yi Mu, follow grandpa."

Yi Mu did not move, but raised his eyebrows slightly, looked directly at Shen Lingtan, and asked him: "Li Qingchi, what are you and you, planning?"

Yi Mu still remembered what the alien said before he fell into a coma. She said that Li Qingchi wanted him to be of great use.

What's his use?

This question has been circling in his mind for the past few days, but he is like being trapped in a fog and has no clue.

When Shen Lingtan heard this, his expression changed slightly, and there was a hint of evasion in his eyes: “Child, there are some things you don’t need to know, go home with grandpa first.”

Yi Mu remained motionless, looking at Shen Lingtan.

Hua Xi and Moni watched quietly from the side without interrupting.

The atmosphere was so heavy that it was almost hard to breathe.

Shen Lingtan sighed: “Yi Mu, this matter involves a lot, and grandpa is also protecting you.”

Hearing this, Yi Mu's mouth curled up with a hint of sneer, and his words were full of sarcasm: "Protect me? Li Qingchi has already attacked me, this is what you call protection?"

Shen Lingtan was surprised and said in disbelief: "He attacked you? How is it possible? Could it be that you are also..."

"She is also a martial artist?" Yi Mu's eyes were like torches, firmly fixed on Shen Lingtan, "So, your target is a martial artist, or a high-level martial artist, such as her."

He pointed at Hua Xi.

Yi Mu's thoughts quickly went back to the time when he realized that Li Qingchi became interested in him right after he revealed his identity as a martial artist.

Mo Ni, who was standing by, felt vaguely familiar when she heard this, and whispered, "Capturing martial artists... Dozens of young people disappeared in the past few months. Could it be that Qi Ce was really wronged, and the one who actually captured those people was—"

Moni didn't dare to continue talking.

If this was really the case, she couldn't imagine how heartless the person must be to be so cruel as to kill even someone of his own race.

"That's enough. Stop guessing." Shen Lingtan clenched his fists and looked at Yi Mu. "Come back with me first. As for Qing Chi, I will ask him for an explanation and will never let him touch you again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cell phone rang urgently.

The ringing sound came from Yi Mu's pocket.

Yi Mu took out his cell phone and saw an incoming call from Xiao Hei on the screen. He swiped to answer the call.

He was holding a new phone. He and Hua Xi's old phones were left at Li's house and they had no intention of getting them back.

With Hua Xi, a computer expert, it was easy to migrate the data from the old phone to the new one, and scrap the old phone at the same time.

As soon as the call was connected, Xiao Hei's anxious voice came: "Go back to the island as soon as possible, something big has happened!"

Yi Mu's expression immediately became serious, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Hei replied solemnly: "Tan Xiu has united with several organizations including the Shadow Demon Alliance to force you... to give up the position of island master."

In fact, there was one thing he didn't say, which was that they claimed that Yi Mu was not worthy of being the master of Lotus Island, and Tan Xiu was the most suitable candidate.

There are also many forces on Lotus Island, whose strength is comparable to that of Xuanzhou's Juejing and Supervisory Committee. Among them, Yingsha League is the strongest organization. Its leader Duan Heng is a martial artist of the ninth level.

Normally, these organizations each do their own thing and the island is harmonious. However, at this moment, this tranquility seems to have been broken.

Yi Mu was not too surprised by Tan Xiu's rebellious behavior. He just asked calmly, "Where is the master?"

Xiao Hei: "The old island master is traveling, otherwise how would Tan Xiu dare to take action?"

"The current situation is that the forces supporting you and those supporting Tan Xiu are in fierce conflict, but the other side has more people and we are at a disadvantage."

Hearing this, Yi Mu couldn't help but clench his hands and take a deep breath: "I'll be back right away."

He had to go because Lotus Island was also his responsibility.

After hanging up the phone, Yi Mu ignored Shen Lingtan's puzzled expression and simply told Hua Xi: "I have to leave in a hurry, please be careful."

Hua Xi didn't ask Yi Mu where he was going. From his solemn expression, she knew that what he encountered was not simple.

"You too."

Yi Mu walked out.

“Yi Mu, where are you going?” Shen Lingtan’s shout followed closely.

Yi Mu stopped, turned around slowly, and looked directly at Shen Lingtan: "I'll ask you one last time, is my mother's death related to your conspiracy?"

He guessed that Shen Lanyi might have discovered their secret and was expelled from the Shen family.

Shen Lingtan did not answer, and his eyes flickered.

He guessed it right.

Yi Mu glared at Shen Lingtan: "Okay, very good, wait, I will settle this account with you sooner or later."

After saying that, Yi Mu strode away without looking back.

"Yi Mu!"

Shen Lingtan seemed to have aged several years.

……

While Yi Mu was on his way, he found Tan Xiu's phone number and called him.

After it rang several times, the person on the other end finally picked up the phone.

"Amu."

Tan Xiu's voice was as clear and gentle as usual, and there was no sound of any problem.

"Brother." Yi Mu said with some confusion, "If you want the position of island master, you can tell me."

As long as he asks for it, I will give it to him. There is no need to stir up trouble.

When Qingming wanted to pass the position of island master to Yi Mu, Yi Mu refused. His obsession was to find Gu Tu and avenge his parents, so he was not suitable to be the island master. But Qingming insisted on doing so, so Yi Mu had no choice but to accept.

On the other end of the phone, Tan Xiu was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "Will it be of any use? Master has only chosen you as his successor. He won't agree to give it to me."

Yi Mu said in a hoarse voice: "Brother, is power really that important?" So important that he could ignore the friendship they had as brothers for so many years.

Tan Xiu sneered: "Amu, you have been favored by the master since you were young, so naturally you don't think power is important."

"You know, before you were brought back to the island by the master, I was the master's only disciple, bearing everyone's high hopes. Everyone thought I would be the next island master. But everything changed when you appeared. You are very talented, and most of the master's attention is on you. But I also work hard, but I am still not as good as you. No matter which aspect, you are better than me."

"I don't deny that you are very capable, but when have you ever used your abilities on the island? You have been out there tracking down the murderer of your parents, how much have you ever cared about the affairs of the island? It was all me, who was always taking care of things for you behind the scenes! I have given so much to the island, but the master seems to have turned a blind eye and only has eyes for you, his little apprentice!"