Fatal Misunderstanding!
Fatal Misunderstanding!
It turned out that when Jun Moxie went out that night, he was in a hurry. How could there be a youth of similar size as him among the guards? As he roamed around, he heard the desperate cries of a young girl coming from a room. Looking over, he saw a despicable youth of similar size as him, forcing a maidservant, all the way looking at her lecherously. Jun Moxie did not have the time to find out the entire sequence of events, and he directly smacked the youth unconscious with a single slap, rescuing the girl. After that, he directly brought the unfortunate fellow back…
Even Jun Moxie had not expected that he'd actually done a good deed by choosing this youth, ridding this lecherous demon from the Chen Family and sending him on his way.
With how the situation turned around, everyone including Cao Guofeng and Zhan Mubai were both stupefied!
If this corpse belonged to the Chen Family's Second Young Master, then… where did the Free and Natural Physique genius disappear to?
Seizing the opportunity to talk, Zhan Mubai quickly recounted his entire story again, especially emphasizing on one fact. If it was really done by me, why would I be grabbing onto a black shirt without letting go? With my, Zhan Mubai's, ability, not to mention a single black shirt, even if it was a hundred, or a thousand, I would have destroyed all the evidence in an instant long ago!
Apart from the Chen Family, which of these Saint Emperors would care that the Chen Family's Second Young Master was dead? Everyone was considering a new matter right now. Where did that genius with the Free and Natural Physique disappear to? That was the main point!
If the whole thing was a plot, wouldn't this fight between Cao Guofeng and Zhan Mubai be completely pointless?
Cao Guofeng's cultivation was high, and he was still largely fine. But Zhan Mubai was in a terrible state. His clothes were torn and tattered, and his face was swollen, with cuts all over his body. His face had been properly disfigured, and a patch of his beard had even been torn away. His eyes had turned into the like of a panda, and his lips were as fat as sausages. Two of his teeth were missing, and he looked even worse than a pig's head. Not to mention, there were numerous internal injuries of varying severities in his body!
Even to an ordinary person, this degree of humiliation was unbearable, let alone a Saint Emperor?
Cao Guofeng and Bai Qifeng looked at each other awkwardly, not knowing what to say in that instant!
Who would have thought these eight Saint Emperors, all peak level experts of the world, would actually be played so ruthlessly by someone?
But at the same time, they heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts. As long as that genius was still alive, everything was fine. It didn't matter who was holding him now; they would definitely find him one day!
Zhan Mubai was panting raggedly, and it looked as if fire was about to spew out of his eyes as he looked at Cao Guofeng and the rest. Growling hatefully, he exclaimed, "Cao Guofeng! You son of a b*tch… This daddy… This daddy is unable to share the same sky as you!"
At last, his injustice was washed clean. Finally, Saint Emperor Zhan could stand up with pride! Although the words sounded strange and airy because of his missing teeth, he still managed to sound righteous and indignant. A moment ago, he felt so miserable that he even wanted to die. He was beaten up and abused like a sandbag… all in public!
And those curses earlier had probably been heard by the entire Chrysanthemum City!
How should one talk about this matter? Had I just been beaten up for nothing? There should at least be an explanation?
Zhan Mubai suddenly started crying; tears poured from his eyes like rain. For the very first time of his life ever since he became an adult, he cried! Only in very special circumstances would he cry… And that very special circumstance was if he felt extremely wronged and aggrieved, and when that aggrievement was cleared, well…
Right now, Saint Emperor Zhan sobbed and blubbered inconsolably like a baby. I was so wronged… I was so mistreated…
As he cried, Zhan Mubai suddenly thought of a very important matter. If the corpse before them was already verified to be a fake, then… where did the real person go?
His eyes swiveled rapidly. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed probable and correct. The black shirt had just been flung over, and Cao Guofeng and the rest arrived in the next second. F*ck, even a plan to catch adultery in the act did not have such precise timing… At this kind of time, who else would want to set me up? Apart from Cao Guofeng, this competitor, who else could it be?
"F*ck!" Zhan Mubai slammed his fist against the ground, and his anger rose as tall as a mountain as he roared: "Cao Guofeng! To think that you actually had the face to call me despicable! YOU are the most despicable snake among us all! For the sake of gaining a disciple with the Free and Natural Physique, you actually went this far!"
Since he knew that he'd made a mistake, Cao Guofeng already felt exceedingly embarrassed. The anger in his belly had already disappeared, and there was only guilt left in his heart. Especially when he saw that his old friend Zhan Mubai whom he'd known for several hundred years was beaten up to such a state, he felt even more ashamed in his heart. Wishing he could just sink into the ground and disappear, he opened and closed his mouth repeatedly like a fish, unable to say anything.
At this point, he decided that the only thing he could do was to try to make things up to this old friend. He must groom this old friend's descendant properly. Even if it wasn't his ideal successor, it didn't matter anymore!
Hearing Zhan Mubai yell at him now, he couldn't help but to shake his head with a bitter smile. Mumbling weakly, he said, "Brother Zhan? Where did those words come from? I know that you're not very happy in your heart, I'll make it up to you alright? Just bring that great grandson of yours to me later, I promise to groom him well…
Zhan Mubai leapt up with rage, taking two steps forward and arriving rapidly before Cao Guofeng's face. With a swift stretch of his hand, he grabbed the latter's collar and pulled him forward. "You sneaky thief crying "stop thief!" Do you dare to say that all this wasn't set up by you? Pui! I must have been blind to have treated you as a friend for several hundred years! Now that your plot has been exposed, did you think that a simple apology and compensation was going to be enough to end the matter? You want to accept this daddy's great grandson as a disciple? You must be dreaming! Would this daddy still dare to leave my great grandson in your hands? And let you 'groom' him into a shameless and despicable ruffian like you?!"
His spittle sprayed all over Cao Guofeng's face, and the latter wiped it away with his sleeves as he lowered his tone dangerously. "What nonsense are you speaking about? Take note of your decorum… an esteemed Saint Emperor, not even caring about your face… I'm sincerely trying to make things up to you. You yourself said that your great grandson's life is in danger, but now you're saying…"
"Decorum? Face?!" Zhan Mubai coughed out a bit of blood in his rage. "My decorum had already been dumped into the toilet because of you! My face had already been torn off and used as toilet paper by you, Cao Guofeng! Now that your sh*tty plot was revealed, you want to bring up the matter of my great grandson again to threaten this daddy? Let me tell you, even if this daddy is left without any descendants; even if this daddy's family line was ended, I don't need your help! Cao Guofeng! Quickly bring out my disciple, and we'll have nothing to do with each other in the future! Otherwise, only one out of the two of us will leave here alive today!"
Cao Guofeng blinked blankly for a moment as he stammered. "Wh… what disciple? What are you talking about?"
Zhan Mubai's eyes widened and he hollered. "MY FREE AND NATURAL PHYSIQUE DISCIPLE! Cao Guofeng, you're truly ruthless! You knew that I would fight with you for the disciple, so you decided to take the initiative, stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers. First, you killed the Chen Family's Second Young Master, smashing his head with a slap, then you maligned me and charged me with the crime. After that, you all came together to accuse me and attract all the attention, while hiding the child away in the chaos. Tell me, am I right?"
Cao Guofeng stared at him with disbelief and tied tongue. Who would have thought that this fellow's brain was actually so quick and imaginative, actually managing to take a completely baseless thought and make it sound so logical and reasonable, turning around to accuse him instead!
"Bastard! What bullsh*t are you spouting!" Cao Guofeng was angered. "We've known each other for so many years; am I that kind of person?"
"F*ck off with your dogsh*t so many years! Right before this, hasn't this daddy also 'known you for so many years'? Was this daddy also 'that kind of person'? Didn't you still thoroughly humiliate me?!"
Zhan Mubai's eyes were red as he stared steadily at him. "Cao Guofeng ah, Cao Guofeng. Previously, I was still feeling curious… that Free and Natural Physique kid was staying with you guys last night, and with seven great Saint Emperors around him, he was actually captured and killed by someone. In this world, is there anyone with such great skills? Hahaha… I'm such an idiot…"
He laughed miserably as he turned his head to the sky. "In this world, those who could catch a living person under the close protection of seven Saint Emperors and escape… perhaps other than the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master, there's probably nobody else! To think that I hadn't discovered such an obvious flaw just now… I actually failed to notice that this was just an excellent show directed and acted out by our talented Saint Emperor Cao Guofeng! What a peerless genius of the theater! To think that you had the cheek to mock me and call me a great actor just now. I have to say, the acting skills of your Misty Illusory Manor is even more impressive! Cao Guofeng, if at this point, I still failed to see through your motive, this old man would have lived my life in vain!"
When Zhan Mubai said those words out, all the experts of the three Holy Lands gasped and collectively issued an "ohh" sound. This explanation was highly possible!
As Zhan Mubai had said, who in this world could kidnap a living person right under the nose of seven Saint Emperors? That was simply an impossible matter!
It was an irrefutable fact!
Not mentioning seven Saint Emperors; even if it was only one, as long as the Saint Emperor went all out and protected the person with all his strength while disregarding his own life, unless he died, the person he was protecting would definitely be safe and sound!
This was the strength of a Saint Emperor level expert! And the kid had been guarded by seven great Saint Emperors! Something that even the Nine Nether Fourteenth Young Master couldn't do was likely also impossible for any other person in this world!
"A bunch of nonsense! This is unfounded deceit! You're turning black into white! Preposterous!" Cao Guofeng was so enraged that his entire body shook. Even the hair on his head, and his beard were trembling. Right now, he could finally understand how Zhan Mubai had felt a moment ago.
It was already embarrassing enough to lose his disciple. But now, that pot of sh*t had also been poured over his head…
Zhan Mubai's analysis was rational, and his inference was logical. Furthermore, he stood on the side of reason. People soon began to side with him and began to offer him advice. However, their words of persuasion all seemed to hold more meaning within them. While casting strange looks at Cao Guofeng, Hai Wuya sidled up to Zhan Mubai and advised, "Brother Zhan, for this matter, it's better if we give the matter further thought and discuss it later. Brother Cai has always been an upright person. When we think things through for a few days, it wouldn't be too late to sit down and talk again…"
He Zhiqiu also nodded and added, "Brother Zhan, this matter should not be rushed, we should take it slowly and talk about it at length…"
Their words all hinted at the same thing. Everyone's opinion was the same as Zhan Mubai: at this moment, it was clear that the genius disciple had definitely been hidden away by Cao Guofeng. In fact, it was quite likely part of a grand scheme by the seven Saint Emperors of the Misty Illusory Manor to palm off a substitute for the real thing, while attempting to get away scot free by deceiving the entire world!