Watching the smug trio of Lu Ming, Big Yellow, and Man Xiong, Ye Fan knew that Huangpu Haotian and his group were finished once again. They had been thoroughly duped!
Sure enough, Huangpu Haotian gritted his teeth, stuffed the poisonous mushroom in his hand into his mouth, chewed it thoroughly, and swallowed it!
This time, he even went out of his way to chew it carefully to taste it properly.
Truth be told, it actually tasted quite good!
After swallowing it, he felt the toxin spreading through his body, but it didn't seem capable of causing him any harm whatsoever!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others also widened their eyes, staring intently at Huangpu Haotian!
Huangpu Haotian waited for a moment, only to find himself feeling perfectly fine. In fact, his mind even felt a bit clearer!
This... didn't this mean they wouldn't be getting any compensation?
Just then, a childish voice transmission sounded in his ear:
“If you don't want to suffer this loss in silence, you should pretend to go mad!”
Hm?
Pretend to go mad?
Huangpu Haotian was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly caught on!
That was right!
If they wanted the Qingshan Sect to pay compensation, they had to prove that their mushrooms were poisonous!
Pretending to go mad was indeed an excellent solution!
At the same time, he realized that this voice transmission had come from the Buddha Son of the Ancient Buddha Sect!
This Buddha Son was definitely not simple!
I must find an opportunity to get rid of him, or he will become a major threat in the future!
He might actually be capable of leading the Ancient Buddha Sect to new heights!
However, now was not the time to dwell on such thoughts!
He immediately sent a voice transmission to the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan, Abbot Zhiyuan, and the others:
“I'm going to pretend to be mad. Play along with me!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan had already been slipping into despair!
Hearing Huangpu Haotian's transmission, his eyes instantly lit up!
This was indeed an excellent idea!
Abbot Zhiyuan, the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon, and the others were also in complete agreement.
This would definitely frame the Qingshan Sect!
But just then, Huangpu Haotian's voice transmission rang out again:
“Since I'm making such a massive sacrifice, you all must give me some compensation!”
“What? You want compensation? Aren't we all brothers working together to frame the Qingshan Sect?”
“Why are you talking about compensation?!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan replied with a frown!
Huangpu Haotian retorted, “How about this then, Fellow Daoist Han? You eat a poisonous mushroom, pretend to be mad, and continue singing and dancing. I'll give you compensation instead!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan choked on his words!
Making a fool of himself once was already more than enough. Doing it again?
Absolutely not!
At this moment, the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon's voice transmission chimed in:
“I'm willing to pretend to be mad and smash the other half of the Ancient Buddha Sect's mountain gate!”
“I do not agree!”
The moment the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon finished speaking, Abbot Zhiyuan's transmission rang out immediately!
If their gate got smashed again, what would be left of the Ancient Buddha Sect's dignity?
“Let Huangpu Haotian do it! Changing people now might cause complications! The Qingshan Sect has finally agreed to pay compensation, so we shouldn't create unnecessary trouble...”
Hearing Abbot Zhiyuan's words, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others fell silent!
They knew that the abbot made a valid point!
Still, they felt incredibly displeased at the thought of having to fork over more resources!
After a brief discussion, they agreed on a suitable price to pay Huangpu Haotian afterward.
Watching Huangpu Haotian and the others exchange sly glances, Ye Fan was completely speechless!
How can people like you ever achieve anything great?
No wonder you're constantly suppressed by the Qingshan Sect. The only reason you haven't been wiped out by them yet...
...is probably because they showed you mercy!
Meanwhile, Lu Ming watched the group whispering and making eyes at each other, feeling quite puzzled himself.
What kind of scheme are these guys cooking up now?
Just as he was wondering, Huangpu Haotian suddenly threw his head back and laughed wildly:
“Bwahaha! The world shall belong to my Ancient Imperial Clan from this day forth! You insolent peasants, why have you not knelt before your Emperor?!”
“Holy crap...”
“Impressive!”
“Woof?”
“...”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect, Lu Ming, and Big Yellow stared at each other in disbelief, their mouths hanging wide open.
They had never expected Huangpu Haotian to pull a stunt like this.
To force them to pay compensation, he was actually pretending to be a raving lunatic!
To make it look realistic, the guy had clearly done something to himself. His face was pitch black, and his lips had turned a dark, bruised shade of blue...
Huangpu Haotian really had no other choice. He had no idea how to turn his face yellow like before, so he had secretly taken a mild, non-lethal poison...
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect pointed at Huangpu Haotian and said:
“Just to frame my Qingshan Sect, you actually poisoned yourselves!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan spoke up:
“Sect Master Wang, do not falsely accuse us. Huangpu Haotian only ended up like this after eating the poisonous mushroom provided by your Saint...”
“Everyone's eyes are sharp; we all saw it with our own eyes!”
“Amitabha. What a sin, what a sin...”
Abbot Zhiyuan pressed his palms together, wearing a look of deep sorrow...
“Sect Master Wang, you said it yourself! If we prove the mushroom is poisonous, you will compensate us for our losses...”
The Nine-Headed Flood Dragon shouted excitedly!
This time, he had to recoup all the losses from this trip!
“Exactly!”
Mo Qianye chimed in, his voice cold and detached!
Ye Fan also quietly watched Huangpu Haotian, who was acting like a fool in mid-air.
This will definitely teach the Qingshan Sect and Lu Ming a lesson...
Seeing the shock on Lu Ming's face, he felt an immense wave of satisfaction wash over him.
How satisfying... He absolutely loved this feeling!
If only I could kill Lu Ming, that would be even better!
His eyes flickered as he turned his gaze toward Abbot Zhiyuan.
He felt he needed to find a way to trick this old fellow into deploying the Ancient Buddha Sect's hidden trump card to eliminate Lu Ming...
“Could that Lunar Radiance Mushroom really be a poisonous mushroom?”
“It must be. Look, the head of the Ancient Imperial Clan has gone mad again!”
“But the Qingshan Sect's Saint and his companions were perfectly fine after eating it just now, weren't they?”
“The Qingshan Sect's Saint and his companions must have taken an antidote beforehand...”
“...”
For a moment, the cultivators of the Central Province burst into a flurry of hushed discussions as they watched the raving Huangpu Haotian.
The Grand Elder of the Danji Sect looked up at Huangpu Haotian in the sky and shouted:
“He's faking it!”
“That's right! He's pretending just to frame them!”
The Sword Lunatic chimed in as well!
“Yeah... He's faking it! When he went mad earlier, his face turned yellow!”
Bao Duoduo, wearing his bandit hood, also bellowed at the top of his lungs!
Hearing their words, the crowd began to hesitate. Could these people really be faking it?
It was rather suspicious. His face turned pitch black this time!
Hearing the crowd's murmurs, the Second Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan sent a cold voice transmission to Bai Tiansheng of the Yunhua Sacred Palace:
“Are you dead? Don't you know whose side you're supposed to be on?”
At the same time, Emperor Tianqi also received a voice transmission!
The current Saintess of the Tiansheng Sect, Luo Xiyan, also received a transmission from Mo Qianye!
Although the three of them felt terrified, they didn't dare to disobey!
Bai Tiansheng gritted his teeth and shouted loudly:
“He is the prestigious head of the Ancient Imperial Clan! Why would he throw away his dignity and pretend to be a raving lunatic?!”
“Exactly! Just look at how crazed he is. That doesn't look faked at all!”
Emperor Tianqi chimed in, staring up at Huangpu Haotian in the air!
“I don't think he's faking either!”
Luo Xiyan nodded in agreement!
Initially, the Ancestor of the Tiansheng Sect could understand why Bai Tiansheng and Emperor Tianqi were speaking up for Huangpu Haotian.
After all, they were currently acting as underlings to those ancient powers.
But when he heard Luo Xiyan chime in as well, the Ancestor of the Tiansheng Sect nearly had his soul scared right out of his body!
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