“You had better stop hiding your identity. Just tell us which power you belong to,” Huangpu Haotian said, staring at Huo Furong.
Huo Furong let out a cold snort and sneered, “Even if I told you, a fool playing dumb like you wouldn't recognize it!”
Huangpu Haotian was instantly choked with rage. This was downright insulting!
What did she mean, he wouldn't know even if she told him?
He was only pretending to be mad, not actually insane!
If she told him, of course he would understand!
At the same time, he knew his reputation was completely ruined. This humiliation would likely follow him for the rest of his life.
If he had successfully pulled off playing dumb, his reputation might have fared a bit better!
But in the end, he had fucking failed at it!
Then, he cast a dark gaze toward the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others.
This Half-Immortal was definitely from one of their powers!
He had shamelessly faked being poisoned to scam the Qingshan Sect, yet these people actually wanted to scam him in return!
The more Huangpu Haotian thought about it, the angrier he got!
His already dark face turned even darker!
With a flick of his sleeve, he turned to the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect and said, “Sect Master Wang, I swear, it was the Buddha Son of the Ancient Buddha Sect who gave me this rotten idea to scam your Qingshan Sect!”
Ye Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of murderous intent flitting across them.
This man deserves to die!
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect raised an eyebrow and turned to Abbot Zhiyuan. “Abbot Zhiyuan, what do you have to say to that?”
Abbot Zhiyuan could also tell that this was indeed likely an idea concocted by his own Buddha Son!
But he would rather die than admit it!
“Amitabha. Sect Master Wang, this poor monk also does not know why Fellow Daoist Huangpu would falsely accuse our Buddha Son,” Abbot Zhiyuan said. “But I must say, our Buddha Son is still very young and has never experienced the harsh beatings of the secular world. He possesses a pure and innocent heart; he would never think of such a rotten idea!”
Staring at Abbot Zhiyuan's compassionate face, Huangpu Haotian's eyes widened in disbelief. How could this old monk utter such brazenly shameless words with a straight face?
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect looked at Abbot Zhiyuan, then at Huangpu Haotian, his eyes flashing. “Mhm! I believe Abbot Zhiyuan's words!”
“Pfft!”
Huangpu Haotian, who had taken a mild poison earlier just to make his complexion change, was so infuriated by the Qingshan Sect's Sect Master's words that he spat out a mouthful of blood!
I'm the one telling the truth here! Why won't anyone believe me?
“Oh my... Why are you spitting blood? This has absolutely nothing to do with me!”
The Qingshan Sect's Sect Master hastily took a few steps back, returning to Lu Ming and the others!
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others also looked highly suspicious.
They suspected that the Qingshan Sect's Sect Master had said this on purpose.
Aside from trying to infuriate Huangpu Haotian, it was to drive a wedge into their already fragile alliance!
If they were to ask, the Qingshan Sect's Sect Master would definitely say: Your suspicions are correct! I did it on purpose!!
“My Lord, are you alright?”
An elder who had accompanied the Ancient Imperial Clan quickly stepped forward and stuffed a top-grade recovery pill into the Ancient Emperor's mouth!
After consuming the recovery pill, Huangpu Haotian's complexion improved significantly. “I'm fine!”
Then, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze turning dark as he looked at the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others.
So you want to play it like this, do you? Fine, then none of us are playing!
With that, he spoke up directly, “Regardless of whether it was my idea or the Ancient Buddha Sect's Buddha Son's idea, you should hand over the facilitation fee you promised me!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others were utterly speechless. Could this matter not have waited until they were in private?
By bringing it up now, wasn't he letting everyone know that they had plotted together to scam the Qingshan Sect?
Most importantly, they hadn't even succeeded!
Sure enough, as soon as Huangpu Haotian finished speaking, the cultivators of Central Province looked at them with peculiar expressions!
However, no one dared to whisper this time. They had all witnessed what happened with the Bandit Sect just now.
They didn't have a Half-Immortal to back them up if they got into trouble!
“Fellow Daoist Huangpu, what nonsense are you spouting? There's no such thing!” the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan said, winking frantically at Huangpu Haotian!
Huangpu Haotian acted as if he completely failed to understand the hint. “You aren't planning on reneging on your word, are you? Don't forget, you all made a Heavenly Dao Oath...”
At the same time, he sneered in his heart:
Since I've already offended the Qingshan Sect, none of you are getting off scot-free either!
Hearing Huangpu Haotian bring up the oath, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon exchanged looks.
This Huangpu Haotian was truly out of his mind!
But when they thought of the oath they had sworn, they all felt incredibly depressed!
“Sigh... Amitabha. What a sin, what a sin!”
Abbot Zhiyuan said nothing more, directly handing a storage bag to Huangpu Haotian.
In this situation, anyone with eyes could see what was going on.
Denying it would only save them a tiny bit of face!
Most importantly, they were bound by the Heavenly Dao Oath!
Soon after, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the other two also handed over a storage bag each to Huangpu Haotian!
Suddenly, they all felt like they had shot themselves in the foot!
If not for Huangpu Haotian's farce, the Qingshan Sect's Saint wouldn't have been proven so completely innocent!
Ye Fan stared at these people with a dark gaze, unable to stop himself from cursing them as useless in his mind!
He finally understood. This bunch was completely useless against outsiders, but absolute masters of infighting!
After putting away the storage bags, Huangpu Haotian pondered for a moment.
He took out two storage bags and walked over to the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect.
“Sect Master Wang, I am terribly sorry. This is compensation for your sect's Saint! I ended up frightening him...”
“It's fine, it's fine...”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect took the storage bags with a chuckle and handed them to Lu Ming.
“Why aren't you thanking him yet...”
Lu Ming took the storage bags and said with a beaming smile, “Thank you, Senior Huangpu. I forgive you!”
Huangpu Haotian's mouth twitched. That infuriating Qingshan Sect style!
It was the most fucking annoying thing ever!
Lu Ming put away his storage bags, only to see Huangpu Haotian walk over to Abbot Zhiyuan next.
He offered the remaining two storage bags in his hand, saying, “Abbot Zhiyuan, this is compensation for the damage I caused to your Ancient Buddha Sect earlier!”
Lu Ming's eyes flickered, also thoroughly astonished by Huangpu Haotian's maneuver!
This guy had managed to salvage his entire situation just by casting his face aside for once!
Furthermore, he was incredibly flexible and resilient. Despite having just been played by Abbot Zhiyuan, he could now act as if nothing had happened at all!
Abbot Zhiyuan stared at the two storage bags before him.
One of them was the very same bag he had just given to the man.
So he was using his own money to compensate him?
Nevertheless, Abbot Zhiyuan accepted them without the slightest hesitation.
“Fellow Daoist Huangpu, do not trouble yourself over it. It is not as if you did it on purpose!”
After all, by doing this, Huangpu Haotian was effectively taking full responsibility for his earlier madness, admitting it was of his own making!
Otherwise, they would have had to argue endlessly about it.
They might even have been bitten back, with the others accusing the Ancient Buddha Sect of poisoning them!
Now that Huangpu Haotian had taken the lead in taking the blame, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan and the others wouldn't have anything left to say!
Sure enough, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan, the Nine-Headed Flood Dragon, and Mo Qianye watched this unfold, utterly dumbfounded.
So in the end, they were the only ones who ended up getting hurt!
The Nine-Headed Flood Dragon in particular shook his nine heads, completely unable to fathom how things had turned out this way.
Mo Qianye cursed inwardly: Damn humans, they really are incredibly cunning!
Seeing the expressions of the three, Huangpu Haotian felt a bit of the pent-up frustration in his chest finally disperse!
However, he had to quickly find a way to restore the glory of the Ancient Imperial Clan!
“Amitabha. My three benefactors, please compensate for the damage you have caused to the Ancient Buddha Sect as well!” Abbot Zhiyuan said with a thoroughly amicable smile!
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