“Haha, well said. Truly well said.” At this mont, the little old man appeared out of nowhere and clapped his hands in praise. In fact, he had been here for a while, but he didn’t appear because he wanted to see how his foolish disciple would deal with this fellow. But this result…! Clearly, he wasn’t satisfied.
“Master.” Zheng En bowed respectfully and then lowered his head, not daring to look at the little old man.
“Raise your head,” the little old man rebuked with a displeased face. He was a little disappointed that his disciple didn’t live up to his expectations. He knew that his disciple didn’t want to cause trouble for them, but how could he be soone who was afraid of trouble? Moreover, what he couldn’t tolerate was soone bullying his disciple!
“Master!” Zheng En looked up at the little old man with tears in his eyes.
The little old man cleared his throat and said loudly, “Zheng En! If you are my disciple, tell what happened back then and let everyone here judge. I believe everyone’s eyes are clear on who is right and who is wrong.”
“Yes, Master!” Zheng En hesitated but still answered. Although this matter was a little difficult for him to say, he knew that he really couldn’t hide what had happened back then at this mont.
The little old man stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.?This is more like my disciple!
“Fifteen years ago, when I was still an Alchemist, Sun Wei and I participated in an alchemy competition held by the Alchemist Association Headquarters. In this competition, Sun Wei and I were the best among all the participants, so we beca friends and appreciated each other.
“In fact, this was just my wishful thinking. Sun Wei didn’t treat as a friend at all. He approached for another purpose.
“He approached to obtain my trust, and then he tampered with my pill furnace. That ti, he obtained first place in the competition. Afterward, he was accepted as a disciple by the president of the headquarters. He was at his best and still regarded as his confidant. At the ti, I was very touched and would say almost anything to him. But sothing happened not long after. Soone said that a pill I concocted killed soone. I didn’t know the whole story at all, so I was directly convicted and expelled from the Alchemist Association.
“Later on, by chance, I got to know that it was all Sun Wei’s doing in the dark. He deliberately frad so that I couldn’t be an alchemist. Moreover, the cause of all of this was envy! He was envious of my talent and wanted to beco a disciple of the headquarters’s president. He had always treated as his greatest competitor, so he wanted to destroy ! He wanted to be deserted and despised by everyone. In the following years, Sun Wei kept sending people to hunt down!” Zheng En explained while suppressing his hatred.
After everyone present heard Zheng En’s words, there was a mont of silence. They were not clear about the authenticity of the matter back then, but everyone believed that at least 50% of Zheng En’s words were trustworthy because such things did happen on the Boundless Heaven Continent.
“Don’t listen to his nonsense. He’s just quibbling. What I said is true!” Sun Wei hurriedly said after seeing everyone’s doubtful gazes.
Leng Ruoxue looked at Sun Wei and said with a slight mockery, “What’s the rush? Are you feeling guilty? Everyone knows what’s right and wrong. Not just anyone can change it with a few words.”
“I…” Sun Wei was at a loss for words…
“Everyone, I believe you are all intelligent people. This matter is from a long ti ago, so you won’t know the truth of the matter. Even I am not very clear about it. Although Zheng En is my subordinate, please believe . If it’s really Zheng En’s fault, I will definitely not protect him. But if what happened back then is really as Zheng En said, then I won’t let anyone who dares to bully my subordinate go. Therefore, I hope everyone can give us so ti to investigate the truth of the matter back then. This way, we will not wrong a good person, nor will we let the bad person continue to be carefree,” Leng Ruoxue said to all the onlookers.?Hmph! Sun Wei isn’t the only one who knows how to use the power of public opinion. I also know how to.
The surrounding citizens felt that Leng Ruoxue’s words were reasonable and nodded one after another, expressing their support for her to investigate the truth back then. In fact, what happened back then had nothing to do with them at all. But everyone was gossipy, so they were also very curious about the truth of the matter back then. It wouldn’t be a loss for them if they knew!
“Everyone, for the sake of fairness, I hope you won’t discuss this matter anymore. I will naturally give everyone an explanation for it,” Leng Ruoxue said again after seeing that she had achieved the effect she wanted. She didn’t want these people to point at Zheng En and gossip when they saw him in the future.
“Okay, okay.” The people nodded and left.
At this mont, Leng Qingtian and the others erged from the darkness.
“Haha, Lass, you’re the best,” Old Zao said with a smile. They had been thinking of a way to help Zheng En without making him feel awkward. He didn’t expect the girl to solve the problem with a few words.
Leng Ruoxue glanced at Sun Wei and then said to Leng Qingtian and the others, “Let’s go back to our room!”
“Okay.” Everyone nodded and walked toward the room collectively.
“Stop! Stop right there!” Sun Wei shouted from behind them, but no one bothered with him!
Leng Ruoxue deliberately put on a stern face after entering the room. She glared at Zheng En and said with slight displeasure, “Zheng En, isn’t he just the disciple of the Alchemist Association Headquarters’ president? Why are you afraid of him!”
“That’s right! Brat Zheng, your performance just now was very embarrassing for us! What do we usually teach you?” Old Zao also reprimanded very unhappily. If the waiter in the inn hadn’t told them that sothing had happened to Zheng En, they would have still been kept in the dark!
“I…” Zheng En was speechless.
“Alright, don’t make things difficult for my disciple. He’s just too kind and is afraid of implicating us. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be bullied by others.” The little old man helped his disciple out of the predicant.
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