Chapter 163.1 Caring for the Lonely Old Man (1/2)
Chapter 163.1 Caring for the Lonely Old Man (1/2)
Wang Ke had just learned that Mo Sanshan was working under the Demon Sovereign, and he was helping the latter deal with traitors, while earning Chen Tianyuan’s trust at the same time. Mo Sanshan really is a spy! He’s too dangerous!
Now that Wang Ke couldn’t push any blame on Mo Sanshan—
His next natural move was to stay clear of any responsibility, so he said, "The Demon Sovereign has everything in control! Your victory was already determined a thousand miles away! You have my deepest admiration!"
"Hmm!" The Demon Sovereign nodded.
"Demon Sovereign, this brat Wang Ke is clearly suspicious. I’ve said so many times over in the reports. Are you going to interrogate him now?" Mo Sanshan asked.
"Interrogate? The Demon Sovereign summoned me to talk! Not to interrogate! Mo Sanshan, I’ve already explained things to the Demon Sovereign, clearing up all the slander made up by you. Don’t think the Demon Sovereign will listen to you just because you accused me behind my back. Facts trump arguments. Your slandering is useless, as it will never tarnish my loyalty toward the demonic sect!" said Wang Ke, berating Mo Sanshan.
"Loyal? Loyal my *ss! You’re not demonized at all!" retorted the latter, exposing Wang Ke with a stare.
"Bullsh*t! You are the one not demonized! Back on Divine Dragon Island, the Demon Sovereign inspected me personally! Do you think your slander can beat the Demon Sovereign’s judgment?" Wang Ke immediately tried his best to argue his way out.
He had to do it; it would be impossible for him to walk out of that door if he was considered to be from the righteous side. The Demon Sovereign was not dumb after all.
"Demon Sovereign, I have evidence; I’m not bluffing!" Mo Sanshan said.
"Oh?" The Demon Sovereign sat down with a calm look.
He wasn’t in a hurry, as though he enjoyed seeing two subordinates fighting it out. As for the outcome? None of the two could do anything out of hand anyway. Nothing for me to worry about. I have loads of time.
"Fine, Mo Sanshan, speak up!" Wang Ke challenged him, "I, Wang Ke, firmly believe that the truth can only become clearer with our reasoning. Don’t hide anything. Show your hand and stop accusing me behind my back. I’m embarrassed for you, to learn you did such things. Let’s reason it out in the open; that is, if you have what it takes! Come at me!"
Although the Demon Sovereign was wearing his demonic mask, he was looking at Wang Ke with a weird look. You ask others not to accuse you behind your back… But didn’t you do the same to him just now?
"Fine, here’s the evidence you want. Come, let’s reason it out! Wang Ke, you’ve been mingling with both the righteous and the demonic cultivators over the past few days, and the Demon Sovereign had been informed about it. So, I won’t say more about that. Let’s now talk about your background! Hehe, the last time you returned from Divine Dragon Island to the Heavenly Wolf Sect, Murong Luguang personally used the Righteous-Qi Sword to test your essence Qi. You haven’t been demonized yet! I got Chen Tianyuan to test you too, and he concurred that you’re not a demon! How do you explain that?" Mo Sanshan chuckled in a threatening manner.
"You can hide yourself from Chen Tianyuan. Why can’t I? Oh, only you can have some kind of secret art, and I’m not allowed to have one? So what if it’s the Righteous-Qi Sword? Didn’t I break it? I rigged the Righteous-Qi Sword. Why? What’s it got to do with you?" Wang Ke fought back with a stare.
"Humph. Useless excuses! I know the true reason! You and Chen Tianyuan are colluding to put up a front!" Mo Sanshan declared.
"Nonsense. Do you have evidence?" Wang Ke questioned back angrily.
Mo Sanshan continued, "Wang Ke, back at the Qing Capital, She Tianba hit you with a hundred palm strikes. Why are you still okay? And you even had a breakthrough in your cultivation? Hahaha, it must be someone trying to hide something inside you, right? Is it Chen Tianyuan? He did some trick with your essence Qi to disguise it to resemble demonic Qi. That’s how you deceived the Demon Sovereign, right?" Mo Sanshan said.
"What did you say? Chen Tianyuan rigged my essence Qi to deceive the Demon Sovereign?" Wang Ke was shocked by the hypothesis.
"Of course, why else would you break through after getting beat up? Other than Chen Tianyuan, I know not of any other Astral Infant acquainted with you, one who would pump Astral Infant power into your body to resist She Tianba’s strikes! There must be something wrong with your essence Qi!" Mo Sanshan insisted.
"You’re the one with the problem!" Wang Ke retorted.
Damn. Mo Sanshan guessed it right. It’s spot on because something’s wrong with my essence Qi. That’s why I can mingle in both the righteous and the demonic sects.
Mo Sanshan continued, "Wang Ke, if you want to prove your innocence, why don’t you show your essence Qi to the Demon Sovereign again?" Mo Sanshan insisted.
Their leader looked at Wang Ke again with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, so you mean that the Demon Sovereign’s eyes were bad last time? Right?" Wang Ke mocked.
"Humph!" Mo Sanshan neither admitted nor objected to the claim.
He obviously thought so.
But Wang Ke laughed and said, "The base for your suspicion is that my cultivation broke through after being bashed by She Tianba, so you think that Chen Tianyuan injected some power into me, right?"
"That’s right! Or else, why would Chen Tianyuan not realize that you’re demonized?" Mo Sanshan said.
After taking a deep breath, Wang Ke looked toward their boss. "Demon Sovereign, I wasn’t going to report this initially. But now that such slander is upon me, I can’t hide it anymore. Demon Sovereign, please be the judge!"
"Oh?" The Demon Sovereign looked at Wang Ke, a little surprised.
What kind of secret do you have, which can nullify Mo Sanshan’s evidence? This Wang Ke is really peculiar.
Flipping a hand, Wang Ke took out a jade box.
"What’s that?" Mo Sanshan asked doubtfully.
But Wang Ke ignored him and fixed his gaze on the Demon Sovereign.
"Demon Sovereign, there’s something in the box. You will know that I’m innocent the moment you see it!” Wang Ke passed the jade box over with a serious attitude.
Mo Sanshan was stunned. Damn you, Wang Ke. You really have some kind of trump card in your sleeve? What could prove your innocence at this point?
The old expert was doubtful, but the Demon Sovereign took over the jade box and opened it—
Inside laid a tooth the size of an infant’s fist.
"A tooth?" Mo Sanshan was at a loss.
The Demon Sovereign suddenly stood up and gazed at the tooth for some time. Concurrently, he touched the tooth and black Qi emerged from it.