Chapter 21: I Am Telling the Truth, Why Don’t You Believe Me?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Wang Zhan was impolite, causing Huangfu Longdou’s eyes to squint slightly.
Guilty?
He had just helped the Heavenly Sword Sect gain some reputation, and Wang Zhan was now blaming him?
“What am I guilty of?” Huangfu Longdou asked in neither servile nor overbearing manner.
Wang Zhan looked at Huangfu Longdou, who had an indifferent expression, and sneered.
“How dare you remain stubborn when the evidence is clear!”
“Fine. Aren’t you trying to deny it? I’ll prove it so that you have nothing to say today!”
“Tell me, where did you learn the Body-Refining Techniques that allowed you to tackle Qi-Refining Techniques and Array Techniques?”
Huangfu Longdou glanced at Wang Zhan calmly. “What does this have to do with you?”
“You!” Wang Zhan choked on Huangfu Longdou’s response. He continued angrily, “I am an outer sect elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect. Now, there is a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, which is suspected to be a spy sent by other sects. How can this have nothing to do with me?”
Huangfu Longdou frowned slightly upon hearing that and said, “Spy? Are you talking about me?”
“You know it for yourself!”
Huangfu Longdou snorted and was about to speak but was interrupted by Chen Xuanfeng.
Chen Xuanfeng cleared his throat and looked at Huangfu Longdou helplessly.
Hence, Huangfu Longdou didn’t refute and just quietly waited for what was coming next.
After that, Wang Zhan asked again, “Huangfu Longdou, Heavenly Sword Sect has never had such a cultivation technique. Where did you learn this cultivation technique from?”
Huangfu Longdou understood when he heard that.
He brought a mysterious cultivation technique and showed it off in the competition. It was inevitable that some people would doubt.
No wonder when he saw Chen Xuanfeng’s troubled look he came in.
The elders had called him over to denounce him. Most likely, it was Wang Zhan who was causing all of these behind the scenes.
Of course, he still had to answer since the sect master was asking him.
“Where did I learn it? Didn’t you see my hairstyle?”
Wang Zhan frowned slightly and said, “What do you mean?”
“I’ve become bald, and I’ve become stronger.”
The elders at the scene were all confused.
What did bald have to do with becoming stronger?
“Huangfu Longdou, don’t evade the topic. I’m asking about the cultivation technique. How did you learn it?”
Huangfu Longdou shrugged and said, “I did sit-ups and push-ups every day, and then I became stronger.”
Wang Zhan frowned and said angrily, “Sit-ups and push-ups? Do you think you can become stronger just by doing this? Do you think I’m a three-year-old child?”
These were only the training methods of ordinary people. How could he become stronger just by doing those?
Wang Zhan naturally didn’t believe it.
“Of course, it’s not just this.”
“Then what else? Tell me!” Wang Zhan’s eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked upon hearing that Huangfu Longdou was finally going, to tell the truth.
“And running. Running twenty miles every day,” Huangfu Longdou answered with a serious look on his face.
The cabinet instantly became silent, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
It seemed that even the slightest sound of breathing could be heard.
Wang Zhan slammed the table fiercely with a bang. He was so angry that his whole body was trembling. He pointed at Huangfu Longdou and said, “It has come to this point, and you still hide the truth. Do you think that Heavenly Sword Sect can’t do anything to you?!”
Huangfu Longdou was already speechless.
He was telling the truth. Why weren’t they believing him?
Chen Xuanfeng frowned slightly and advised, “Longdou, just say it if you have any difficulties. The cabinet will not make things difficult for you as long as you’re not a spy.”
The meaning behind his words was obvious. Chen Xuanfeng would not be able to protect him even if he was the sect leader if Huangfu Longdou was a spy.
Chen Xuanfeng loved and hated that disciple, Huangfu Longdou, at the same time.
His aptitude was poor, but his style was different. He had such a hairstyle.
But he could defeat the proud disciple of the other three great sects if one were to say that his aptitude was poor.
Such a person couldn’t be called a genius.
He could only be called a freak, a weird genius!
But a genius was a genius, and a freak or weird genius was also a talent.
Then he was worth nurturing if he was talented!
Chen Xuanfeng wanted to protect Huangfu Longdou.
But he might not be able to help Huangfu Longdoum either if he insisted on making such a mess.
Huangfu Longdou sighed slightly upon hearing Chen Xuanfeng’s reaction, and said helplessly, “Actually, I was fortunate enough to learn a set of cultivation techniques from an immortal in the mountain before I entered the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
“But the immortal told me that this cultivation technique cannot be passed on to outsiders, much less mention his name to outsiders. So, that’s all I can say.”
Although there were many parts of this story that were ambiguous, it made sense.
“Humph! I think you’re making this up on the spot!”
Wang Zhan believed a little in his heart.
But, how could Wang Zhan let Huangfu Longdou off so easily?
His grandson Wang Yi had a grudge with him, and he had also forcefully covered up for his grandson by sending Huangfu Longdou to the Thinking Cliff.
He would be the one who would suffer in the future if he didn’t get rid of Huangfu Longdou.
Huangfu Longdou didn’t seem to care about Wang Zhan’s question. He said calmly, “Then how do you think did I have learned that cultivation technique?”
“This… you are a spy sent by other sects to steal the cultivation technique of our Heavenly Sword Sect!”
Wang Zhan’s accuse was unreasonable.
One could always trump a charge if they want a person to be in trouble!
Chen Xuanfeng frowned slightly and was about to speak up for Huangfu Longdou.
However, Huangfu Longdou answered without hesitation, “Since you said so, then this matter would be easier.”
The elders were a little puzzled when they heard that. They didn’t know what Huangfu Longdou meant by that.
Who knew that his words that he said next would make every elder shock.
“Since you’re worried that I’m a spy and came here to steal the cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Sword Sect…”
“Then I won’t learn these cultivation techniques in the future. Isn’t that enough?”
Huangfu Long said calmly as if it was just a trivial matter.
Of course, that matter was indeed a trivial matter to him.
Did he need to rely on these cultivation techniques to become stronger?
He didn’t need them at all!
But the elders understood it with a different meaning when the elders heard that.
To them, Huangfu Longdou was sacrificing his future to prove his innocence!
One had to know that being able to learn the cultivation techniques of the Heavenly Sword Sect was a huge help to the disciples’ strength.
And now, Huangfu Longdou gave up on learning cultivation techniques to prove his innocence.
Wouldn’t Huangfu Longdou only be able to cultivate his body for the rest of his life if that was the case?
Every elder in the cabinet had already believed Huangfu Longdou’s innocence.
They even felt that it was a bit of a pity for him.
Everyone had seen Huangfu Longdou’s contributions to the Heavenly Sword Sect that day.
But now, he was being treated like this.
It was unfair!
He had thought that Wang Zhan would be satisfied with what had happened.
Who knew that he would not give up. He sneered.
“I think you are a spy. Otherwise, why would you give up on the cultivation technique?
“You are willing to give up on learning the cultivation technique after joining the Heavenly Sword Sect. If you are not guilty, then why do you say that?”
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