Chapter 1465 - Truth Revealed
Everyone wore a different expression as hundreds of gazes fixed on the black box.
"Liu Wuxie, you dare deceive us!" Elder Yu rose to his feet and berated Liu Wuxie.
Inside the box, there was no Bodhi Fruit at all, only a black sphere that merely resembled one in shape. The sphere was no treasure, just a lump of charred wood coated with a thin layer of black residue.
Many elders' faces darkened with fury at Liu Wuxie for daring to trick them all.
"That's right. I did deceive everyone, and the Bodhi Fruit can't do anything to the Serpent Insect," Liu Wuxie admitted openly, his confession dropping into the hall like a stone into a still lake and stirring waves of outrage.
It turned out that Liu Wuxie had fabricated everything about the Bodhi Fruit being the Serpent Insect's nemesis.
"You are taking this too far! You fooled so many elders like us!" Many people glared at Liu Wuxie in anger, and even Ding Yuan, who had never shown hostility toward him, couldn't help looking furious.
"Everyone, calm down for a moment. I did deceive everyone, but that's to find out who the traitors are," Liu Wuxie said, lifting his hand in a calming gesture. His words steadied the hall somewhat, but that didn't mean they had forgiven him.
"Liu Wuxie, don't blame us for what happens if you don't give us a proper explanation today. Who's the traitor?" Ding Yuan asked. Even Shi An glared at Liu Wuxie in fury, demanding an answer as well.
Meanwhile, the palace lord's smile only deepened, and he almost wished he could drag Liu Wuxie back as his own disciple.
"If you want to know who the traitors are, you just have to raise your right hand," Liu Wuxie said as he closed the black box with a soft click.
Everyone stared, bewildered, then instinctively looked down at their right palms.