NOVEL NEXT Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Speechless
Crack!
Two more lashes.
“Damn it, why didn’t you say so sooner?”
“Please spare me, spare me…”
Wang Bo felt like he wanted to die.
If he had known, he would never have spent so much to take this job.
Wang Bo was not a core member of the Wang family; without investment, it was impossible to secure such a good position. Who would have thought that just half a year into the job, such a huge mess would occur?
The middle-aged man was equally helpless; a thousand pounds of purple crystals was a significant amount. If he couldn’t recover them, he would have to pay out of his own pocket.
Not only that, but this would also affect his prospects for promotion within the family.
“Speak! Did you steal from your own family, or did someone else commit the crime?”
The middle-aged man calmed down somewhat.
Wang Bo cried and bowed his head, “Uncle Qi, even if you give me a hundred more lives, I would never dare steal from the family! The purple crystals from the mine must have been stolen by that slippery little fellow named Chen Ansheng!”
The middle-aged man’s expression darkened, and he shouted, “How do I know you’re not just looking for a scapegoat? Do you have any evidence?”
Wang Bo quickly replied, “Of course! There are people who can testify, and the evidence is all here!”
Chen Ansheng, standing by, felt an urge to curse. This bastard is trying to frame me!
Before the middle-aged man could speak, Chen Ansheng stepped forward.
“Master Wang, don’t wrongfully accuse someone! A few days ago, when I left the mine, it was you who personally checked and let me go!” Chen Ansheng defended himself.
The middle-aged man shot a cold glare at Chen Ansheng. “You’re Chen Ansheng?”
Chen Ansheng nodded respectfully, “That’s correct.”
The middle-aged man unleashed a surge of spiritual power, firmly locking onto Chen Ansheng, then looked at Wang Bo: “You say there are witnesses and evidence? Bring it out!”
Wang Bo stumbled to his feet and said, “Everyone, on the day we left the mine, this kid took away a strange black stone. I grilled him about it, but he deceived me, and everyone here saw it.”
For a moment, the crowd whispered among themselves but didn’t dare to speak up.
The middle-aged man then asked, “Is what Master Wang said true?”
“Replying to Lord Wang, there is indeed such a matter.”
The crowd felt a wave of pressure, and many had no choice but to answer honestly.
At this moment, Chen Ansheng’s heart sank.
He didn’t expect that this scoundrel Wang Bo would use this incident to slander him.
“Lord…”
“Someone, take him away for questioning!”
The other party gave Chen Ansheng no chance to defend himself. Several disciples of the Wang family, all at the fourth level of the celestial realm, rushed forward and apprehended Chen Ansheng.
A moment later.
Two storage bags on Chen Ansheng were searched out.
“Open them!”
The middle-aged man yelled. If it weren’t for Chen Ansheng’s spiritual power suddenly surging, he might have fainted from shock.
Storage bags were common in the celestial realm; the characteristic was that no one could open them except the owner.
Chen Ansheng felt both furious and bewildered.
The storage bag contained spatial stones, as well as over ten thousand celestial crystals he obtained from selling heavenly sandalwood.
Not to mention whether the spatial stones would be confiscated, just the source of those ten thousand celestial crystals was enough to leave Chen Ansheng speechless.
“Lord Wang, I did not steal the purple crystals. It’s Wang Bo trying to shirk his responsibility by framing me!”
Chen Ansheng had no choice but to stand firm and explain, hoping to buy time to find a way out.
“I told you to open the storage bag!”
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, his tone full of authority!
I can’t open it!
If I do, I’ll be left speechless!
Moreover, based on what I know about the Wang family, if they can’t find the real thief, they’ll surely pin the crime on me!
“This old Qi is at the sixth level of the celestial realm; if he strikes, I don’t know if I can withstand it with my Extreme Shielding Celestial Technique.”
After Chen Ansheng’s spiritual power surged, he could gauge the middle-aged man’s realm.
As for whether the defensive technique he had just mastered could withstand a blow from someone at the sixth level, he had no certainty.
If it came down to it, Chen Ansheng had no choice but to fight.
As long as he could block a blow, he could escape for miles, and then there would be a chance for him to flee.
Under the pressure of the aura, Chen Ansheng remained silent, which surprised others.
“Could it really be that Chen Ansheng did it?”
“It shouldn’t be; he has a gentle personality and works hard. He doesn’t seem like someone who would commit crimes.”
“Never judge a book by its cover; he doesn’t have ‘thief’ written on his face. If you could see it, it would be surprising.”
…
“Uncle Qi, this kid definitely stole the purple crystals! Hurry up and use torture to interrogate him; don’t worry about whether he’ll confess!”
Seeing this situation, Wang Bo finally felt relieved in his heart.
Finding a scapegoat meant he would only face accusations of being ineffective, losing his position at most, but his life would be safe.
“Wang Yun, cut off his hands and take him back for severe torture!”
Since this kid dared not open his storage bag for inspection, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance he was the thief.
“Damn it, I have no choice but to fight!”
Left with no options!
Chen Ansheng suddenly erupted, making a swift move to snatch his two storage bags back.
Then he began to prepare to unleash his Extreme Shielding Celestial Technique.
“Impudent thief!”
The middle-aged man was furious, striking out with a celestial palm aimed at Chen Ansheng’s head.
Chen Ansheng channeled his celestial power; the Extreme Shielding haven’t solidified yet, but a flying sword had already broken through the air toward him.
“Clang!”
With a sharp sound, the flying sword collided with the middle-aged man’s palm.
The flying sword shattered, and the middle-aged man was severely struck, tumbling backward.
“Brazen thief, you even have accomplices!”
The middle-aged man shouted in anger.
“Shut your filthy mouth! You’re the thief, and your whole family is full of thieves!”
Amidst the astonished crowd, a scruffy-looking man, clearly drunk, staggered over.
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It was Li Zhengyang.
“Li Zhengyang, you’re so bold! I knew a slippery little fellow like this couldn’t possibly move a thousand pounds of purple crystals without your interference!” Wang Bo shouted in anger.
Li Zhengyang, with a playful smile, slapped Wang Bo, sending him flying.
“Don’t pin your filth on me!”
Seeing this, the middle-aged man said coldly, “I remember you; you’re the one whose legs were broken and came begging the Wang family for shelter.”
Li Zhengyang’s smile vanished, and he said solemnly, “Stop spouting nonsense and let him go.”
The middle-aged man sneered, “How many lives do you have to dare act wild on my Wang family’s territory?”
“Not letting go, huh?” A terrifying killing intent erupted from Li Zhengyang as he discarded the wine jar he was holding, raised his hand, and shouted, “Sword, come!” A sword engulfed in flames fell into his palm.
The fiery sword rapidly raised the temperature around, making everyone feel unbearably hot.
Even the middle-aged man from the Wang family took a couple of steps back, his throat dry.
This was the power of a transcendent being!
Li Zhengyang was once at the eighth level of the celestial realm. Even though he had been injured and had dropped to the sixth level, with his fiery sun sword techniques, he could still kill an ordinary celestial being of the same level.
In fact, the middle-aged man from the Wang family knew this well.
Every ascendant had undergone countless life-and-death battles; they were not people like the lower-tier disciples of a single family could compete with.
He just didn’t expect that Li Zhengyang would be bold enough to openly confront the Wang family.
However…
If he really allowed the thief to escape like this, the Wang family’s reputation would be ruined, and he himself would face severe punishment, never to rise again.