Chapter 566 - 564: Big Liar

Faced with Chang Mao’s aggression, Jiang Chen almost had to laugh.

Mr. Qiu Shui, standing to the side, was also left completely speechless.

It had to be said, Chang Mao was a true marvel in the art of spouting nonsense.

"Shut your mouth."

Finally, Venerable Black Water could no longer stand it.

He was so enraged by Chang Mao’s words that he was on the verge of coughing up blood.

He suddenly rushed past Wenzhu and came to Jiang Chen’s side.

Glaring at Chang Mao, he snapped, "Chang Mao, I want you to shut your filthy mouth this instant."

He was absolutely furious.

This man was completely twisting the truth.

Chang Mao was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned cold.

This was a perfect opportunity for him to deal with Jiang Chen, but Venerable Black Water refused to cooperate.

He immediately huffed, "Elder Black Water, what is the meaning of this? This brat was disrespectful to you, and I was going to teach him a lesson for your sake, yet you turn around and accuse me? Does your conscience not hurt?"

Then, he looked at the crowd below with an aggrieved expression.

"Look, everyone! Elder Black Water has gone senile! He’s actually helping a brat who was disrespectful to him."

"This is deeply upsetting to me."

Venerable Black Water nearly coughed up blood.

He roared again, "Chang Mao, shut your mouth!"

Then, he looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Young friend, a moment ago, when my pill was about to explode, was it you who spoke?"

Jiang Chen nodded, not denying it.

Venerable Black Water hurriedly clasped his hands in a bow toward Jiang Chen and said gratefully, "Thank you for your guidance just now."

"If not for your guidance, my pill would have exploded today, and I would have been disgraced in front of so many people."

"I have no way to repay this debt of guidance. I am truly sorry that you’ve been falsely accused because of it, but I will clear your name."

He said this with extreme seriousness.

’This Venerable Black Water is indeed an exceptionally forthright person,’ Jiang Chen thought. ’Mr. Qiu Shui’s prior choice to have him inherit the position of President of the Alchemist Guild was not wrong at all.’

Immediately, Venerable Black Water turned and announced to the crowd, "Everyone, I’m sure you all witnessed what happened just now."

"When my pill was about to explode, this young friend suddenly spoke up to guide me."

"That’s right. It was his guidance that prevented the pill explosion and even allowed my Alchemy Skill to improve somewhat."

"Nothing is as Chang Mao has described."

"Therefore, I must thank this young friend. Please, do not misunderstand him."

Below, the crowd instantly erupted.

"No way. Could it be that brat really guided Venerable Black Water?"

"Is he an Alchemist?"

"An Alchemist even more skilled than Venerable Black Water?"

"How is that possible? It’s incredible! Venerable Black Water is already one of the top Alchemists in our Fire Sparrow Kingdom. To think there’s someone who can guide him, and a young brat at that!"

Everyone stared at Jiang Chen as if he were a monster.

Only then did they believe that Jiang Chen had truly guided Venerable Black Water. After all, Venerable Black Water had admitted it himself.

Chang Mao was the only one whose expression turned ugly.

He said angrily, "Elder Black Water, have you really gone senile? It was clearly your own Alchemy Skill that broke through just now. Why are you insisting it was this brat who guided you?"

"Where does that leave my reputation?"

He was furious. Truly furious.

Just moments ago, he had been humiliating Jiang Chen, demanding he kneel and apologize. Now, with Venerable Black Water’s words, Jiang Chen had become the good guy.

As a result, he, Chang Mao, was made out to be the villain.

This was a blatant slap in the face, and from one of his own people no less.

Venerable Black Water was beyond furious.

He never expected Chang Mao to have such a shameless attitude.

He had already admitted it was Jiang Chen’s guidance, yet this man was still trying to call a stag a horse.

He immediately burst into a torrent of curses.

"Chang Mao, you are a complete and utter treacherous villain, a hypocrite!"

"Today, this young friend is my benefactor! You are not to slander him, or you’ll have to answer to me!"

Chang Mao said coldly, "Elder Black Water, are you determined to oppose me and protect this brat?"

As he spoke, a sharp aura emanated from his body, pressing down on Venerable Black Water and Jiang Chen.

He intended to use martial force to suppress Venerable Black Water.

Otherwise, with Venerable Black Water’s breakthrough in his Alchemy Skill, he would pose a huge threat to Chang Mao’s bid for the President’s seat.

One could say that now, both Jiang Chen and Venerable Black Water were his enemies.

Venerable Black Water’s expression changed. He was no match for Chang Mao. After all, his Cultivation was at the Martial Arts Sect Eighth Heaven, while Chang Mao was at the Peak of Martial Arts Nine Heavens.

In his urgency, Venerable Black Water shouted, "Chang Mao, today you have framed my benefactor. I have no choice but to fight you!"

"Your twisting of the truth is deeply disappointing!"

At that moment, Wenzhu also stepped forward and sneered, "Elder Black Water, it seems you’ve conspired with this bastard brat today to make a fool of everyone, haven’t you?"

"Do you take everyone here for an idiot?"

The onlookers were utterly bewildered and confused.

Wenzhu announced loudly, "Everyone, I, Wenzhu, and Chang Mao are both Vice Presidents of the Alchemy Master Guild. In terms of Alchemy Skill, we are both superior to Venerable Black Water."

The crowd was in an uproar.

However, Wenzhu continued, "I trust you all understand that given our positions, it is impossible for the two of us to lie on an occasion like this."

"We wouldn’t deign to lie."

Hearing this, many people nodded in agreement. After all, two respected Vice Presidents of the Alchemy Master Guild wouldn’t lie.

Then Wenzhu continued, "Just now, when Venerable Black Water was performing alchemy, he deliberately held back to make it look like his pill would explode, just so this bastard brat could speak up and ’guide’ him. In truth, they conspired long ago! Venerable Black Water’s pill was never going to explode; he was putting on a show for all of you."

"He toyed with everyone’s emotions, making us think his pill would explode. But I could tell just now that there was never any danger of an explosion."

"You’ve all been deceived! He conspired with this brat to play us for fools."

"Their only goal was their own amusement."

What?

The crowd erupted once again.

They stared at Venerable Black Water and Jiang Chen in disbelief.

Those who didn’t know the truth were extremely disappointed.

Someone even started cursing outright, "Venerable Black Water, we actually believed you! We believed you were a respected and virtuous Alchemist, but it turns out you’re just a big fraud who fools everyone!"

"You old bastard, go to hell!"

"Damn it, I was almost fooled by this old coot too! I must have been blind as a bat to have misjudged him."

"That’s right! From now on, we’ll refuse to buy any elixirs refined by Venerable Black Water! We’ll boycott him completely!"

Even Venerable Black Water never imagined things would turn out this way. He had been inexplicably dragged through the mud.

He had instead become a grand deceiver, a fraud who toyed with people’s emotions.

This left him dumbstruck, and then a chill ran down his spine.

Listening to the crowd’s clamor, accusations, and curses, he looked at the triumphant, conspiratorial expressions on Chang Mao and Wenzhu’s faces.

’These two are sinister beyond belief.’

They could call white black without batting an eye.

He roared in fury, "Chang Mao, Wenzhu, you are shameless!"

"I have lived my entire life with a clear conscience! How could I possibly do such a thing? I’ll fight you to the death!"

He was truly trembling with rage.

Chang Mao immediately shouted, "Look, everyone, look! He’s been exposed and now he’s flying into a rage out of shame!"

"If you knew it would end like this, you shouldn’t have started in the first place."