Chapter 567 - 565: Who Are You

Even with his considerable composure, Venerable Black Water was trembling with rage at Chang Mao and Wenzhu.

Their ability to twist the truth so brazenly was beyond anything he could have imagined.

He flew into a rage.

"Chang Mao, Wenzhu, you’re spouting baseless accusations! I’ll fight you to the death!"

Blinded by rage, Venerable Black Water struck without hesitation, even though he knew he was no match for the two of them.

Chang Mao sneered.

"See? I said you and this brat were in it together to fool everyone, and you still refuse to admit it."

"And now that you’ve been exposed, you fly into a rage out of shame. There’s no need for that."

A sinister, cold light flashed in Chang Mao’s eyes.

"Very well. I shall subdue you and let everyone see your ugly true face."

With that, Chang Mao turned to the crowd.

"Everyone, today is truly a disgrace to our Alchemy Master Guild. I never expected Venerable Black Water to deceive you all. My sincerest apologies."

"But I will give you all an explanation. Today, I will personally subdue and kill Venerable Black Water."

The crowd grew incensed, their voices rising to condemn Venerable Black Water and Jiang Chen.

The jeers were endless.

As for Venerable Black Water, he was past the point of anger. He attacked.

At the Martial Arts Sect Eighth Heaven, a powerful aura erupted from his body as all the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the area converged on Venerable Black Water.

In the blink of an eye, a mass of pitch-black liquid materialized before Venerable Black Water.

Venerable Black Water cultivated the Black Water True Technique.

It allowed him to attack with Black Water, and this Black Water was terrifyingly powerful.

At this, Chang Mao smiled coldly.

"You don’t know your own limits."

As he spoke, Chang Mao’s long hair suddenly began to dance, making him resemble a demon.

His long hair seemed to take on a life of its own, growing without end as the black strands flew about.

The sound of rushing wind filled the air.

Immediately, the endless black hair surged madly toward Venerable Black Water.

Venerable Black Water thrust his hands forward, and with a roar, his Black Water shot howling toward Chang Mao.

Even if this Black Water were to strike Chang Mao, a cultivator at the Peak of Martial Arts Nine Heavens, it would be enough to take off a layer of his skin.

Chang Mao didn’t dare to be careless.

He let out a sharp cry.

"A Thousand Threads and Ten Thousand Strands—break!"

In that instant, his long hair whipped about unceasingly.

With a sharp whistle, every strand instantly pulled taut, becoming like individual sharp needles that stabbed directly at Venerable Black Water’s Black Water.

PSSSHHH...

The Black Water was instantly pierced through, riddled with countless tiny holes.

SPLASH!

The Black Water was broken.

At the same time, Chang Mao’s black hair billowed forth once more, surging toward Venerable Black Water.

Venerable Black Water had no time at all to launch a second attack.

He was swarmed by the endless, tangled hair.

Although Venerable Black Water managed to cut many of the strands, some still took the opportunity to pierce into his body.

Venerable Black Water’s entire body shook violently as he was forced to retreat.

At the same time, his body was pierced by countless small holes from Chang Mao’s long hair, spraying blood.

THUMP!

Venerable Black Water collapsed to the ground, a wretched and tragic sight.

With his long hair flying, Chang Mao announced loudly, "Everyone, this is the price for deceiving all of us."

"Are you all satisfied?"

The crowd nodded one after another.

"Venerable Black Water has received his just deserts."

"Vice President Chang Mao did the right thing."

Chang Mao, however, suddenly turned his gaze back to Jiang Chen.

He suddenly sneered, "And you, kid. You’re in cahoots with Venerable Black Water, deceiving everyone."

"Now, it’s your turn to die."

His long hair began to writhe again, like a true demon.

It was an exceptionally frightening sight.

"That’s enough, Chang Mao."

Just then, a sharp cry rang out.

It was Mr. Qiu Shui, standing beside Jiang Chen, who had suddenly stepped forward with a rebuke.

Chang Mao froze, looking at Mr. Qiu Shui in surprise.

Mr. Qiu Shui had interrupted him.

A cold glint flashed across his face.

He asked coldly, "It seems you’re also one of Venerable Black Water’s accomplices?"

Mr. Qiu Shui was so angry he laughed.

Chang Mao’s ability to spout nonsense was simply on another level.

He pointed at Chang Mao and shouted angrily, "Can it be that you don’t recognize me?"

Chang Mao froze again, looking Mr. Qiu Shui up and down. But no matter how he wracked his brain, he couldn’t figure out where he had seen this person before.

And yet, he truly felt that the person before him was somewhat familiar.

Wenzhu was also a little confused.

"Senior Brother, he looks so familiar, but I can’t for the life of me remember who he is."

Of course, Chang Mao was thinking the same thing.

In the end, since he couldn’t recognize him, Chang Mao demanded, "Speak! Who are you?"

He stared intently at Mr. Qiu Shui, but he couldn’t sense any trace of Mr. Qiu Shui’s cultivation.

In other words, the man had concealed his cultivation.

However, he sensed that the man before him likely possessed a high level of cultivation.

Mr. Qiu Shui looked at Chang Mao with derision and said lightly, "The President of the Alchemist Guild, a certain Mr. Qiu Shui... do you know him?"

He knew his appearance had changed quite drastically.

So much so that even Chang Mao couldn’t recognize him.

Chang Mao sneered. "Mr. Qiu Shui? Of course I know him. He’s the President of our Alchemist Guild. I would recognize him even if I were blind."

"But why are you bringing up the President of our Alchemist Guild? What does he have to do with you?"

He grew more perplexed. After all, he knew that Mr. Qiu Shui was likely still recovering from his injuries on Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

The man before him did, in fact, bear some resemblance to Mr. Qiu Shui, but he was certain that this person was absolutely not Mr. Qiu Shui.

A person’s appearance couldn’t possibly change so drastically in such a short time.

"How ridiculous."

"I’ll tell you then. I am Mr. Qiu Shui."

"I merely changed my appearance slightly, and you can’t recognize me."

Seeing that Chang Mao couldn’t recognize him, Mr. Qiu Shui decided to just reveal his identity.

What?

Chang Mao was stunned. ’He’s Mr. Qiu Shui?’

Wenzhu also stared intently at Mr. Qiu Shui. It had to be said that while a person’s appearance could change, their aura would not.

And both Wenzhu and Chang Mao genuinely felt that the person before them was indeed Mr. Qiu Shui.

This made them both extremely uneasy.

Below, the crowd burst into an uproar.

"What’s going on? He’s Mr. Qiu Shui?"

"When did Mr. Qiu Shui get so young?"

"I’m not seeing things, am I? Is that really Mr. Qiu Shui?"

The voices of doubt were endless, as Mr. Qiu Shui’s transformation was truly considerable.

Even Venerable Black Water looked over at Mr. Qiu Shui in astonishment.

"You... Are you really the President?"

Mr. Qiu Shui nodded. "That’s right, it’s me."

Venerable Black Water’s face fell in astonishment.

"Chang Mao and Wenzhu said you had gone traveling and might not return for many years?"

"What... what in the world is going on?"

Previously, after Chang Mao and Wenzhu had chased Mr. Qiu Shui in an assassination attempt and failed, they had returned and announced that he had gone off traveling and might be gone for many years.

So, the two of them told the people of the Alchemist Guild that Mr. Qiu Shui had agreed to abdicate, leaving the position of President vacant for others to contest.

At Venerable Black Water’s words, a murderous light flashed in Mr. Qiu Shui’s eyes.

"The day I won the auction for that drop of Earth Dragon Blood at the Treasure Elephant Pavilion, I was hunted down by Chang Mao and Wenzhu. I had no choice but to flee. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive and was rescued by the Young Master."

"Otherwise, those two treacherous wolves really would have succeeded in their plot."

Mr. Qiu Shui took a deep breath and explained the situation to Venerable Black Water.

Venerable Black Water’s jaw dropped.