Chapter 1721 — Yu Huoxing's Lie
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"The truth is... the male thief in the ancient tomb was Wei Zhao!" Yu Huoxing began to fabricate his tale. He had come up with the perfect plan: one that would let him escape responsibility while framing Wei Zhao. That way, the hidden Yu family would turn its fury on Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao would be finished.
"The male thief was Wei Zhao?" Yu Xiaoshen stared at him in surprise. "How could the male thief have been Wei Zhao? And even if it was Wei Zhao, what does that have to do with your failure to hand over the Qi-gathering pills?"
"It's shameful to admit, but Wei Zhao snatched my Qi-gathering pills away!" Yu Huoxing said mournfully.
"Wei Zhao stole your Qi-gathering pills? As far as I know, before Wei Zhao went to take part in the trial, he was only at the peak of the mid-Mysterious Class. At the time, you were already in the early Earth Class. Why would you be afraid of Wei Zhao?" Yu Xiaoshen found Yu Huoxing's explanation increasingly bizarre.
"That's precisely why I didn't dare tell anyone!" Yu Huoxing said bitterly. "Although Wei Zhao was only at the peak of the mid-Mysterious Class, he had some astonishing trump cards. And I had been poisoned... Yes, poisoned! So even though I was in the Earth Class, I still wasn't his match. That's how he managed to take my Qi-gathering pills..."
"Then why didn't you say so sooner?" Yu Xiaoshen was no fool. Yu Huoxing's account was vague and incomplete, and he could hardly be expected to believe it outright.
"Wasn't I afraid of losing face? I'm a dignified early Earth Class expert, yet I was robbed of my Qi-gathering pills by someone at the peak of the mid-Mysterious Class. If word got out, how could I ever show my face again?" Yu Huoxing said miserably. "Family Head, you know Wei Zhao really does have some tricks up his sleeve. Otherwise, he couldn't have killed my second brother! After taking the pills, my second brother was comparable to someone at the peak of the early Earth Class. Since Wei Zhao was capable of fighting above his level, then..."
"I naturally know that Wei Zhao possesses unusual strength. You needn't explain it to me!" Yu Xiaoshen waved a hand. He already understood Wei Zhao well enough. Anyone capable of making Feng Nitian and Zhang Naipao, men from an ancient aristocratic family and an ancient sect, suffer such humiliating setbacks could hardly be an ordinary opponent.
The real question was how much of Yu Huoxing's story could be trusted.
"Yes... I'm sorry, Family Head Yu. I concealed the truth because I was afraid of being punished and reprimanded by the family..." Yu Huoxing said cautiously.
"Is everything you've said true?" Yu Xiaoshen asked with a frown.
"Of course it is! I wouldn't dare conceal a single thing!" Yu Huoxing replied in terror.
"If that's the case, I'll write a letter and ask Yu Bing whether the Qi-gathering pills were really taken by Wei Zhao!" Yu Xiaoshen said coldly, as though he did not believe Yu Huoxing's story.
In reality, however, Yu Xiaoshen already believed most of it. Yu Bing had become friendly with Wei Zhao during the trial, so there was an eighty percent chance that the news about Yu Huoxing obtaining the Qi-gathering pills had reached Yu Bing through Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao and the secular Yu family were mortal enemies. He had probably intended to use Yu Bing to pass the story on to the hidden Yu family, either to make them deal with Yu Huoxing or to keep them from involving themselves in the struggle between Wei Zhao and the secular Yu family.