79: Who framed whom?
Zhou Fan was utterly dumbfounded.
How could this be?
Wasn't Chu Yunxuan cursed?
How could he have chosen the safest path twice in a row?
It was as if he was intentionally harming others.
Even his Vice President thought Zhou Fan was intentionally harming him to climb the ranks.
"Vice President Xu! You… don't be impulsive, calm down," Zhou Fan said, trembling, to Vice President Xu Xiangdong, who was about to attack him.
"Calm down? My life is about to be ruined by you, and you tell me to calm down? If I can calm down, do you think everyone else can?" Vice President Xu Xiangdong angrily retorted.
Everyone else also looked resentful.
If they hadn't listened to Zhou Fan and his group, they wouldn't have ended up in such a predicament.
At least many of them would have chosen the green portal and the waterway on the far right, right?
Zhou Fan shouted, "Everyone! Calm down! What good would it do me to lie to you? What am I after?"
"Did you collude with Huang Qianli, that scoundrel from the Killing Alliance? Or are you, Zhou Fan, a member of the Killing Alliance yourself?"
One person pointed at Zhou Fan and angrily said.
"Aha! So that's it! Anyway, ninety percent of Killing Alliance members are hidden within cities. What's impossible about Zhou Fan being a member of the Killing Alliance?"
"So Team Leader Zhou is from the Killing Alliance, no wonder you're trying to clear Huang Qianli's name!"
"I get it. You spread rumors to make us believe them, and then harm us. Well, you succeeded. Tens of thousands of people, more than half, died because of your rumors! How ruthless."
"…"
Zhou Fan’s pupils constricted.
How did he inexplicably become a member of the Killing Alliance?
Even if what he said was false, at most he just wanted to kill Chu Yunxuan and take the Dragon Pearl, but he didn't dare to after that.
"Are you mistaken about something? I deliberately spread rumors to harm you? Then do I, Huang Qianli, and so many others, need to risk our lives and go with you?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Then explain why it’s not as you said! The paths he took were the safest paths, twice! And following you, nothing good happens. Is this the heavenly star of solitude you spoke of? Isn't this a lucky star?"
"Exactly, exactly."
Zhou Fan looked helplessly at Huang Qianli: "I don't know what's going on either, but anyway, I can't be a member of the Killing Alliance. Vice President Xu, you don't believe me?"
"Then you must also have some ulterior motive. So many people have died; you are the culprit."
Jiang Ying stepped forward and said, "Everyone, actually, the reason Team Leader Zhou, Huang Qianli, and others framed Chu Yunxuan is very simple."
"You know?"
Everyone looked at Jiang Ying.
"Because he has a treasure!" Jiang Ying said.
This matter wouldn't be a secret; everyone would eventually know.
"What?"
Jiang Ying continued, "This treasure is a Dragon Pearl."
"Is that true?"
"Holy cow! It's true. A brother who walked with me just now, he's already dead, but he told me there's a Dragon Pearl!"
"Me too. Those people were walking together, and the Dragon Pearl was in his hand. I heard about it too."
"I can testify, I saw him get the Dragon Pearl with my own eyes."
"…"
Everyone spoke animatedly.
Zhou Fan frowned and shouted, "Yes, he does have a Dragon Pearl in his hand, but so what?"
"So what?"
Vice President Xu Xiangdong's eyes narrowed as he looked at Zhou Fan and the others, saying, "You want the Dragon Pearl, you want to kill to seize the treasure, but there are people all around. You can't just openly attack your own kind, can you?"
A strong Martial Artist suddenly realized: "So, they designed to frame this young man, to make us isolate him! Then they would have more opportunities to kill and seize the treasure without anyone knowing."
Another strong Martial Artist said: "Such conduct is utterly despicable and hateful. Even if they are not from the Killing Alliance, they are no different from them."
"And because of their selfish desires, tens of thousands of people were killed! Tens of thousands of Martial Artists! They died because of them, and we are also severely wounded!"
"Bastards!"
Everyone looked at Zhou Fan, Huang Qianli, and the others with hatred.
In Chu Yunxuan’s eyes, these few people absolutely had to be eliminated.
They already had murderous intentions towards him.
So Chu Yunxuan had a reason to kill them.
If they weren't eliminated, they would definitely be a huge problem.
"Ah?"
Zhou Fan and Huang Qianli were utterly dumbfounded.
"You misunderstood!!!" Zhou Fan roared.
Chu Yunxuan stepped forward, looked at Zhou Fan, and asked, "Team Leader Zhou, is that right?"
"No!!!"
Chu Yunxuan then said, "If you wanted the Dragon Pearl, you could have told me. At worst, I would have given it to you. Why did you have to scheme to harm me and also cause so many people to die!"
"When I got the Dragon Pearl, I even asked you all, 'If I get it, it's mine, right?' And you all nodded! If you didn't want to give it to me, then why did you let me take it at that time?"
Chu Yunxuan continued, "You guys made me genuinely doubt that I was a heavenly star of solitude for a while, and I even suspected that some people's deaths were because of me. Really, I even cried just now."
Jiang Ying: ???
Zhou Fan: ???
Several people came to Chu Yunxuan's side, gently patting his shoulder and comforting him:
"Little brother, it's okay. Don't be too sad. This world is just like this; treating others with sincerity doesn't necessarily get sincerity in return."
"That's right, and there are schemes and dangers everywhere. You are too naive. No need to cry; you'll get used to it gradually in the future."
"Yes, that's how one grows."
"…"
Chu Yunxuan nodded vigorously: "Thank you all for your comfort."
Zhou Fan: ???
"You, you, you!!! Chu Yunxuan! You have ill intentions!" Zhou Fan pointed at Chu Yunxuan and angrily said.
"Team Leader Zhou, I really thought you were being good to me by giving me the spirit control jade! Turns out it was all a trick, all to make me lower my guard, trust you, and then find an opportunity to kill me and take the Dragon Pearl. Sigh."
Chu Yunxuan sighed heavily.
Huang Qianli also pointed at Chu Yunxuan and roared, "Bullshit! You're spouting goddamn bullshit!"
Vice President Xu Xiangdong: "He's spouting bullshit? Then you explain to me, why is it that the path he chose, the so-called heavenly star of solitude who brings misfortune according to you few, is the safest one? Explain that."
"I… I…"
Huang Qianli's eyes narrowed, filled with killing intent as he looked at Chu Yunxuan: "I should have killed you back then!"
"Look, Huang Qianli just exposed himself! Truly malicious, he deserves to die. I think Zhou Fan must also be a member of the Killing Alliance."
Huang Qianli swept his gaze across everyone: "I swear on my eighteen generations of ancestors, what I said is absolutely not false! He's faking it; we're not framing him, he's framing us!"
Zhou Fan: "Exactly! Now he's playing innocent and framing us!"
"Everyone, you must believe me! He is the most malicious; he truly deserves to die. If you follow him, you will surely die!"
"Surely die? You've been saying that from the very beginning. Who is it that will surely die by following, and who is truly harming us? Do you think we're blind, do you think we're fools?"
At this moment, a male student stepped forward: "Everyone, let me say something."
Everyone looked at him.
He then said, "Team Leader Zhou and others say Chu Yunxuan is malicious, and that Chu Yunxuan framed them. I have reason not to believe that."
"Oh? What reason?" Vice President Xu Xiangdong asked.
The man said: "I am from Tianhua City. Some time ago, the Intermediate Class Three from Tianhua University went out for training and encountered several Netherworld Evil Tigers of the Xuantian Realm and Divine Power Realm. At that time, it was Chu Yunxuan, a Mystic Body Realm Martial Artist, who stood in front of everyone and lured away the Divine Power Realm Netherworld Evil Tiger!"
"I ask you, is such a person malicious? Would he frame others?"
Whoosh—
Everyone was in an uproar.