Chapter 523 Nine True and One False
Chapter 523 Nine True and One False
Someone stole my token.
And this person wants you dead.
”.”
When Chu Xianping said this calmly, whether Zhuang Zhiming believed it or not, he shuddered subconsciously. His
pupils suddenly contracted, and his uncontrollable internal force surged, and the tables and chairs shook violently.
Zhuang Zhiming stared at Chu Xianping with wide eyes. After an unknown amount of time, he finally squeezed out a question from his throat word by word.
”That person. When did he steal your token?”
”Half a month ago.”
Chu Xianping looked at Zhuang Zhiming, with a slight smile on his lips: “Elder Zhuang, I know what you want to ask.”
”I’m not afraid to tell you, actually…”
”I had two elder tokens before.”
”.”
”Crack!”
”Bang!!!”
As Chu Xianping finished speaking, the pear wood tea table next to Zhuang Zhiming could no longer withstand the high-frequency vibration, and finally exploded into countless fragments.
The wood fragments flew across the room, passing over Zhuang Zhiming’s shocked face and Chu Xianping’s pure green robe, and then crashed into the wall, leaving small dents.
Outside the house, there was a dense sound of footsteps, as if many people were rushing towards the main hall.
But the next second, all the noise was stopped by Chu Xianping’s words.
”Nothing! Disperse!”
”.”
The dense voices stopped abruptly, only the sound of the wind remained.
Chu Xianping glanced at the figures outside the house that were quickly dispersing, and then his eyes fell on Zhuang Zhiming, whose face was ashen.
”Elder Zhuang, do you need me to repeat what happened in the last elders’ meeting?”
”.”
”No need.”
Zhuang Zhiming took a deep breath, his eyes became colder: “But how do I know whether what you said is true or false?”
”You said you had two tokens, and the one of Elder Qingtai was stolen. What is the identity of the other one?”
”Who has Elder Qingtai’s token now?”
”And… why does that person want me dead?”
Without asking questions like “How did you find out my identity?” that Chu Xianping obviously wouldn’t answer, Zhuang Zhiming asked three consecutive questions to verify the truth of the former’s words.
If Chu Xianping couldn’t give a reasonable explanation, or was vague and mysterious, then he would definitely not believe such an outrageous thing.
But Chu Xianping was naturally prepared for this.
The most perfect lie must be mixed with the truth.
The higher the proportion of truth, the more difficult it is for the lie to be detected.
And now what Chu Xianping wants to tell is a story of “nine truths and one lie”.
”Elder Zhuang, I believe you have already checked me out.”
”But now you should also know that what you have found out is not true.”
”So I’d better reintroduce myself first.”
”A-2 Branch, White Hall, Chu Xianping.”
”.”
From how he traveled all the way from the White Hall in the far north to Daning.
From how he “met” Xiao Feng, and then “turned enemies into friends” with Wei Changtian.
From how he “met” Xu Suisui, and then the two of them “turned against each other”.
In Chu Xianping’s story, every “plot” he said was almost true.
It’s just that there is no Old Zhang, no Xuantian Sword Remnant Soul, and even no Wei Changtian in the story.
There is only him –
Kuilong A-2 Branch, from the White Hall, Chu Xianping.
”.”
Chu Xianping chose such an “identity” after careful consideration.
In order to make Zhuang Zhiming believe in himself, he must at least be a “Kuailong man”.
For this reason, Wei Changtian had specially asked the remnant soul of Kuilong about the situation of each branch yesterday, and even drew a “world map” based on it.
Chu Xianping looked at the map and finally chose the Jiaer branch where the White Palace was located.
He was not worried at all whether Zhuang Zhiming would have any doubts, let alone whether the latter would send someone to verify the authenticity of the matter.
Because the branches of Kuilong are almost completely independent, it is difficult for Zhuang Zhiming to find out anything.
Even if he could, it would take at least one or two years to go back and forth, and by then the matter in Daning would probably have been settled.
Therefore, Chu Xianping openly “borrowed” part of Lao Zhang’s experience.
After the identity issue was resolved, the next thing was his relationship with Wei Changtian.
The part that Chu Xianping “replaced” was the remnant soul of Xuantian Sword.
It’s just that the remnant soul helped Wei Changtian for “life span”, while he did it “for” the magical skill that Wei Changtian used to kill the second-grade.
Up to this point, Chu Xianping’s statement can’t be said to be flawless, but it can indeed be self-consistent.
He is the elder Kuilong. After arriving in Daning, he first made friends with Xiao Feng, and then made a deal with Wei Changtian. He has always been a guest of Wei Changtian, and finally got the second elder token from the latter.
Although many details are not perfect, it is impossible to say too much about this kind of thing, so no matter how much Zhuang Zhiming doubts, he actually believes it in his heart.
As for the most crucial part, about Xu Suisui
.”
”According to you.”
Frowning, Zhuang Zhiming asked with a squint: “Wei Changtian didn’t know about Kuilong?”
”He knew.”
Chu Xianping shook his head: “But he didn’t know about the Elders’ Council.”
”No wonder he had that reaction when he first saw me.”
Zhuang Zhiming squinted and asked again: “So it was you who told him that I was the leader of Branch C3?”
”Yes, after all, at the last elders’ meeting, it was decided that you would contact the people around Qin Zhengqiu.”
Chu Xianping smiled: “I just reminded him.”
”I see.”
Nodding, no matter whether Zhuang Zhiming believed this statement in his heart or not, Chu Xianping’s identity as Elder Kuilong was 90% confirmed in his mind.
But
”then how did you know that I was also an elder?”
”Since you already knew my identity, why did you send me a message in the name of the Elders’ Council?”
”Aren’t you afraid that I would expose you?”
”.”
”Elder Zhuang, if I had known your identity earlier, how could I have done such a stupid thing.”
Chu Xianping smiled bitterly and drank a sip of tea. His helpless expression was extremely realistic: “In fact, I only found out that you were also an elder recently.”
”Really?”
Zhuang Zhiming looked over without comment: “How did you find out?”
”I didn’t check, someone told me.”
”Who was it?”
”It was the person who stole my token.”
”.”
Zhuang Zhiming’s body trembled suddenly, and his breathing became a little faster.
He stared at Chu Xianping, quietly waiting for the follow-up.
The latter was silent for a few breaths, then sighed softly and continued.
”Elder Zhuang, this person is a woman.”
”Well, I’m not afraid of you laughing at me. In fact, I was deceived by her before.”
”That’s why she was able to steal the Qingtai token from me.”
”And next, her target is you.”
”.”
These few simple sentences contain too much information and hide too much information.
If Chu Xianping didn’t tell the previous “story” and directly threw out such a confusing explanation, Zhuang Zhiming would probably not believe it.
But now, after basically confirming Chu Xianping’s identity, he fell into a long period of contemplation.
”So, this woman is also Kuilong’s person?”
”Of course.”
”She wants to control the Elders Council?”
”Yes.”
”How did she know your and my identities?”
”I don’t know.”
”Why did she tell you my identity?”
”Because she wanted to lure me to kill you so that she could reap the benefits.”
”You didn’t agree?”
”Of course.”
”Didn’t you wonder why she knew all this?”
”Elder Zhuang, I just said that I was deceived by her.”
”Then she…”
The scattered wood chips on the ground were very messy. Zhuang Zhiming paused and slowly asked the last question: “What’s your name?”
”.”
”Xu Suisui.”
(End of this chapter)
