Chapter 238 - Lightning Canyon Appears (1/2)

Translator: StarReader

Editor: Silavin

“If there’s no 8th-grade ingredient, then all of this is a lie cooked up by all of you!” Gu Santong eyed each one with suspicion.

Violent Demon was frantic, “You fist leveled everything in a hundred miles! That ingredient is dust by now…”

“Bullshit!”

Gu Santong cursed, “An 8th-grade ingredient is a worldly treasure, possessing spirituality. If you could think of burrowing underground at a crucial moment, then so could it!”

“T-then it must’ve fled!” Wimp Demon whimpered.

Gu Santong snorted, “More bullshit! My nose can pick up its scent even a thousand meters below. How the hell can it escape my notice?”

“T-t-then…” It was Sly Demon’s turn to take the stands and patch the growing hole in the lie. But he stuttered so greatly, none of his words made sense, despite how much his eyes showed he wanted to.

Gu Santong snorted, eyeing them with thick bloodthirst, “Humph, without the 8th-grade ingredient all you’ve said so far was a big fat lie. You are the ones who set up the lightning array!”

They were all nervous now and chilled to the bone.

“Hold on!”

Zhuo Fan shouted with a pained face, “The 8th-grade ingredient is indeed real. It truly wanted to flee but I managed to grab it just as the lightning array crumbled. You didn’t pick up its scent because I placed it in my ring!”

Zhuo Fan’s hand revealed a glowing ingredient. The sweet smell it released worked to sooth everyone’s weary minds!

Gu Santong was dumbstruck. The 8th-grade ingredient was real.

Even if he didn’t believe Zhuo Fan, he now had no choice but to. The proof was incontestable!

The six’s reason for rushing into the array held strong. What they did in the array, only they knew, and no matter how they explained it, Gu Santong would never find the truth.

But now, he no longer cared.

With an 8th-grade ingredient in hand, what’s the big problem being trapped in an array by them? This compensation was enough if he even had to go through a second array.

Licking his dry lips, Gu Santong scratched his head in embarrassment, “Ops, I’ve been wrong about you, guys. You really gave it all for my sake. Then, is this 8th-grade ingredient mine?”

Zhuo Fan was silent, having to go through great difficulty to squeeze a nod.

Gu Santong then took it and threw the ingredient into his mouth and started chomping, “In fact, even if you did set the array up, it’s all water under the bridge. If every array has an 8th-grade ingredient, I’d jump in head first, ha-ha-ha…”

“Rest easy, our efforts weren’t for nothing!” Zhuo Fan smiled, but was crying inside. His heart bled with every chomp!

He got that 8th-grade ingredient from Drifting Flowers Edifice’s Hundred Pill Meeting, and only the one. He was keeping it for a special occasion, alright? Who’d have thought it’d be wasted on Gu Santong to calm his anger? But it was either that or his life!

This was Zhuo Fan’s first time losing out to such an extent.

While Gu Santong was gorging himself with the ingredient, Li Jingtian slipped next to him and patted him, “It’s only a worldly possession, Steward Zhuo! Only by being alive will you get to have more of them!”

“Yeah, I never knew Steward Zhuo had an 8th-grade ingredient. What’s more, Steward Zhuo loves us so much, he gave it up. We are touched!” The Four Scheming Demons sniffed.

Zhuo Fan glared instead, “Shut it, I’ve made an investment in you and I expect you to pay me back ten fold at the least! We’ll first placate the devil then we’ll think of something later!”

“Yes!” They all nodded obediently. Especially the four demons, who looked at him with just a hint of respect. Unlike before when there was only fear…

Rumble!

A sudden thunderous noise traveled for thousands of miles.

Zhuo Fan frowned and looked around, “Isn’t Thunder Swarm Mountain flattened? Where is that noise coming from?”

“Maybe it’s a real thunderstorm!” Li Jingtian scratched his beard.

But Zhuo Fan shook his head, “Unlikely. The kid’s two fists silenced everything in a hundred miles, even removing clouds. So where’s this lightning coming from without any clouds around?”

Li Jingtian found Zhuo Fan’s explanation to be reasonable.

“Steward Zhuo, look, something’s off with the kid. Did you poison the 8th-grade ingredient?” Sly Demon shouted and pointed at Gu Santong.

Zhuo Fan saw Gu Santong covering his ears and crouching his shivering body. Even his most delicious treat, the 8th-grade ingredient, laid half-eaten on the ground.

Violent Demon cried in joy, “Steward Zhuo, you’re amazing, of ultimate cunningness to have dealt with the kid. Tell us, how did you poison him? Our plans have always been foiled by that godlike nose…”

“Knock it off, I didn’t do anything!”