Chapter 88: Obvious Scheme (1/2)

Chapter 88: Obvious Scheme

Su Chen met Zhang Tingyue again that afternoon.

This time, he was joined by six other people.

Standing in front of the Origin Energy Tower, Zhang Tingyue laughed, “Prince Su, it’s me. I wanted to talk to you about my nephew again. Do you have some time?”

Su Chen glanced at the people behind him and then replied, “If there’s anything you want to talk about, we can do it here.”

“Why not find some other place to slowly talk it over?” Zhang Tingyue asked.

Su Chen shook his head. “We’ll talk here.”

Zhang Tingyue knitted his eyebrows, trying to think of a way to phrase it, but Zheng Bashan impatiently said, “Brat, are you scared now? What? Do you think that you are safe just by relying on your instructor’s Origin Energy Tower? Hmph, if you dared to do it then you need to be willing to be held responsible. Your instructor won’t be able to protect you!”

Zhang Tingyue was infuriated because Zheng Bashan’s words had opened up the conversation immediately.

Even if they couldn’t make a move within the Hidden Dragon Institute, he still wanted to find a quieter place so that he could put a bit more pressure on Su Chen. If they discussed it here, then Su Chen would feel like he had some kind of backer.

However, since the words had already been said, there was nothing Zhang Tingyue could do.

When Su Chen heard Zheng Bashan’s voice, he raised his eyebrows and coldly laughed. “I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“What we are talking about? Brat, you’ve been exposed!” Zheng Bashan clamored madly. “We know that you killed Zheng Kuang and the others. Are you still denying it? Come with us now and we’ll leave your corpse intact!”

Su Chen ignored her and turned to the others. “Can someone tell me more clearly what is going on?”

In all honesty, Zhang Tingue admired Su Chen for remaining so calm even in this kind of situation.

However, he still said, “Su Chen, you grew indignant because Sheng’an seized your Adamantine Ape, so you put some Stonesoul Medicine on him to attract the Clay Giant’s attacks, right?”

“Where’s the evidence?” Su Chen countered.

“Jin Ling’er is our evidence,” Third Mother Guan said.

Su Chen laughed, “Do you think that I would tell Jin Ling’er this kind of thing?”

“Of course you wouldn’t tell her, but Jin Ling’er would have discovered it. Did you really think that she would do nothing given that such a great event had taken place? She knew that our clans would get involved, so she had been looking for evidence the entire time.” Third Mother Guan pulled out a medicinal vial. “This must be the Stonesoul medicine you used, right? Jin Ling’er found it near the location of your campground, and of your small team, only you are an alchemist…… Hahaha, what else do you have to say?”

“Jin Ling’er!”

Su Chen squinted his eyes slightly.

Then, he laughed in a low voice, “So she really wasn’t very reliable in the end.”

“So you confess to it?” Zhang Tingyue said.

Su Chen laughed disdainfully, “Whether or not I admit to it isn’t that important. What’s important is, can you really accuse me just because you found an empty medicinal vial? There is no evidence to prove that this vial is mine. Someone else could have used it and then planted it there to frame us. The Hidden Dragon Institute won’t believe you just because of this.”

“You’re not wrong, but it’s enough for us if we know it was you,” Zhang Tingyue said in a sinister voice. “Now that we’ve found the mastermind, do you still think that you can escape from this?”

“Or do you think that you can hide in the Hidden Dragon Institute for the rest of your life?” Hong Ming said.

That was also true.

If there wasn’t enough evidence, the Hidden Dragon Institute might not be able to do anything to him, but the six clans wouldn’t be willing to let him off the hook.