93 Conspiracy (1/2)
Xue Wei was surprised that even some random cultivators and mercenaries were able to guess that he was not a Primordial Beast. But if that was the case, why were the upper echelons eager to make him out to be one?
”What do you know?” someone suddenly said from a table not far away. ”They are using this as an excuse to take down Xiao Lei,” he spoke in a low voice as he slowly moved towards the table.
”Take down Xiao Lei?” one of the burly men asked with confusion, and the man who was coming towards them nodded his head vigorously.
”In this kingdom, when you think about the most illustrious person, who is it?”
”Primordial Beast Hunter Xiao Lei.”
”Indeed. In most kingdoms, it would be the King or the Emperor or his princes, but here it is a measly hunter. He is not even nobility!”
”It is the upper echelons of society who are certain that this nephew of his is a Primordial Beast, and they are hunting him with everything they got under this premise.”
”But in fact, what they want is to make this Xue Wei out to be a Primordial Beast to lower Xiao Lei's reputation. They want to turn on him, make him less famous. If they could, they would have killed him outright for being more famous, more well-liked, and more powerful than the royal family.”
”They might even accuse him of being an accomplice of the Primordial Beasts as they did with his friend, that person from the Tie family.”
Everyone in the restaurant felt enlightened when they heard this, but they also felt fuming anger in their chests.
Although they had been whispering, the entire restaurant was now so silent that one could hear a pin drop, as everyone had been listening in on the conversation.
”But Xiao Lei is a hero of mankind. He has fought for humanity and has continued to strive to do the best for our kingdom. To be treated like this is truly disgusting,” someone muttered, and many nodded their heads.
”Right now, Xiao Lei is out hunting Primordial Beasts, putting his life at risk. Meanwhile, the humans he is trying to protect are all trying to get rid of his only flesh and blood.”
”I bet it was someone who colluded with the Primordial Beasts to do this! It has to have been planned. They wanted to get rid of Xiao Lei, so they made this plan long ago and leaked information to the Ice Harpy. How else is it possible for her to have done as she did?”
”It is obvious that the Primordial Beasts hold a grudge against Xiao Lei. How can they even consider working together with his flesh and blood?”
Many started speaking at the same time, and all of them were at first slightly angered, but then they compared it to their own situation and they became livid with anger.
”It is easy for the nobles to put all the blame on Xiao Lei and his family! They can do whatever they want to just because of their heritage!”
”They never risk their lives, yet those who do gets treated like this?!”
”It is people like that Tie Haolong who are true men! Fighting for brotherhood! Doing what they believe is right!”
”Let us go spread the facts about this kid's fate!” someone exclaimed, and the others lifted their hands, shouting, ”Yes!”
After that, they all rushed out of the restaurant and split on the street. They went to drinking houses, gambling dens, pleasure houses and so on, spreading out to tell the truth about Xiao Lei.
Even now, the people in the Outer City trusted Xiao Lei. They had more faith in Xiao Lei than they did the royal family, and they were willing to spread the news of him being mistreated even if it meant that they would be punished severely.
In fact, a few of them hoped that someone, and not themselves, would be punished so that they could claim that the nobility was doing everything in its power to kill the truth.
Xue Wei had stayed in the restaurant. His emotions were in turmoil.
He knew that his uncle was a hero to mankind, but to see how the average cultivator was willing to take his side that easily made him feel his heart swell with emotion.
He was proud of his uncle, the man who had the power to cause such devotion amongst the common folk.
Xue Wei was in deep thought. He had always thought that the people up high had just wanted to get rid of him, but was there perhaps some other reason behind their actions?
Was there perhaps a conspiracy against his uncle, such as these people had assumed?
The Ice Harpy had appeared back in Tiankong City, and it seemed that every action she had made was against Xue Wei.
It made sense that she held a serious grudge against Xiao Lei, who had killed so many Primordial Beasts. Maybe she decided to take her revenge on Xue Wei instead?
Had she worked together with someone else all along, or was it all just a coincidence? Xue Wei felt that he needed to know. If someone was going after his uncle, he truly wished to get to the roots of it and protect his Uncle. The only downside was that he was too weak.
Xue Wei was simply far too weak to be able to get to the bottom of anything right now. He was not even able to save himself if he ran into a Primordial Beast hunter, but he still wished to do his best.