Chapter 128: The Scapegoat

"If I remember correctly, Long Chao should be very proficient in arrays, right? Seems to have the ability to break the Clan-Protecting Great Array." Someone in the crowd said. Good fellow, at this time, his suspicion was even greater.

At this time, Long Xuan added another sentence: "If I remember correctly, he seems to have the Cockroach Gu, right? With the Cockroach Gu, having his heart pierced is nothing. Why is he lying on the ground pretending to be dead?"

Good fellow, as soon as Long Xuan said this, his suspicion became even greater. Everyone widened their eyes and looked at Long Chao, their gazes even stranger.

Who had the Cockroach Gu, how could it be hidden from his eyes? Long Xuan didn't want to wrong him. His act of pretending to be dead was indeed very abnormal. What Long Chen said when he kicked him was also very intriguing. If he had no collusion with the Soul Clan, then it would be a ghost.

Since he was indeed in collusion with the Soul Clan, then simply let him be the scapegoat for him. For this kind of person who eats inside and out, pitting him to death didn't need any psychological burden.

At this time, Long Chao was completely bewildered. No one knew that he had the Cockroach Gu. How did this person know?

He didn't have time to think about it. At this time, Long Wanli had already walked over with a ferocious face, then grabbed his collar and lifted him up, reached into his abdomen, and dug out a bloody Cockroach Gu.

Seeing this Gu worm, Long Wanli laughed in extreme anger: "Good! Truly very good! You truly make me look at you with new eyes."

"First use the Cockroach Gu to fake death, then after everyone goes out, you come back to life and secretly steal the Holy Tree, then lie on the ground and continue to pretend to be dead."

"After waking up, you still have the nerve to ask what on earth happened!"

"You are truly too good at acting!"

Long Wanli threw Long Chao heavily to the ground and roared loudly: "Someone, drag this thing that eats inside and out down and serve him with brutal interrogation."

"I want to know all his collusion with the Soul Clan, and also, check for me if Long Chen was also secretly harmed by him!"

Two Long Clan Gu cultivators with horizontal meat immediately walked out of the crowd, grabbed his shoulders with ferocious faces, and dragged him out.

At this time, Long Chao's face turned completely pale. He had just been kicked unconscious, and he truly didn't know what had happened.

How did he know how the Holy Tree branch was broken? He didn't know what had happened until now. How did he become a suspect after waking up, and all the clues pointed to him?

The matter of destroying the array, the matter of killing Long Chen, and the matter of colluding with the Soul Clan couldn't stand investigation. Once these matters were verified, the crime of destroying the Holy Tree would be completely buckled on him. He was simply wronged to death. No matter how he explained it, no one would believe him.

At this time, he finally knew fear, his eyes revealed a fearful gaze, and he hurriedly shouted: "Clan Head, I am wronged! The Holy Tree branch being broken really has nothing to do with me..."

His voice went further and further away, and everyone revealed expressions of disgust, looking at him with spitting gazes.

"Hmph! I saw long ago that his character was not good, but I didn't expect him to be able to do this kind of thing. What good does it do him if the clan's strength is greatly damaged? Damaging others and not benefiting himself."

"Need to think about that? His Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is of top-grade quality and possesses the Soul Seed ability of the top ten. Once it metamorphoses perfectly, it is an invincible existence of the same rank. How could he be reconciled to the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye metamorphosing in an imperfect state?"

"But you can't pay the price of destroying the clan! Look at Long Ziyan, she has the exact same Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, and the ability is also the Soul Seed. Why didn't she do the same thing?"

"It seems Long Chao is definitely finished this time. The name of betraying the clan, according to the clan rules, must bear the punishment of being bitten by ten thousand insects. His body will be filled with insect eggs, and then eaten bit by bit from the inside out by the larvae. This kind of pain is worse than death, and the speed of death is extremely slow. Don't think about being liberated without three months."

"That's also deserved..."

The crowd discussed heatedly, slowly dispersing under Long Wanli's order, but the intense discussion didn't dissipate for a long time.

This was destined to be a sleepless night. Such a big thing happened, and the movement made in the entire clan was not small.

The Washing Eyes activity definitely couldn't continue. The Holy Tree was severely damaged and needed to recuperate. Everyone's Dragon's Tears reward was canceled and could only be replaced with contribution value rewards.

The subsequent sacrificial activity was held on time, but the things sacrificed were more. After a large number of cattle and sheep were slaughtered, the Long Clan members sprinkled blood around the Holy Tree. It was not difficult to see that the cultivation method of the Holy Tree was likely based on blood.

Long Xuan had seen spirit trees that drank lava. Now seeing a spirit tree that drank blood, it wouldn't make him feel surprised at all.

However, in this way, if he wanted to plant the Divine Dragon Wood, he was afraid he must raise a large number of cattle and sheep at home. Building a large ranch was afraid it would become his next task.

Building a ranch required a large territory, and the grassland must be sufficient. His territory was famously large, and it could truly satisfy the demand for building a ranch.

This was also good. From now on, he would have fresh beef and mutton to eat. Thinking of the hot pot from his previous life, Long Xuan's throat moved, and he couldn't help but feel greedy. This world had chili spirit medicine, and the spiciness was far higher than in his previous life.

At this time, the entire clan was solemnly worshipping the Holy Tree, while he was actually thinking about eating, and the worship was not pious at all.

What the Clan Head said on the sacrificial platform, he didn't pay attention to at all, and his soul had long flown away.

Until finally, everyone knelt around the Holy Tree, batch after batch wishing to the Holy Tree, Long Xuan had a pious appearance, wished in his heart that he and Long Ziyan would soon achieve a positive result, and then the time-consuming sacrificial activity finally ended.

Long Xuan had long been impatient. As soon as the sacrificial activity ended, he hurriedly ran toward his home. He couldn't wait to study the cutting propagation technology of the spirit tree.

However, as soon as he arrived home, he immediately noticed that there were people in the Magic Cube Grand Array, and he couldn't help but frown deeply. In the middle of the night, who was trespassing again?

He impatiently checked the few people trapped in the Magic Cube Grand Array, but after seeing that two of them released the aura of Spirit Sea stage Gu cultivators, his face changed instantly.

"Actually have Spirit Sea stage experts visiting? Can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend. Better let them be trapped inside."

Saying this, he stopped paying attention to the few people in the array who were about to go crazy, and walked quickly toward the top of the mountain.

At this time, it was already late at night, in the Clan Head's attic.

"How was the interrogation?" Long Wanli asked in a deep voice with a gloomy face.

The Ten Elder revealed a tired expression and said helplessly: "Investigated all night, whether it was destroying the array or the death of Long Chen, it was all done by him, and it was indeed him who colluded with the Soul Clan to lure the enemy to invade."

"We found his letters on the corpses of the Soul Clan Gu cultivators. The evidence is conclusive, and there is no possibility of a retrial."

"And just as we speculated before, his motive was to obtain more Divine Dragon Milk for the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, but where he hid the broken tree branch, we never found it, and he refused to admit it to the death."

"This guy has a very hard mouth, and he still harbors luck, holding a last glimmer of fantasy. If the evidence is not placed in front of him, he will never open his mouth. If it weren't for us finding his letters in the Soul Clan's storage bag, he still wouldn't admit that he colluded with an outside race until now."

Long Wanli patted the table heavily, releasing raging anger in his eyes, and roared uncontrollably: "This thing that eats inside and out, actually dares to have a hard mouth. If it wasn't him who did it, why did he lie on the ground and pretend to be dead?"

"Don't look for it anymore. Even if the Holy Tree branch is found, it can't be reconnected. Directly use the insect punishment on him. If he is not smashed into ten thousand pieces, it is truly difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart!"

Long Wanli was so angry that he lost his usual rationality and actually intended to use the most cruel punishment to torture Long Chao to death.

"What about Long Chao's Evil Dragon Emperor Eye? All his Gu worms have already been released from the blood contract relationship under my coercion," the Ten Elder asked tentatively.

Long Wanli slowly calmed down, calmed the anger in his heart, and said: "His Evil Dragon Emperor Eye possesses the divine skill Soul Seed, which is truly too important for the clan."

"Long Ziyan is the champion of this Gu Fighting Tournament. I think we should reward this Evil Dragon Emperor Eye to her as the champion's prize."

"The ability of this Evil Dragon Emperor Eye is the same as her Evil Dragon Emperor Eye's ability, both are Soul Seeds that are rare in a thousand years. Let her metamorphose using the second metamorphosis route of the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye, which is enough to make her Evil Dragon Emperor Eye metamorphose perfectly."

"Once the Soul Seed metamorphoses perfectly, that is truly too terrifying. Our clan will definitely produce a super expert in the future."

The Ten Elder nodded and said: "I have the same intention. Long Chao's motive for betraying the clan has sounded an alarm for us. Although I trust Long Ziyan very much, it is better to completely eliminate this uncertainty."

Long Wanli also felt lingering fear and said: "This kind of thing has happened more than once in our clan's history, and even several times the clan suffered heavy damage, appearing in a crisis of almost being exterminated."

"Until modern times, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gradually dried up, leading to the large-scale disappearance of materials for refining the Evil Dragon Emperor Eye. The Evil Dragon Emperor Eye with reduced materials is already very difficult to awaken heaven-defying abilities, so this kind of thing never happened again."

"I didn't expect that during my term as Clan Head, this kind of thing would actually happen. It's also my fault. I clearly read the clan history well but relaxed my vigilance in this regard, almost causing a major disaster."

Long Wanli's face instantly aged a lot, sighed again, and said: "As for Long Chao's other Gu worms, just count them as contribution and put them in the Treasure Pavilion."

"However, there are very few people willing to want the Gu worms of a traitor, so lower the contribution a little."

Long Wanli changed the topic and said: "Let's not talk about this matter for now. Let the past be the past. Write this matter in the clan history, let future generations use history as a mirror, and we still have to look forward."

"You go and call Long Ao over now. I want to ask him how much confidence he has in refining the Xuan Long Pill. The Xuan Long Pill is the most suitable pill for the Long Clan bloodline to break through. If it can be refined by ourselves, even if it consumes a massive amount of materials due to failure, it is still better than buying pills from outside."

"Cultivating a second Gu King is the top priority for our clan to do now."

"Good, I'll go call him." Thinking of this matter, the Ten Elder also revealed an expectant expression and immediately walked toward Old Long's Red Jade Peak.

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