Chapter 272: The Island Master's Underhanded Trick

272. Chapter 272: The Island Master's Underhanded Trick

Long Xuan curled the corner of his mouth and sent a Soul Transmission to Di Xin: "This is easy to explain; this simple pregnant woman was deceived by that Island Master and learned incorrect information."

"She believes this matter is true and spoke the truth, so of course the Honesty Gu did not glow."

"Moreover, her words themselves contained both truth and falsehood, yet they perfectly explained the Black Dragon Pirate Group's erratic behavior, making her story self-consistent."

"Such an exquisite lie would likely convince many people, not to mention that this lie was witnessed by the Honesty Gu, which makes it even more convincing."

Hearing this, Di Xin widened her eyes in shock; this was possible?

She looked at Long Xuan with a strange gaze; since he understood the Honesty Gu so well, it seemed he had researched methods to deceive the Honesty Gu quite often.

Since this Long Xuan often carried an Honesty Gu to show off, how much of what he said was true? He truly was a swindler who cheated people without fear of retribution.

Pregnant women are a vulnerable group, and this fragile Island Lord's Wife naturally possessed a deceptive quality; her words indeed quelled the crowd's anger, preventing this incident from escalating into a riot.

"So that's how it is! This was all the doing of the Black Dragon Pirate Group; in order to find the person who took the Heart of the Ocean, they planned to kill the innocent along with the guilty and slaughter us all! They truly have ruthless hearts!"

"Since the Black Dragon Pirate Group wants us dead, we absolutely cannot let them off easy; even if I die, I will take one of them down with me; let's fight them to the death!"

The speaker was precisely the man who had incited the crowd earlier, yet now he reversed himself to say such things, so fickle and changeable.

Long Xuan's face showed a strange expression; could this person be a shill hired by that Island Master?

Just how many amazing tricks does this Island Master have left unused?

As soon as this man finished speaking, someone in the crowd immediately responded: "That's right; since the Black Dragon Pirate Group won't let us live in peace, then we will fight them to the death!"

"Brothers, the Island Lord's Wife is famously kind-hearted on Big Solitary Island, bearing the title of First Saint Mother of Da Gu Island; she would never lie, especially with the Honesty Gu witnessing beside her."

"It seems this matter is true; the Teleportation Array was indeed destroyed by the Black Dragon Pirate Group; we misunderstood the Island Master."

"I just realized the Teleportation Array broke a month and a half ago; how could the Island Master have foreknowledge that the Black Dragon Pirate Group would attack Big Solitary Island today?"

"If he truly possessed such prophetic abilities, he wouldn't have been caught off guard by the Black Dragon Pirate Group just now!"

"Now there is only one path before us: unite and jointly resist the Black Dragon Pirate Group; only by repelling them will we have a sliver of hope for survival."

"Otherwise, if we all stay here without contributing and allow the Five Great Families to be annihilated by the Black Dragon Pirate Group, we will surely follow in their footsteps; I don't think anyone harbors the delusion that the Black Dragon Pirate Group won't kill us too, right?"

Hearing this, Long Xuan widened his eyes and looked at this person; could this person also be a shill hired by that Island Master? With such eloquence, he was almost convinced himself.

As expected, under the incitement of these two individuals, everyone became filled with righteous indignation, their eyes blazing with fire.

In this moment, the situation instantly reversed; everyone shifted their fury onto the Black Dragon Pirate Group, wishing they could rush up and risk their lives against them immediately.

This group of people had been completely hoodwinked by that Island Master and was now thoroughly controlled.

Long Xuan sighed with emotion; this Island Master was truly too cunning; now the foreign Gu Cultivators on the island had their anger ignited and would soon rush forward to fight the Black Dragon Pirate Group to the death.

Anger increases combat power by thirty percent out of thin air; once the Black Dragon Pirate Group faced this crowd's fury, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Incited by this group of shills, the crowd was thoroughly deceived, then scattered in all directions, no longer surrounding this place.

Clearly, they now completely believed the fact that the Teleportation Array had been destroyed.

Since their retreat was cut off, they could only fight the Black Dragon Pirate Group to the death; everyone left in anger to prepare for the upcoming battle.

"These people have truly been fooled into limping by that Island Master; what should we do now?" Di Xin turned to look at Long Xuan and asked.

"Simple; any matter in this world can be solved with Wealth; if that doesn't work, it means the money isn't enough, so double it."

"Greed is a fundamental flaw of humanity; as long as the price reaches a certain height, most people can abandon all principles."

"We will simply clear the path with money; I don't believe those Guards can resist all temptations."

Long Xuan slightly narrowed his eyes; that Island Lord's Wife might not know the Teleportation Array wasn't broken, but how could the Guards who had been guarding the Teleportation Array all along not know whether it was broken or not.

He didn't believe that with immense Wealth, he couldn't buy off those few ordinary Guards.

Those assigned to guard the gates certainly wouldn't be wealthy; such people were the easiest to tempt.

After that Island Lord's Wife walked far away, Long Xuan used his Soul Power to sense the situation inside the main hall.

He discovered two Gu Cultivators, one fat and one thin, both at Spirit Sea Peak, sitting inside; after all, this matter could not be brought to light, so to prevent leaks, not many people were stationed here.

Since the ones guarding inside were two Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators, Long Xuan knew what could tempt them.

That item held a fatal temptation for all Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators; he didn't believe these two wouldn't take the bait.

The item he intended to produce was naturally the King-Breaking Pill, capable of driving all Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators mad.

He had six King-Breaking Pills recently refined on his person, which had not been immediately confiscated by that Island Master.

Because the treasuries of the Five Great Families on the island had been thoroughly plundered by him and Di Xin, that Island Master truly didn't know what to offer in exchange for the remaining King-Breaking Pills.

On the other hand, Heavenly Wind was nearly over; even if the Island Master confiscated the King-Breaking Pills, the Spirit Sea Peak Gu Cultivators on the island would have no time to attempt a Breakthrough.

Therefore, these last six refined King-Breaking Pills remained in Long Xuan's hands.

Long Xuan pulled Di Xin to a hidden corner, and seeing that the area was deserted, he used Soul Transmission to say:

"I plan to bribe those two Guards with a heavy sum shortly, then secretly teleport over."

"But the bribe for two people will be higher, and for the Guards, the more people teleporting, the greater the risk, which will make them more timid; so it's best if you enter the Heart of the Earth, and I go alone."

Di Xin frowned and pondered for a moment, then finally nodded, handing the Heart of the Earth to Long Xuan before entering it herself.

If it were anyone else, she would never dare to entrust such a Heaven-defying treasure as the Heart of the Earth to another person.

Not to mention that the Heart of the Earth was enough to arouse anyone's greed; if someone threw the Heart of the Earth into the sea, she would truly be dead.

But out of trust in Long Xuan, she entered the Heart of the Earth, choosing to place her Fate in his hands.

Long Xuan fondly stroked the Heart of the Earth back and forth, unable to bear putting it down, before finally storing it inside his Storage Ring.

It is worth noting that whether it was the Heart of the Earth, the Heart of the Ocean, or the World Tree Seed, although they contained vast spaces internally, they could still be placed inside a Storage Bag.

This was because these innate treasures were worlds, not storage spaces.

A Storage Bag cannot be placed inside another Storage Bag, but it can be placed inside a world, and a world is naturally also a space.

The worlds within those three innate treasures were equivalent to the world humans inhabit, so they were not subject to the limitation that spatial equipment cannot be nested.

Long Xuan used the Face-Changing Gu to casually alter his appearance into that of a strange man, but he disguised his aura as that of a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator, equal in rank to the two Guards in the hall.

He had his own considerations; although his Face-Changing Gu could simulate the aura of a Gu King, and with the Identity of a Gu King as a deterrent, those two Spirit Sea Peak Guards would absolutely not dare to play dirty tricks.

However, if he disguised himself as a Gu King, those two Guards would likely not dare let him pass through the Teleportation Array.

Because Gu Kings are rare, the number of Gu Kings on the island is limited; if one Gu King suddenly vanished from thin air on the island, it would definitely be discovered.

By that time, even if he took out something extremely valuable, those two Guards would absolutely not dare let a Gu King pass.

But disguising oneself as a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator was different; there were plenty of Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivators on the island, so suddenly missing one would not attract attention in the short term.

Moreover, the melee with the Black Dragon Pirate Group was about to begin; once the great battle started, the death of a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator would be far too normal, so those two Guards would have the guts to make a deal with a Spirit Sea Stage Gu Cultivator.

Although his Cultivation Realm was too low, making it easy for those two Guards to play dirty, he could suddenly reveal the aura of a Gu King Peak right before entering the Teleportation Array, catching them off guard.

They would not dare to play dirty with a Gu King, so they could only watch helplessly as he teleported away.

Long Xuan revealed a sinister smile, opened a small crack in his Insect Breeding Bag to let the Honesty Gu inside get some air, then walked quickly toward the main hall.

Before he even reached the entrance, he was blocked by the fat Guard walking out from inside, and Long Xuan stopped in his tracks accordingly.

"I see the Black Dragon Pirate Group is attacking the island, so I wish to leave via the Teleportation Array; I hope you can do me this favor," Long Xuan spoke first.

The thin Guard also walked out from within the hall at this moment, glanced at him, and said impatiently, "The Teleportation Array has already been destroyed by the Black Dragon Pirate Group; this matter is now known by everyone on the island. If you don't believe it, you can ask anyone you like. Please leave."

As soon as his voice fell, Long Xuan detected a reaction from the Honesty Gu inside the Insect Breeding Bag, and he sneered inwardly.

As expected, the Guards by the Teleportation Array indeed knew the array was not broken; he had tested this out with just a little trick.

"I don't believe it! I want to go in personally and inspect the Teleportation Array!"

As soon as Long Xuan finished speaking, he immediately used Soul Transmission to address the fat and thin Guards: "I don't care whether that Teleportation Array is actually broken or not; in one sentence, I will give you six King-Breaking Pills if you let me pass!"

"If you do not agree, then I will turn around and leave immediately! Pretend I never said those words!" (End of Chapter)