Chapter 3450: The Winner of the Ruling, the Priest

Bei City, Rear City District, Wang Gong Rear Courtyard.

This was a vast courtyard, with flowers and trees. Compared to these, the water pools on both sides of the rear courtyard were more eye-catching.

Wisps of water vapor drifted out from the water pools on both sides, keeping the humidity in the rear courtyard sufficient.

This was rebuilt more than ten years ago. Not only that, the waterfall flowing down from the mountain wall behind Bei City was also diverted by chiseling mountain stones in recent years. In recent years, the Elf race had become more and more fond of high-humidity environments.

In the misty rear courtyard, a majestic building stood. This was the Kingdom Council Hall. Unless there was a major matter, it wouldn't be opened.

At 7:30 am, people walked out one after another from the side of the Wang Palace, walking toward the Kingdom Council Hall. These people were all nobles of the Elf race.

Under the escort of a large team of elite soldiers, Su Xiao walked into the rear courtyard. The water vapor here made people feel slightly uncomfortable. It wasn't poisonous; he just simply didn't want to inhale this water vapor.

Passing through the misty path, Su Xiao walked into the Kingdom Council Hall. At this time, there were already many people in the hall. These people stood on both sides of the council table, or sat on the chairs that were a bit higher than the ground beside the walls on both sides.

The council table was about 5 meters wide and nearly 10 meters long, made of a whole piece of heavy wood, and the black tabletop was polished to look like obsidian.

The council table was arranged along the layout of the hall. In front of the council table on the inside, only one wide chair was placed—that was the Elf Wang's main seat. On both sides of the council table, there were many chairs.

The Kingdom Council officially started at 8 o'clock, but Su Xiao found that the Elf Wang and the Priest and the others were already seated.

The Elf Wang looked to be in his early 50s, wearing finely crafted armor. This armor looked like it was made of metal and had a certain flexibility. What was more noticeable was his gray-black mixed hair and slightly wrinkled face.

Seeing the Elf Wang for the first time, it would give people the feeling that they didn't envy this king's status, but only feel the fatigue from the bottom of the heart of this strong man, and that he had paid too much for the Elf race.

The Elf Wang sitting in the first seat closed his eyes to rest, faintly snoring. He actually fell asleep on such an occasion. From this, it could be seen that he was busy with ten thousand things every day.

"Your Majesty, Kuku Lin Bai Ye has arrived. Your Majesty, wake up."

The confidant servant beside the Elf Wang called out in a low voice. A moment later, the Elf Wang opened his eyes, and the fatigue in his eyes increased by a few points.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha who came with Su Xiao both felt that the Elf Wang should be a wise king.

Not only them, but the Immortal Fairy, Underworld Wolf, and others sitting opposite Su Xiao also had this feeling.

"I accidentally fell asleep, excuse me. Recently, I married my 195th wife, so it's inevitable to be physically and mentally exhausted."

The Elf Wang spoke. As soon as he spoke, he knew he was an old lecher.

"Damn~"

Baha muttered in a low voice, and the image of the Elf Wang in his heart collapsed instantly.

"Since everyone is here, the Kingdom Council officially begins."

The Elf Wang in the first seat spoke. This time he had the feeling of serving as a judge.

With a loud bang, the two metal giant doors of the council hall closed, and everyone took their seats. The Elf Wang was in the first seat of the council table, and on both sides were Su Xiao and the Priest and the others.

Su Xiao and the Priest sat opposite each other. On Su Xiao's right hand were Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha, while the Priest's camp opposite was the Priest, Immortal Fairy, Underworld Wolf, and Iron Mountain.

As for Raven Woman, Beast Hero, and Bee, they didn't attend. It seemed this was the Priest's arrangement. Acting in two groups was indeed more stable.

Further to the sides, that is, in front of the walls on both sides, there were three rows of chairs. Wang Zu and high-level officials all sat there to listen. Commander of the Imperial Guard Arle was among them.

"Regarding the groundwater poisoning incident in the city, both of your sides have your own statements, but everything must be based on evidence."

Elf Wang Cromwell's gaze became sharper. His meaning was very simple: Su Xiao and the Priest, no matter who it was, as long as they produced ironclad evidence, they could point out the other party and defeat them.

In this ruling, whichever side could speak first would occupy an absolute advantage. The reason was that neither Su Xiao nor the Priest had poisoned the groundwater in Bei City, so to speak, this was splashing dirty water on each other.

Splashing dirty water, of course, the one who splashed first had a better chance of winning. A basin of dirty water splashed out; even if it didn't dye the opponent black, the opponent wouldn't be clean either. Commonly speaking, in this round, whoever went first, their winning rate would reach over 80%.

In this ruling, Su Xiao and the Priest couldn't speak at will. When one side stated the situation, the other side could only listen quietly. The one who decided which side spoke first was the Elf Wang.

"In view of the evidence provided by both of your sides, as well as considering from many aspects, I decide that the Priest will provide evidence first."

The Elf Wang's words made the Wang Zu and officials in the listening seats whisper. Some of them nodded in agreement, while others remained silent.

The Priest seized the initiative, which made the Immortal Fairy and others at the side feel relieved in their hearts. The situation was too confusing. They wanted to use the Elf race's power to get rid of Su Xiao, and of course, they had to bear the corresponding risks. The Elf race was a double-edged sword, not slashing at Su Xiao, but slashing at the Priest, Immortal Fairy, and others.

The Priest didn't stand up. He coughed lightly and said in a calm tone:

"Kuku Lin Bai Ye, I have three questions I want to ask you. First, what is your relationship with the Mushroom Prophet of the Sunny Wetlands? Second, what is your relationship with the Jungle Hunter Laigo? Third, where did you get the medicine formula for treating Turbid Blood Syndrome?"

After the Priest asked these three questions, Baha beside Su Xiao felt a thud in his heart.

Not only Baha, but Commander of the Imperial Guard Arle and Wang Zu Eliton, who were in the listening seats behind Su Xiao, were also shocked.

Now they were on the same pirate ship as Su Xiao. As long as they defeated the Priest, with the "Life Secret Medicine" formula mastered by Su Xiao, their status would definitely rise by another level.

Wang Zu Eliton's status seemed to be below the Elf Wang, but he knew clearly that compared to the other four Wang Zu, he was inferior in both real power and prestige. Wang Zu Eliton didn't ask for anything else, just wanting to be on equal footing with the other four Wang Zu, to avoid being used as a shield by those four in critical moments.

The Priest's few words were like a knife blow, hitting exactly on their preparations this time.

The Priest didn't care about everyone's reaction and continued to say in a calm tone:

"According to my understanding, Bai Ye, you and the Mushroom Prophet have known each other for months. It was also at that time that you agreed on the plan to poison the groundwater in Bei City. Four months ago, you arrived here, but didn't personally enter Bei City."

"Four months ago, you and Nicholas Caesar arrived here. Nicholas Caesar was responsible for exploring information, and you were responsible for arranging matters related to poisoning. However, that couldn't be considered poisoning. To be precise, you used a device to dissolve Abyss Power into the groundwater, polluting the entire Bei City's groundwater source."

The Priest paused after saying this, leaving a short time for everyone to sort out their thoughts, gradually believing in the "facts" he created.

"You two are very smart. Neither of you personally set up that device. You needed some local people. How to find suitable local people became a problem. Finally, you found out about the fishing village incident 15 years ago."

As soon as the Priest said this, the Wang Zu and high-level officials in the listening seats were in an uproar. They all knew about the tragedy of the fishing village 15 years ago. Fundamentally speaking, that was caused by these decision-makers in Bei City.

"Bai Ye, you needed some people who hated the Wang Zu to help you do that insane thing. So four months ago, you found four rascals in the fishing village. Although they were rascals in the village, they had been fighting sea monsters for years and ate sea monster flesh raw, having powerful strength that ordinary people couldn't imagine."

"You just used their hatred for the Wang Zu, as well as their water nature of living by the sea, and the courage that ordinary people didn't have, to let the four from the fishing village dive deep into Bei City's underground river to complete the setup of the Abyss Power release device, polluting the entire Bei City's groundwater."

Speaking to this point, the Priest looked at the Elf Wang: "Your Majesty, the four from the fishing village are in the dungeon under the Wang Gong. You can send people to bring them up."

As soon as this was said, the Wang Zu and high-level officials in the listening seats were silent. Wang Zu Eliton and Commander of the Imperial Guard Arle, who chose to stand in Su Xiao's camp, were even more shocked.

Especially Commander of the Imperial Guard Arle, he was even a bit suspicious at this time: was it really Su Xiao who poisoned the groundwater in Bei City? He caught the four from the fishing village with his own hands, and he knew how cruel those four were.

Not long after, the four from the fishing village were brought up. The Elf Wang asked: "Who is the employer of you four?"

Before the four from the fishing village could speak, the red-robed hooded woman standing behind them raised her hand, and a strange light flashed on the ring on her index finger.

When the four from the fishing village came back to their senses, they found that their fingers were all pointing at Su Xiao.

The red-robed woman's ability was just like this, making people make instinctive reactions when caught off guard. However, for people like Su Xiao, the Priest, and the Elf Wang, her ability was basically useless.

"Take them down."

Under the Elf Wang's order, the four from the fishing village were taken down. The four from the fishing village might have felt that they had "betrayed" Su Xiao unintentionally, and they were incomparably angry. The fourth one even cursed the Elf Wang and mentioned the fishing village incident 15 years ago.

"God said, hatred is like a cracked seed, which will take root in people's hearts. Hatred will make people unrecognizable, and hatred will breed more hatred."

The Priest's gaze carried some compassion, as if he felt sorry for the fishing village incident 15 years ago.

"Everyone, although these have already been able to prove that Kuku Lin Bai Ye and Nicholas Caesar and the Mushroom Prophet conspired to harm the entire Bei City, in my view, the evidence is still not enough."

The Priest's words made everyone feel slightly surprised. They stopped whispering and continued to listen to the Priest's speech.

"Any shocking crime has a purpose, whether it is to satisfy psychological pleasure or material acquisition. Kuku Lin Bai Ye's purpose in this incident is to obtain material benefits."

"Everyone, you might not understand the preparation of medicine. With the trouble level of Turbid Blood Syndrome, no one can prepare the corresponding special medicine within 1 day of arriving in Bei City. So, this is something Kuku Lin Bai Ye planned long ago. He had already developed "Life Secret Medicine" months ago, or even longer. He made Turbid Blood Syndrome appear first. This kind of thing, he and the Mushroom Prophet have done it more than once."

"It's not that I'm fabricating it. Everyone, please look, these are several medicine formulas. The initial Life Secret Medicine was called "Purifying Blood Secret Medicine." According to the records of these formulas, Kuku Lin Bai Ye perfected it four times before having the current "Life Secret Medicine." According to the discussion of the Elf race's physicians, this is definitely not something that can be completed within two days."

The Priest threw the stack of formulas in his hand onto the table, looking at Su Xiao with a gentle smile.

How the Priest got these formulas was unknown. Why didn't he also create "Life Secret Medicine" with these formulas? Actually, if he could create it, he would have done it long ago. The problem was that it couldn't be prepared at all.

The Priest took out these formulas for two purposes: 1. To verify what he just said. 2. To give the Elf Wang Zu a reassurance, implicitly telling them that the formula had been obtained, and it wouldn't matter if Su Xiao was killed.

It could only be said that this old thing was too steady. This was no longer on the fifth floor, but floating in the atmosphere.

"Let me sort it out for everyone. Four months ago, Kuku Lin Bai Ye met the Mushroom Prophet. After the two conducted a normal item transaction with Soul Coins, they established initial trust. Later, through the Mushroom Prophet, Kuku Lin Bai Ye learned of the existence of the Elf race, as well as the Abyss Power spreading in this world. Everyone don't be so surprised. Abyss Power doesn't just exist in this world."

"The two of them, in order to seek, no, it should be to squeeze the Elf race, chose to manufacture disaster and then save it, blackmailing a huge amount of resources from the Elf race. During this period, in order to make the plan more perfect, the two found Nicholas Caesar."

"Eight days ago, Kuku Lin Bai Ye arrived in this world. He followed the mark left in advance and headed to the Black Forest to track the Mushroom Prophet's position."

The Priest pointed to the mark on the Mushroom Prophet's mushroom head as he spoke. This was carved by Marven Waltz. The Mushroom Prophet wanted to speak, but according to the rules of the ruling, it couldn't speak at this moment, otherwise it would be equal to provoking the entire Elf race.

"According to our investigation, this is the mark of the Law-Exterminator, but this is not important. The key lies in the function of this mark."

"After Kuku Lin Bai Ye arrived in the Black Forest, he failed to find the Mushroom Prophet, but because he coveted the secret treasure under the big tree hole, he killed the Queen of the North..."

When the Priest said this, the council hall was already in an uproar. The news of the Queen of the North's death was enough to make the pattern of the North and South Continents appear drastic changes. The Mushroom Prophet looked at Su Xiao in astonishment. It was also the first time it knew about this.

"You killed the Queen of the North, but failed to find the Mushroom Prophet you conspired with, so you continued to track with the coordinates, finally arriving at the Sunny Wetlands of the South Continent and meeting the Mushroom Prophet."

"Besides the Mushroom Prophet, you also have an eye, whose name is Laigo. He, who achieved nothing, was tempted by profit, betrayed the Elf race, and became an eye for you and the Mushroom Prophet. Fortunately, the perfect garrison power of Bei City discovered Laigo's abnormality. Three days ago, Laigo was injured by Bei City's soldiers and fled in a panic. He was lucky, just happening to meet his leader, Kuku Lin Bai Ye. Everyone also knows clearly that Kuku Lin Bai Ye is a physician, so he saved Laigo's life..."

"You lie!"

Laigo, who was sitting in the same row of seats as Su Xiao and was originally supposed to be a witness, stood up. He was already exhausted.

"Presumptuous!"

Several guards at the door stepped forward, preparing to take down Laigo who spoke without authorization. The Elf Wang in the first seat raised his hand slightly, and several guards wearing black armor hurriedly bowed and retreated.

"Your Majesty, he is lying! I didn't do it!"

Laigo's voice carried a crying tone.

"You didn't? Do you dare to take off your upper garment and let everyone see the scars on your body? Do you dare to say that wasn't an injury from three days ago? Do you dare to say that wasn't injured by the city guards?"

The Priest's questioning in a low voice made Laigo, who was grabbing the seams of his upper garment with both hands, collapse on the chair. Immediately, everyone smelled a smell of urine permeating. Laigo was scared to pee.

"Take him down."

Under the Elf Wang's order, Laigo was dragged down by two black-armored guards, and the floor was dragged along, and the chair was also taken away.

The Priest's gaze looked toward Su Xiao, with no triumph in his eyes, only steadiness, as well as vigilance when dealing with a strong enemy.

Actually, the Priest was relieved in his heart at this time. Laigo, this chess piece, was arranged very exquisitely. If it weren't for his skill being one level higher, this chess piece would have very likely become the key to defeating him. Rats bite elephants, ants eat dams—those small figures who were ignored were sometimes the most fatal.

The Priest's evidence almost included everyone Su Xiao had come into contact with in the past three days. These people had different identities and did different things, but they were all arranged by the Priest to be reasonable and watertight.

"Everyone, it's time to let you see how Kuku Lin Bai Ye and the Mushroom Prophet conspired at the beginning."

As the Priest spoke, he took out a beetle from his bosom. The beetle exploded, and a semi-transparent image appeared.

The scene in the image wasn't even from this world, but from the Fungus Wetlands of the Demon Sea, Eternal Life Island, inside the tree house where Su Xiao and the Mushroom Prophet first met.

Seeing this scene, the Mushroom Prophet looked confused. Although it didn't know where the Priest got this image, it was very confused. Why did the other party play this image? This was just a normal transaction between it and Su Xiao.

Soon, the Mushroom Prophet in the image spoke: "Mr. Law-Exterminator, have you decided? Do you want to cooperate with me?"

"Can cooperate, but I want 70%."

"That's of course no problem. The device to pollute Bei City's groundwater is for you to set up, and you are also responsible for the antidote. I'm just a guide."

Hearing this sentence in the image, the Mushroom Prophet's old eyes widened. This responded to that sentence: only the person who wronged you knows how wronged you are. How can you prove that you only ate one bowl of noodles?

The conversation in the image continued.

"We have to do this secretly. I've thought about the person who sets up the device. Find someone in the fishing village. The fishing village incident 15 years ago made the villagers there hate the Elf Wang Zu."

"Hmm, I'll notify you after I'm ready. The inhibitory medicine development isn't comprehensive enough."

"Then good, wait for your good news."

In the image, the Mushroom Prophet's expression froze, and in reality, the Mushroom Prophet's expression also froze. It almost couldn't catch its breath, and didn't care that this was a ruling, it said:

"Elf Wang, although our relationship isn't harmonious, but, I..."

The Mushroom Prophet's words were halfway through when it found the Elf Wang turning his gaze to look, which made it only able to shut up.

"Execute Kuku Lin Bai Ye."

"That guy named Caesar can't be let go either."

"Wang, you have to be the master for us. My daughter also contracted Turbid Blood Syndrome. She is only 10 years old, 10 years old and left."

"Execute him."

With ironclad evidence in front, some Elf race middle and high-level officials felt that the ruling was no longer necessary. Regardless, they needed a scapegoat. There was no better time than this.

Su Xiao looked opposite. The Priest opposite didn't speak anymore. The Immortal Fairy smiled and leaned on the chair. Underworld Wolf lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. Iron Mountain had a look of revenge.

"Silence!"

Elf Wang's majestic voice fell, and the council hall returned to silence. He said:

"Kuku Lin Bai Ye, what else do you have to say? Now is your speaking time."

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak. He raised his hands slightly.

Clap, clap, clap~

Su Xiao clapped at a speed that wasn't fast. Everyone listening looked confused.

Clap, clap, clap~

Following Su Xiao, the Elf Wang also raised his hands and clapped slowly. After that, the five Wang Zu who held heavy power also clapped together.

The sparse applause spread in the council hall. Other Wang Zu and high-level officials listening were confused, but the Elf Wang and the five Wang Zu clapped, so they also clapped immediately.

For a time, there was thunderous applause in the council hall. Only the Priest, Immortal Fairy, Underworld Wolf, and Iron Mountain didn't clap.

The Immortal Fairy was obviously confused, not knowing what was going on. The plot was too complicated, plus there were no subtitles, so she really didn't understand.

Perhaps infected by the atmosphere, Iron Mountain also followed and clapped, which made the Priest completely speechless.

Why would it be like this? Even if it was to praise the Priest's evidence collection as wonderful, it shouldn't be Su Xiao clapping first.

Actually, today's matter wasn't a ruling at all, but a public execution—a public execution of the Priest, Immortal Fairy, Underworld Wolf, and Iron Mountain.

As early as two days ago, Su Xiao was thinking about a question: was he and the Elf race really in a hostile relationship?

The first Elf Wang discovered the "Talent Awakening Device," then used it to activate the Abyss Power, finally causing evil consequences.

To this day, as long as Elf Wang Cromwell and the five Wang Zu weren't fools, they could learn that the current "Turbid Blood Syndrome" was caused by the evil consequences of incorrectly using the "Talent Awakening Device." Fundamentally speaking, it had nothing to do with the Law-Exterminator.

On the contrary, by today's point, the Elf race not only wouldn't worry about the Law-Exterminator snatching the "Talent Awakening Device," but instead hoped to find a Law-Exterminator to ask if there was any way to save them.

The information provided by the Mushroom Prophet before was wrong. The Elf race had long stopped coveting the "Talent Awakening Device." They were all about to perish as a race, and hadn't dared to use this thing for many years, so as not to accelerate the Elf race's extinction.

The information the Priest and the others knew was similar to the Mushroom Prophet, because everything the Priest knew was through monitoring Laigo and Commander of the Imperial Guard Arle.

To be precise, the wandering Elf Laigo was a hand the Priest had prepared long ago. When Laigo was seriously injured, he sent people to arrange it. The Priest knew that after Su Xiao arrived in Bei City, he would inevitably need a local person. A seriously injured Elf race person who was later saved by Su Xiao would inevitably become a priority support object.

The Priest was very cautious. He chose people randomly. Only in this way would he not arouse Su Xiao's suspicion. For example, saving a guard captain or an Elf race official, etc., would inevitably make Su Xiao guess whether someone had set a trap.

The Priest's arrangement was very successful, but the drawback of random selection also manifested. Su Xiao indeed didn't discover that Laigo was arranged by the Priest. Laigo himself didn't know he was being used, but Laigo's ability was really... hard to describe.

Later, the Priest also discovered this point. He admitted that he miscalculated, not expecting to randomly choose such a "chosen one" without any bright spots.

The evidence the Priest took out, some were through seizing other people's memories, some were through peeking into the past, and some were through fabrication.

Actually, these weren't important. After Su Xiao estimated the Elf race's attitude toward the Law-Exterminator, he secretly contacted the Elf Wang, through Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang as a "messenger," clarified his identity as a Law-Exterminator, and rationalized the "Life Secret Medicine."

Su Xiao lied to the Elf Wang that someone had used the "Talent Awakening Device" to activate the Abyss Power, and "Life Secret Medicine" was developed for this.

Su Xiao gave the formula of "Life Secret Medicine" to the Elf Wang secretly two days ago. The Elf Wang gathered physicians and pharmacists to study it. He actually didn't believe Su Xiao. As long as the Elf race's pharmacists and physicians could prepare "Life Secret Medicine," he would immediately turn against Su Xiao and the Priest.

Su Xiao didn't worry about this point at all, just like not worrying about elementary school students solving the "Continuum Hypothesis."

Sure enough, three hours before the Kingdom Council was convened, which was 5 am this morning, the Elf Wang and the five Wang Zu officially reached a cooperative relationship with Su Xiao.

So, this so-called ruling was simply a public execution. In Su Xiao's arrangement, there was one point that was unsolvable: no matter how the Priest framed him or what ironclad evidence he produced, the Elf Wang and the five Wang Zu wouldn't believe it.

The groundwater having problems was the news they decided to spread after secret discussion among the six of them. As the initiators of the rumor, whether the groundwater had problems, could the six of them not know? Even if the Priest spoke with a tongue of lotus flowers, the Elf Wang and the five Wang Zu wouldn't believe it.

This was one point. The second was Su Xiao's performance in the past two days. No matter how you looked at it, he was going to decide the life and death of the Priest in the ruling of the Kingdom Council. Su Xiao first found the Mushroom Prophet, then brought Laigo out in the commercial district and sent him to the Wang Gong, and also through a very risky way, removed the Commander of the Imperial Guard, Pang Kailin, and replaced him with Arle, whom he supported.

Heavy signs indicated that Su Xiao was going to play chess with the Priest, a "chess game" that decided the other party's life and death.

But the current situation was that the Priest's "chess skill" was at least Lv. 70 or above, and Su Xiao was about Lv. 65. This game of chess was indeed not as good as the Priest's. This could also be seen from the evidence collection link just now.

The problem was that Su Xiao was not only on the same side as the referee, the Elf Wang, but the five Wang Zu watching the chess game were also on Su Xiao's side.

Just when the Priest made a move, causing Su Xiao to lose this game of chess, the chess player Su Xiao and the referee Elf Wang pulled a hammer from under the chess table at the same time, aiming at the chess player Priest and hammering him.

The Priest previously mistakenly thought this was a brain competition. In fact, this was a physical competition. Playing chess, it was normal to bring a hammer.

Winning chess, so what? Just hammer you to death.

At this moment, in the council hall with thunderous applause, after the Priest stared at Su Xiao opposite for a moment, the Priest's elbow rested on the table in front of him. He pressed one hand to his forehead, as if saying: "Young man, you don't talk about martial arts."

The Priest knew he had lost this time, and knew that with Su Xiao and the Elf Wang's careful arrangements, making a rash move at this time would only be more dangerous.

In the warm applause, the Immortal Fairy still felt confused. She turned sideways and asked the Priest in a low voice: "Priest, did we win?"

Hearing this, the Priest sighed. He suddenly felt that losing this time wasn't actually unjust.

Click!

After a very short mechanism operation sound, all the seats in the council hall shrank into the ground, and the square gathering on the floor was also sealed by the metal layer. A second ago, there was thunderous applause, and the next moment, only four chairs remained in the council hall, with the Priest, Immortal Fairy, Underworld Wolf, and Iron Mountain sitting.

With a loud boom, the door of the council hall was knocked open. In the dense sound of armor colliding, black-armored guards rushed into the council hall one by one. In the rear courtyard outside the door, it was crowded with black-armored guards. Dozens of layers of barriers sealed the space and everything here. The Priest and the others couldn't escape even with wings. ===== CHAPTER 3451 =====