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Slap! Slap!
Two more lashes.
“You bastard, why didn’t you say so earlier?”
“Spare me, please spare me…”
Jack Wang felt like dying.
If he had known, he wouldn’t have spent so much money to get this job.
Jack wasn’t a core member of the Wang Family. Without spending a fortune, he couldn’t have secured such a good position. Who knew that in just half a year, such a huge problem would arise?
The middle-aged man was also helpless. A thousand pounds of Violet Immortal Crystal was a significant amount. If he couldn’t recover it, he’d have to pay out of his own pocket.
Not only that, but it would also affect his future promotions within the family.
“Speak up, did you steal it yourself, or was it someone else?”
The middle-aged man calmed down a bit.
Jack cried bitterly, kowtowing, “Seventh Uncle, even if you gave me a hundred guts, I wouldn’t dare steal from the family. The Violet Immortal Crystal from the mine must have been stolen by that sly Evan Chen!”
The middle-aged man’s face turned cold as he shouted, “Who’s to say you’re not just looking for a scapegoat? Do you have any evidence?”
Jack quickly replied, “Of course I do! There are witnesses and physical evidence!”
Evan Chen, standing to the side, couldn’t help but curse inwardly. This bastard Jack was trying to frame him!
Before the middle-aged man could speak, Evan stepped forward.
“Steward Wang, don’t wrongfully accuse me! A few days ago, when I left the mining area, you personally inspected and let me through!” Evan defended himself.
The middle-aged man’s eyes flashed with a fierce light as he glanced at Evan. “Are you Evan Chen?”
Evan bowed, “Yes, I am.”
The middle-aged man released a surge of Immortal Power, locking Evan in place, then looked at Jack. “You said there are witnesses and evidence. Show them to me!”
Jack staggered to his feet and said, “Everyone, on the day he left the mining area, this kid took a strange black stone with him. I questioned him thoroughly, but he deceived me. Everyone saw it with their own eyes.”
For a moment, the crowd whispered among themselves but didn’t dare to speak up.
The middle-aged man immediately asked, “Is what Steward Wang said true?”
“Yes, yes, my lord, it’s true.”
Feeling the pressure, many in the crowd answered honestly.
At this moment, Evan’s heart sank.
He hadn’t expected Jack to use this incident to frame him.
“My lord…”
“Seize him and interrogate him!”
The middle-aged man didn’t give Evan a chance to explain. Several Wang Family disciples at the Fourth Immortal Realm surrounded and captured Evan.
Moments later.
Two storage bags were found on Evan.
“Open them!”
The middle-aged man shouted, and if not for Evan’s sudden surge in mental strength, he might have fainted from the shock.
Storage bags were commonly used in the Immortal World, and only the owner could open them.
Evan was both angry and anxious.
Inside the storage bags were cross-realm stones and over ten thousand Immortal Crystals he had earned from selling Heavenly Ebony.
Even if the cross-realm stones weren’t confiscated, the unexplained ten thousand Immortal Crystals would be enough to condemn him.
“My lord, I didn’t steal the Violet Immortal Crystal. Jack is trying to frame me to escape punishment!”
Evan had no choice but to explain, hoping to buy some time to think of a solution.
“I told you to open the storage bags!”
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth, his tone full of authority.
I can’t open them!
If I do, there’s no way to clear my name!
And knowing the Wang Family, if they can’t find the real thief, they’ll definitely pin the blame on me!
“This old man is at the Sixth Immortal Realm. I wonder if my Extreme Shield Heavenly Gang Technique can withstand one of his attacks.”
After his mental strength surged, Evan could see the middle-aged man’s realm.
As for his newly mastered defensive technique, he wasn’t sure if it could withstand an attack from someone at the Sixth Immortal Realm.
If it came to the worst, Evan would have to fight.
If he could block one attack, he could escape a hundred miles away, giving him a chance to flee.
Under the pressure, Evan remained silent, surprising the others.
“Could it really be Evan Chen?”
“I don’t think so. He’s always been gentle and hardworking, not the type to commit crimes.”
“People can’t be judged by appearances. He doesn’t have ‘thief’ written on his face. How could you tell?”
…
“Seventh Uncle, the Violet Immortal Crystal must have been stolen by this kid. Use severe punishment, and he’ll confess!”
Seeing this, Jack felt relieved.
Finding a scapegoat meant he would at most be guilty of negligence, losing his position but not his life.
“Wang Yun, cut off his hands and take him back for interrogation!”
Since the kid didn’t dare open the storage bags, he was likely the thief.
“Damn it, I have no choice but to fight!”
With no way out!
Evan suddenly erupted, rushing forward to snatch his storage bags.
Immediately, he prepared to activate the Extreme Shield Heavenly Gang Technique.
“Impudent thief!”
The middle-aged man roared in anger, sending an Immortal Palm strike towards Evan’s head.
Evan drew on his Immortal Power, but before the shield could fully form, a flying sword shot through the air.
“Clang!”
With a crisp sound, the flying sword collided with the middle-aged man’s palm.
The sword broke, and the middle-aged man was forced back, tumbling several times.
“How dare you, thief! You have accomplices!”
The middle-aged man roared in fury.
“Shut your damn mouth! You’re the thief, your whole family are thieves.”
To everyone’s astonishment, a scruffy, unkempt man with a face full of stubble and a drunken swagger walked over.
It was James Li.
“James Li, you have some nerve! I knew this little rascal couldn’t have stolen a thousand pounds of Violet Immortal Crystal on his own. So, it was you behind it!” Jack quickly scolded.
James Li, with a mocking smile, backhanded Jack, sending him flying.
“Don’t pin your shit on me!”
Seeing this, the middle-aged man coldly said, “I remember you. You’re the Ascendant who had his legs broken and begged my Wang Family for shelter.”
The smile disappeared from James Li’s face as he said sternly, “Stop talking crap and let him go.”
The middle-aged man sneered, “How many lives do you have to dare cause trouble on Wang Family territory?”
“Not letting him go, huh?” James Li’s body erupted with a terrifying killing intent. He threw away his wine jug, spread his hands, and called out, “Sword, come!” A flaming sword descended from the sky into his hand.
The flaming sword rapidly raised the surrounding temperature, making everyone feel unbearably hot.
Even the middle-aged man from the Wang Family couldn’t help but take two steps back, his throat dry.
This was the power of an Ascendant!
James Li had once been at the Eighth Immortal Realm. Even though his realm had fallen to the Sixth Immortal Realm due to injuries, his blazing sword technique was still enough to kill ordinary immortals of the same realm.
The middle-aged man knew this all too well.
Every Ascendant had gone through countless life-and-death battles, far beyond what a family disciple could handle.
He just hadn’t expected James Li to have the guts to openly oppose the Wang Family.
But…
If he let the thief go, the Wang Family would lose face, and he would be severely punished, never to rise again.
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