Chu Tianhao was startled, but his old man, Chu Hengding, had already warned him that Chu Tianlu might jump out to fight for it, so he was relatively calm right now.
Sweeping a disdainful glance at Chu Tianlu at his side, Chu Tianhao said proudly, "Oh, I was wondering who it was. Isn't this my traitorous cousin? How did he kill my older brother? Now, you still want to steal the inner alchemy I prepared for my grandfather!"
"You're spouting nonsense!" The word "traitor" immediately provoked Chu Tianlu. His face instantly flushed red, and it was obvious just how agitated he was. After all, to someone who wholeheartedly cared about the clan, the reputation of a traitor was far too heavy.
"I'm spouting nonsense. Is it me who's spouting nonsense, or is it you who's running amok? You and I both know." Chu Tianhao's face was full of righteousness, which really made others feel that there was something wrong with Chu Tianlu.
Only they, the people involved, truly knew who was spouting nonsense.
"Grandfather, this neidan really was something I obtained from two seniors. I was going to offer it to you as a birthday gift, but it was stolen by second uncle!" Chu Tianlu didn't want to argue with Chu Tianhao, so he knelt straight in front of Chu Yuntian and spoke with a face full of grief and indignation.
Lin Yi shook his head in secret. This kid really was stubborn. What was the point of doing this? However, Lin Yi already knew that there was no point in Chu Tianlu going out. He was only stirring up this pretext.
Chu Hengding snorted coldly and said, "What a joke. Let's not talk about whether or not I would steal something from a junior like you. Tell me, what did you use to exchange for such a precious Nascent Soul sea beast's neidan? Since you exchanged it, how could it have been stolen by me? Since it was stolen by me, why didn't you complain to the family head earlier? Why do you have to come out now and cause trouble?"
It had to be said that Chu Hengding's words were quite incisive. The people around him couldn't help but nod. Eight out of ten people believed that Chu Tianlu was just pestering them endlessly. There were also two people who just wanted to watch the show and didn't want things to get out of hand. They wanted nothing more than for Chu Tianlu to continue retorting. It would be best if the Chu Clan directly had internal strife. That would be interesting.
Chu Tianlu straightened his neck and said angrily, "Senior Lin handed the Inner Core to me first so that I could serve as proof and go to your place to exchange for a few pill recipes. In the end, not only did you seize my Inner Core, you didn't even give me a single pill recipe! Grandfather has been deceived by you these past few days. Even if I went to look for Grandfather, I would definitely be obstructed by you!"
"Ridiculous. I can tell that you're lying just by listening to your nonsense." Chu Hengding's face was full of disdain. He retorted mercilessly, "One moment, you said that Senior Lin's Inner Core was only for you to use as proof, and the next moment, you said that it was yours. You even said that for the sake of a few pill recipes, someone actually used a Nascent Soul Inner Core to exchange for pill recipes! And you actually dared to say that the family head was deceived by me? Is the family head really that muddle-headed in your eyes?!"
Seeing Chu Yuntian's face slowly darken, Chu Hengding was inwardly pleased. He deeply felt that he crushed Chu Tianlu in terms of intelligence. That was absolute power!
Chu Tianlu grew anxious and blurted out, "Then what did you use to exchange for the Inner Core?"
Chu Tianhao chuckled and said, "Traitor cousin, don't worry. The things my father and I used to exchange are definitely more valuable than the few pill recipes you spoke of. But you don't need to know about it."
"Nonsense! Do you have any proof? This is clearly the Inner Core that you stole from me. I don't believe that you can find someone to exchange it for!" Chu Tianlu felt his blood boil. His words were completely blurted out, and he didn't know whether or not they made sense.
Chu Tianlu didn't consider that Chu Hengding was the person who controlled the entire Chu family's finances. How hard could it be to find a merchant association to admit that they sold the Inner Core to Chu Hengding?
As expected, Chu Hengding had already prepared an excuse. With a condescending attitude, he laughed disdainfully and said, "Of course I can prove where the Inner Core came from. But you, how can you prove everything you've said? Or perhaps, that Senior Lin of yours really did give you a Inner Core to exchange for something, but in the end, you took it for yourself and then framed us!"
Lin Yi laughed coldly. Sure enough, Chu Hengding was making a false accusation. He was probably trying to shut Lin Yi up. After all, Lin Yi did have some sort of background.
Chu Tianlu was immediately speechless. If he wanted to prove where the Inner Core came from, he could only ask Lin Yi to step forward. But even if Lin Yi stepped forward, there was no proof that the Inner Core belonged to him!
Since that was the case, dragging Lin Yi into this seemed to be meaningless. Chu Tianlu clenched his teeth and thought to himself, I might as well take this on by myself!
Suddenly, a bundle flew to Chu Tianlu's side. A sharp blade could be seen at the edge of the bundle. Then, Lin Yi sent him a sound transmission. "Use this to prove that the Inner Core is ours. When these things are placed together with the Inner Core, there will be a weak resonance."
Chu Tianlu was immediately overjoyed. He immediately opened the bundle. It was the materials from the sea crab corpse that he had personally dissected. There was only a claw tip and a small piece of shell in the bundle, but it was enough to prove where the Inner Core came from.
However, Chu Tianlu was a little puzzled. When did Lin Yi bring these things with him? When he returned to the Chu Clan that day, these materials were all on Chu Tianlu's flying spirit beast. He did not have time to retrieve them, and they were then locked up.
When Chu Tianlu regained his freedom, he went to look for these things again, but they were already nowhere to be found. No one knew where they had gone.
All the materials were piled up. After all, it was a small mountain as tall as two people. Chu Tianlu even suspected that Chu Hengding had taken it for himself, but he had no way to verify it.
In reality, Lin Yi had taken advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to turn these things into a primordial spirit and store them in the jade pendant's space. They were all good materials for refining tools. It would be good to give them to the King of Scrap later, lest Chu Hengding take advantage of them.
"This is the proof. Do you see this? This is a claw tip and a piece of shell from an early Nascent Soul sea crab. I personally dissected them after the two seniors killed the crab. They are of the same origin as the Inner Core. When placed together, there will be a weak resonance. Do you dare try it?" Chu Tianlu suddenly stood up and approached Chu Tianlu with the materials from the sea crab.
Chu Tianlu was shocked. He did not know if what Chu Tianlu said was true, but he clearly knew that the Inner Core truly belonged to Chu Tianlu. That was why he did not dare let Chu Tianlu try it.
Chu Hengding's expression was rather unsightly. He did not know that the Inner Core had been obtained by Lin Yi and the others after they personally killed the sea crab. However, since Chu Tianlu had said this, it should not be wrong. He had already suffered a loss by not trusting an honest person like Chu Tianlu. It was better to trust him now.
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