Thieves always had a guilty conscience. This was the unchangeable truth.
Before Zhang Tie promoted to a knight, even before becoming a real fighter, he had heard his mom telling him a story which had been spread among Hua people for a long time. That story was about how an ancient Hua official smeared ink on the joss to catch a thief. That story was simple and widely spread. Many Hua people might have known it.
In a dark room, the official painted ink on a joss and told a lot of suspects that the joss in the room was very effective. As long as the suspects entered the room one after another and put their hands on the joss, the joss would tell them who was the thief.
Those who were open-minded could put their hands on the statue without fear after entering the room, but those who had a guilty conscience didn't dare to put their hands on the statue after entering the room. They were afraid that the statue would know their secret. In the end, the official called everyone out and spread out their hands. The one who didn't have ink on his hand was the thief.
Of course, the so-called "Dragon Emperor Liquid" couldn't contradict with Heavenly Soul Incense. It was all fabricated by Zhang Tie. However, the others didn't know that Zhang Tie made all the arrangements for this moment.
Before Dark Emperor Immortal Palace was exposed, Zhang Tie had already arranged people to produce Dragon Emperor Medicament. After watching the entire production process of Dragon Emperor Medicament today, all the people had been convinced about the function of "Dragon Emperor Liquid". That person could never imagine that "Dragon Emperor Liquid" was specially prepared for him by Zhang Tie and that Zhang Tie was the one who exposed the secret of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. As time, place, figures and events had a great logical connection, nobody could connect them with each other.
Those who were still alive after being poisoned by Golden-Soul Rune Virus must have inhaled Heavenly Soul Incense in sacred sacrifice, which was necessary for Golden-Soul Rune Virus to recognize its owner.
Common lackeys and common immortal generals of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace might not know the relationship between Heavenly Soul Incense and Golden-Soul Rune Virus; however, all the 7 elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace were semi-sage level powerhouses. If one of the 7 elders was really a lackey of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, he should at least be a grand justice like Qian Changqing. If His Majesty wanted to control Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace through them, that person would definitely use Golden-Soul Rune Virus to control his subordinates so as to develop his own force in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace.
As for Dark Emperor Immortal Palace, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace was definitely more important than Yin-Yang Sect. Now that Qian Changqing of Cyan Dragon Palace could gain Golden-Soul Rune Virus to control the members of Yin-Yang Sect, undoubtedly, the one in Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace might gain more resources like Golden-Soul Rune Virus than Qian Changqing.
Therefore, that person must know what Heavenly Soul Incense was; additionally, he must know that Zhang Tie had inhaled Heavenly Soul Incense.
At this moment, as all the others in the room had drunk Dragon Emperor Liquid, that person couldn't think too much about it. 'What would you do if you were that person?'
There was only one answer!
— — He could only drink it; however, he couldn't really drink it!
The moment Dragon Emperor Liquid entered his mouth, Zhang Tie had wrapped it with his battle qi and sent it into his stomach. He pretended that he had drunk Dragon Emperor Liquid; however, he couldn't absorb any drop of Dragon Emperor Liquid in case of exposing the fact that he had touched Heavenly Soul Incense. As long as he left here, he could spit out Dragon Emperor Liquid, pee or defecate at will. It was not difficult for him to do that at all.
It was not difficult for an immortal general to do that.
However, those people didn't know that Zhang Tie could see everything through his lotus-flower eyes. Additionally, Zhang Tie could also sense the situation of Dragon Emperor Liquid in their bodies through the original yeast liquid which had gone through the second mutation. That was double insurance.
Everything that happened today, including each step and detail, had been calculated by Zhang Tie. This was a trap of Zhang Tie, a fatal trap to find out the mole of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. Those who were involved in the trap were human nature. Nobody could be spared.
In the room, Zhang Tie watched the others with a smile after drinking up the cup of Dragon Emperor Liquid.
According to Zhang Tie's expectation, after drinking up the cup of Dragon Emperor Liquid, all the people who were loyal and treacherous had been exposed to Zhang Tie.
Five of the seven elders of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, namely Luo Yunshang, Xia Yangming, Shi Zhongyu, Hou Moyuan, Wang Laisheng, Long Jiutian and Ying Gucheng, drank up Dragon Emperor Liquid frankly. Only two of them had covered Dragon Emperor Liquid with their battle qi the moment it entered their mouths. Closely after that, Dragon Emperor Liquid slid into their stomachs.
The two elders who didn't drink Dragon Emperor Liquid were Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu of the 7 top elders of Taixia Country.
At the sight of the two people, Zhang Tie instantly understood the trap set by His Majesty — — Xia Yangming was in charge of Supervision Department of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace; Shi Zhongyu was in charge of Immortal Generals Department. After capturing the two key figures, the two departments of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace would fall into the hand of His Majesty indirectly. Given the rights of Supervision Department and Immortal Generals Department, the greater part of the power and the most important rights of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace would fall into the hand of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace. By contrast, Earth-Treasures Department, Heavenly Craftsmanship Department and Military Department were not as important as these two departments.
Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu were the most powerful ones among the seven elders. They were the two who were most likely to promote to sage-level knights. Only Long Jiutian and Ying Gucheng could barely fight them. If Zhang Tie didn't appear, according to the agreement that whoever promoted to a supreme-level immortal general would inherit Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace, the two people would have a 50% chance to take over Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. However, if His Majesty played a trick, Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace would change its face unconsciously and become the parasite of Dark Emperor Immortal Palace.
'What a trick! What a trick!'
Correspondingly, Tang Shenghou the president of Immortal Generals Department who was recommended by Shi Zhongyu and Huo Xianlai the president of Supervision Department who was recommended by Xia Yangming also didn't drink Dragon Emperor Liquid in the same way. Therefore, Zhang Tie's judgment was right.
As Zhang Tie paid attention to the movements of the other elders, he even found that Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu exchanged a secret glance with each other the moment they drank up the Dragon Emperor Liquid. Xia Yangming even warned Huo Xianlai secretly by battle qi — — "Don't drink it!"
However, battle qi had long been useless for Zhang Tie. Therefore, Xia Yangming and Elder Xia's words were like shouting in Zhang Tie's ears — — F * ck, that's too blatant!
In a split second, the enemies and friends in the room were clearly distinguished.
Zhang Tie revealed a bigger smile.
After drinking up a cup of Dragon Emperor Liquid, all the elders had different feelings and looks.
"Your Majesty, it's a bit improper for Dragon Emperor Medicament to only be produced in Cloudriver Valley. As long as something happens here, the production of Dragon Emperor Medicament would be stopped. It's too dangerous to put all the eggs in one basket!" Luo Yunshang watched Zhang Tie with a solemn look as she added, "Many places within 60 miles of Dragon Emperor City are similar to Cloudriver Valley. As long as those places are renovated, they would be the backup production bases of Dragon Emperor Medicament. Even if something happens here, we would not be at a loss!"
"Yes, Elder Luo, you're right!" Wang Laisheng, Long Jiutian and Ying Gucheng nodded at the same time.
"I think so too!" Zhang Tie nodded as he watched Guan Minjun and the president of Heavenly Craftsmen Department, saying, "You two and Yukun will deal with it. Would Earth-Treasures Department tell me that we have no money this time …"
"If you want to produce Dragon Emperor Medicament, Earth-Treasures Department could have as many as you want no matter how much money and element crystals we need!" President Guan of Earth-Treasures Department who always complained about being poor in front of Zhang Tie suddenly became generous.
Zhang Tie burst out into laughter …
"But now that Dragon Emperor Liquid is the key to produce Dragon Emperor Medicament, we have to keep a close eye on it. However, I'm afraid that we would run out of Dragon Emperor Liquid soon. So what?" Xia Yangming said with a solemn look too.
"Hmm, Elder Xia's concern is reasonable …" Shi Zhongyu nodded on one side.
If it were before, Zhang Tie might really think that the two elders were concerned about the affairs of Dragon Emperor Immortal Palace. However, after knowing their identities, Zhang Tie realized that the two elders were up to something. Because they were absolutely trying to figure out the background of Dragon Emperor Liquid. As long as they had Dragon Emperor Liquid and knew its background, of course, they could have as many Dragon Emperor Medicament as they wanted.
"Hmm, Dragon Emperor Liquid was given to me by the old man. Across Motian Realm, only the old man knows how Dragon Emperor Liquid was made. I've got some stock, but not too much. When I run out of it, I will contact the old man and have him send me some more!" Zhang Tie talked nonsense as he kicked the ball of Dragon Emperor Liquid away and pushed all the blame onto the "old man". He didn't want to be the target of all the people across Motian Realm.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Xia Yangming and Shi Zhongyu exchanged a glance with each other as they became silent.
"Have you prepared the 50,000 vials of Dragon Emperor's Medicament?" Zhang Tie asked Hong Yukun.
"Yes, I've prepared them!"
"Elders and presidents, please follow me to watch the drill of Dragon's Teeth Army. By the way, we will bring some Dragon Emperor Medicament to reward the army. Since the establishment of Dragon's Teeth Army, I've not visited it yet. I really shouldn't. Let's go there today …" Zhang Tie waved his hand as he arranged the following itinerary.
The encampment of Dragon's Teeth Army was not far from here. After hearing Zhang Tie's arrangement, all the elders and presidents didn't have any objection …
(To be continued.)
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