Chapter 412: How Could You Not Know Anything?
Chapter 412: How Could You Not Know Anything?
December 10, 2024
Even before he fully regained consciousness, Jiang Cheng had already fallen into a deep slumber.
But his intuition told him that everything that had happened to him was somehow connected to Jiang Cheng.
Otherwise, how could such a coincidence occur?
It was as if the timing was deliberately chosen. Just as he had agreed to accompany Jiang Cheng for a tour of the inner city, this incident took place.
"Jiang Cheng?"
Gu Tianyuan's eyebrows furrowed, "Are you talking about the people who went out with you?"
"That's right," Gu Changlin nodded. "He's the alchemist under my command. The person I mentioned at the family meeting, that's him. As for the others, they're his family. This time, he felt that he had been cooped up in the alchemy room for too long and wanted to take a break. That's why I brought him along."
Gu Tianyuan remained silent, gazing at him intently.
The other elders also had varied expressions.
Gu Changlin instantly understood everything.
Those three people had come for Jiang Cheng.
Their purpose was simple: to take him away.
Jiang Cheng had played along with their plan, using an excuse to eventually escape with his entire family while Gu Changlin was asleep.
At this point, Gu Changlin wasn't overly furious. However, before leaving, they had stolen the treasures on his body, including a seventh-rank treasure! They were practically taking his life!
"Father!"
Gu Changlin instantly sat up straight, gritting his teeth. "It was Jiang Cheng! He stole the Tranquilizing Orb! All the treasures on my body were taken by him!"
"You carried the Tranquilizing Orb with you?" One of the elders questioned.
"At the time, I didn't think much of it. I thought it was just a few hours, and we were in the inner city, so nothing would happen. But who could've known..." Gu Changlin regretted his decision.
If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have carried the Tranquilizing Orb with him in the first place! No, he shouldn't have agreed at all!
He should have kept Jiang Cheng under house arrest! Let him spend his entire life in the alchemy room, refining pills!
"How ridiculous situation! An alchemist causing you to personally accompany him?"
"No, he's not an ordinary alchemist," Gu Changlin quickly explained. "He can use seven or eight medicinal ingredients to refine an entire furnace of top-grade Awakening Spirit Pills. He can refine five furnaces in a day. Didn't we mention him at the last family meeting? I even agreed to give half of the profits to the family."
"Oh, now that you mention it, I do recall something," one of the elders nodded. "But when he wanted to go out, why didn't you have any suspicions?"
"He... he was too obedient before."
Gu Changlin lowered his head.
"To be honest, I was initially cautious about him because of some of his actions in the outer city. It showed that he wasn't someone to be taken lightly.
But later, when I reduced his share from fifty percent to forty percent, he readily agreed. After a month or two, I further lowered it to thirty percent, and he still had no objections. Even when I asked him to spend more time each day to increase the number of pills refined by one furnace, he complied.
That's when I let my guard down. But who could've known that all this was just an act, and he was already planning his departure when I made those changes?"
"What a fool! He couldn't even hide his abilities!" one of the elders cursed. "He was played like a monkey, and before leaving, they took everything, even the Tranquilizing Orb!"
Speaking of this, he became so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Do you dare swear on your ancestors that every word you've said is the truth and not a deception?" An elder spoke, clearly still unconvinced. A Seventh Rank Treasure, a grand item, had been stolen right under their noses.
"May the heavens strike me with lightning if I've spoken a single false word!" Gu Changlin gritted his teeth.
As his voice fell, the atmosphere in the room froze.
Even the elders couldn't help but believe him.
Suddenly, their faces turned grim, as if they had lost a loved one.
Some even wanted to take Gu Changlin's life in place of Gu Tianyuan.
"Who was the one who contacted that boy, and where did they go?" Gu Tianyuan, on the other hand, remained calm.
He didn't think Gu Changlin was lying because the latter didn't have the guts to deceive him.
"I, I'm not sure," Gu Changlin stammered for a while before finally uttering these words.
"What? You don't know anything?"
"You, how can you be so useless? You don't even know where that boy went after leaving here?"
"What about the three people who contacted them? Do you know their identities? You should remember what they look like, right? Tell us!"
"Remembering their appearance is useless. In this day and age, disguises are a piece of cake."
The elders exchanged glances.
"Are you sure you don't know anything at all?" Gu Tianyuan asked.
"I, I really don't know," Gu Changlin replied.
Gu Changlin was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Suddenly, he thought of something and quickly said, "Before coming here, he was in the Outer District under Chang Kong's command. Perhaps Chang Kong knows his background."
"Then what are you waiting for? Call him right now!" an elder shouted. At this point, they had no other choice but to try their luck. After all, there might be a clue.
Gu Changlin turned to Gu Tianyuan, who was fuming with anger. "Then call him. You better pray he has a clue. Otherwise, if the Tranquilizing Orb isn't found, you'll be the family's traitor. Even if you die a hundred or a thousand times, it won't make up for this loss!"
"Yes, father," Gu Changlin quickly made the call.
By now, he understood that if the Tranquilizing Orb was recovered, he would face some punishment, but his life would be safe. However, the position of the family head might be a challenge.
This time, not only had he made such a huge mistake, but he had also embarrassed the family. The elders, including his father, would definitely reassess his ability to become the next family head.
And if the orb wasn't found...
Forget about the position of the family head; being sent to the Chill Palace and forgotten would be the least of his worries. If things went wrong, his life might be in danger. After death, he would be nailed to the family's Shame Pillar, his name tarnished for centuries! The younger generations of the Gu family would forever remember that he was the one who lost the family's treasure.
Jiang Cheng!
He clenched his fists.
He had treated Jiang Cheng so well, bringing him from the Outer District and giving him a god-like life.
But if Jiang Cheng wasn't grateful, that was one thing. To have him suffer such a fate was another!
This ungrateful, treacherous person, Gu Changlin, would never rest until he settled the score!
(End of Chapter)
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