Chapter 155 Three Questions Everyone's ears perked up. This…

Everyone's ears perked up. This newly appointed priest seemed to be a priest with quite a story to tell.

Even the Luo brothers couldn't help but prick up their ears.

Wu Chen simply instructed the disciple beside him, "Bring Fang Lansheng up."

Fang Lansheng was carried over by the disciples of the Divine Palace. He was only brought back to consciousness when they were almost at the main hall. Fang Lansheng barely opened his eyes and, seeing everyone, thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

Chief Fang rushed over, "Sixteen, who beat you up like this?"

Wu Chen let him "weep and wail" below, and after the Fang clan chief examined Fang Lansheng, although Fang Lansheng was covered in wounds, there were no obvious signs of torture. Only then did Wu Chen say, "Has the Fang clan chief finished examining you? If you have, please sit down to the side. Don't waste any more time."

Fang Lansheng absolutely did not believe that Wu Chen would be so kind as to let him out. After he regained some of his senses, he squinted and asked Wu Chen, "What do you intend to do?"

Wu Chen said, "I have only three questions for you. First, who instructed you to frame my wife?"

Fang Lansheng sneered, "She and I were meant to be together. This is destiny."

Everyone was stunned. What... what's going on? This isn't what Chief Fang said. In fact, it seems like Fang Sixteen has designs on Madam Wu.

Wu Chen ignored him. "Secondly, you claim to be a descendant of the Fruit of Spiritual Communication. How can you prove it?"

"What?!" Luo Dushou abruptly raised his head, staring intently at Fang Lansheng. He was a descendant of the Spirit Fruit? How could the Spirit Fruit have descendants? Why would Wu Chen say such a thing? This involved the Divine Palace's greatest secret. Zhan Yantai had been trying to understand the secret of the Spirit Fruit for so many years, but had never found a way. What did Wu Chen want to do? Why would he say such a thing in this situation? A flood of questions rushed through Luo Dushou's mind, causing him to lose his composure.

But he wasn't the only one who lost his composure in the hall. Almost everyone was staring intently at Fang Lansheng, as if he were a huge ginseng fruit, their gazes filled with greed and naked desire.

Fang Lansheng couldn't help but shudder, a fear he had never experienced before seeping from his very bones. He finally felt the pressure of Nan Bei, or any other Spirit Fruit, being exposed to the world. He couldn't imagine what it would be like if the atrocities Nan Bei had suffered were done to him, but at the same time, a strange confidence rose within him. He wasn't Nan Bei, and he had the ability to fight back. He could completely turn the background of the "Spirit Fruit" into his advantage. When Wu Chen asked him how he would prove himself, Fang Lansheng sneered, "Ask your wife; she can prove my bloodline."

Lu Qing rolled her eyes at him. "If you're sick, take your medicine. Don't bite everyone you see. This is my first time at Fuxian Lake. I've never met you before, so how can I prove my bloodline? It's you who's putting on an act, drugging me, and trying to trap me in a secret place. What did I do to offend you? Just because I'm not a stunning beauty and married Wu Chen, you unilaterally and presumptuously conclude that I'm a newly born Spirit Fruit, and that's why Wu Chen married me? I'll say it again: we've been betrothed since childhood. Before this Spirit Fruit was born, Hall Master Luo had already seen me. I told you that day, but you didn't believe me. Hall Master Luo is sitting right here today; you can ask him directly. Besides, not only Hall Master Luo has seen me before, but Jin Hua from Jin Man Lou has also seen me. Thousands upon thousands have seen me. If you don't believe me, ask Hall Master Luo now if what I said is true."

Luo Dushou, practically pinned to his nose by her, had no choice but to nod. "I have indeed seen Madam Wu and the priestess traveling together before." After thinking for a moment, he added, "Young Master Jin has also seen them."

Lu Qing sneered at Fang Lansheng, "Now you believe me, don't you? You're shallow and lustful, so you think everyone in the world is the same."

Wu Chen turned to look at her from the side and said seriously, "Why need it be deep red or light green? It is naturally the first-class among flowers."

Lu Qing was taken aback by his sudden confession, but then her heart fluttered with joy, and she smiled broadly, "You're so annoying, what are you saying!"

Wu Shen said solemnly, "You are intelligent, courageous, chivalrous, diligent and ambitious, and possess both beauty and talent. You are a thousand times better than those women who flaunt their looks and scheme. It is the greatest fortune of my life to be able to marry you."

Many women present nodded in agreement. The shaman priest was a true man, valuing character over beauty, keeping his word, and unwavering in his loyalty. He was a thousand times better than those men who lost their bearings at the slightest touch of beauty—no, worlds apart from them, utterly incomparable.

Lu Qing and Wu Chen gazed at each other deeply. Lu Qing couldn't help but cover her face with her sleeve, her little face beaming with joy. Seeing her so happy, Wu Chen was slightly distracted.

But everyone else was busy processing the information they had just heard.

Regardless of who is behind Fang Shiliu's actions, both the Fang family and Fang Shiliu mistakenly believe that Madam Wu is the new Spirit Fruit (we'll discuss why the Spirit Fruit takes on a human form later). Since Fang Shiliu is indeed a descendant of the Spirit Fruit, he wants to pair her with Madam Wu to create a "destined union." However, it turns out that Madam Wu is not the new Spirit Fruit at all, a fact confirmed even by Luo Dushou, who is clearly at odds with the Divine Palace. In other words, the Fang family paid a huge price, only to have their secret exposed instead of gaining anything.

So, what exactly is the Fruit of Spirit Communication?

Finally, someone couldn't help but ask.

Wu Chen sighed, "To my shame, the mastermind behind this old case was Zou Boyu, the first high priest of the Divine Palace. Everyone knows that Zou Boyu obtained the Spirit Fruit, greatly improved his cultivation, slayed demons and monsters, and pacified the world. However, apart from a very few members of the Zou family's direct lineage who knew this secret, even the elders and disciples of the entire Divine Palace were kept in the dark, all believing that the Spirit Fruit was truly just a fruit containing spiritual power. It wasn't until last year's winter hunt, when the previous high priest, Zou Gaoyang, plotted a conspiracy, so ruthless as to lure three thousand disciples of the Divine Palace to their deaths, that this shocking secret was exposed..."

Wu Chen succinctly recounted the key points of the winter hunt.

Everyone was horrified, finding it hard to believe such an absurd and bizarre thing could happen. Even Luo Dushou couldn't help but ask, "Did the Zou family really eat people, no, the fruit of spiritual communication?"

Wu Chen nodded calmly. "It is true that the Spirit Fruit transformed into a human upon falling to the ground. Not only were we present, but many experts from Jin Manlou were also there, along with experts from other sects and numerous independent cultivators. We witnessed this miracle firsthand. However, as the Spirit Clan members said, because the Zou family hunted down the Spirit Clan every thousand years for their cultivation, using extremely cruel methods, and then refined them into pills. But this also prevented the spiritual energy of the Spirit Wood from circulating. Now, apart from their birth method being different from ordinary people, the Spirit Clan has no spiritual energy at all and is no different from ordinary people. But the Divine Palace absolutely cannot tolerate the Zou family's heinous behavior, so all members of the Zou family involved in this matter have been severely punished."

Everyone suddenly realized why Wu Chen, the only one of the four divine attendants without a background, ended up holding the position of divine official.

"It was during our thorough investigation of this old case that we discovered a related tragedy. A woman from the Spirit Clan once married into the Fang family, but after learning her identity, the Fang family first murdered her husband, then detained her child, using the infant as leverage to subject her to inhumane abuse. Finally, they gave her to the Zou family. The Zou family recorded this in their journal. We are truly heartbroken for this descendant of the Spirit Clan, and even more worried that she might suffer further atrocities at the hands of the Fang family. My wife also received news around this time that someone claimed to have seen someone with a similar appearance near Fuxian Lake. Because of these two events, my wife didn't even attend my succession ceremony, rushing here day and night. Although my wife's cousin is currently missing, Fang Lansheng claims to be a descendant of the Spirit Clan and has harbored ill intentions towards my wife..."

Before Wu Chen could finish speaking, Fang Lansheng sneered, "Since you already know that I am a descendant of the Spirit Clan, and that your Divine Palace was the culprit who persecuted my ancestors back then, now that you've said it yourself, it saves me the trouble of exposing your true colors again. I want to see how you plan to settle this old score."

Everyone weighed the situation in their minds. They felt the accounts were a bit messy. In other words, both the Divine Palace and the Fang family had targeted the Spirit Communication Clan in the past, so both owed Fang Lansheng a debt. Now, although Fang Lansheng harbored ill intentions towards Madam Wu, she remained firmly in power, clearly indicating that Fang Lansheng hadn't succeeded. Could it be that Wu Chen was reluctantly letting the matter slide?

Knowing the inside story, Luo Heyi and Luo Dushou couldn't help but laugh inwardly, waiting for Wu Chen to suffer this great loss in front of the whole world.

Wu Chen shook his head. "Fang Lansheng, you haven't answered either of the two questions I asked you so far."

Fang Lansheng sneered, "Why should I tell you? Even if I don't tell you, what can you do to me?"

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