But Chen Jing actually performed so well in that trial that all the trial participants knew that it was Chen Jing who attracted the slave spirits for them, that it was Chen Jing who warned them, and that it was Chen Jing who saved them. So the blame that was originally meant to be shifted to Chen Jing was not successfully shifted onto him.

What happened next was even stranger. After Li Si returned, he also praised Chen Jing highly, believing that he had great talent and potential. Not to mention Luo You, when Chen Jing was selecting pills, he flattered Luo You from afar, and Luo You also liked Chen Jing very much. In addition, Chen Jing was found by Luo Jiu, so it can be said that Chen Jing was born to be close to Luo You and had a mentor-mentee relationship with him.

Now, with Huang Yuanlong added to the mix, three of the original core members of the Black Hand gang actually favor Chen Jing. The only difference is the degree of their approval.

If we also include the newly joined core member He Lili, who was in a team with Chen Jing and had acted together, then there are four people!

This basically paved the way for Chen Jing to become a core member.

"I've never seen such a request before. After being slapped on the left cheek, you want to be slapped on the right cheek." Huang Yuanlong wiped his foot on the ground and said in a flat tone, "Giving you face? What face are you giving you? You don't expect your disciples to become successful at all."

“There always needs to be a reason for bullying the weak,” Mo Wujiang said.

"He's weak, I'm strong, that's the reason," Huang Yuanlong said. "As for other reasons, look at that head, what is it?"

Mo Wujiang then turned his attention to the human head, and his expression changed: "This isn't the head of a man-eating water ghost, it's the head of a drowned ghost?!"

"You encountered a drowned ghost?" Mo Wujiang looked at the crowd behind Huang Yuanlong.

"Impressive, Brother Huang. You actually managed to save everyone from the drowning ghosts. Not a single person died. No wonder the boss said you are the strongest Dan Realm cultivator in the Black Hand Gang."

Upon hearing Mo Wujiang speak, there was a slight commotion among the crowd behind him. Someone whispered, "What is a drowned ghost?" After his companion answered, he suddenly realized what it meant and looked at the human head with fear.

"I wouldn't call myself the strongest." Huang Yuanlong chuckled. "It's just that I'm not like you guys, none of you can even practice cultivation methods. Oh, right, not one drowned ghost, but two."

He then took out a severed head from his backpack; it was the head he had cut off himself.

Because the head of the drowned ghost was extremely valuable, he carried both heads with him at all times.

"Brother Huang, you truly deserve to be called the strongest hunter in Ash City." Mo Wujiang's eyes were filled with shock: "If it weren't for the matter of the slave souls before, I would even suspect that you have already entered the Qi Realm."

"With two drowned ghosts appearing together, even without considering the ordinary water ghosts that accompany them, a cultivator at the Core Formation Realm will die if they get entangled with them."

“It’s not entirely my doing,” Huang Yuanlong said. “A small part of it comes from the person your disciple humiliated. If it weren’t for him, we probably would have lost half of us or even more, and I might have died too.”

"He dared to insult our hero. We slapped him in the face twice, and we didn't kill him. Doesn't that count as giving face to you, Mr. Mo Wujiang?"

Mo Wujiang looked at Chen Jing and the others. Chen Jing's expression was indifferent, but the others were very much in agreement, looking like they shared a common hatred for the enemy.

He sighed silently to himself and said, "Alright. Ting'er, get up, return the head to Brother Huang, and apologize to that Brother Chen."

Upon hearing this, Luo Ting had no choice but to suppress his anger, get up from the ground, and respectfully return the head to Huang Yuanlong, burying his resentment deep in his heart.

He roared inwardly, "Once I become a Dan Realm cultivator, I will avenge this day! Chen Jing and Huang Yuanlong, I will turn you into flesh and blood pills and feed you to the dogs!"

On the surface, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, walked to Chen Jing's side, and bent down:

"Brother Chen, I made a mistake."