Chapter 4936 — Who Can Prove It?
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The reason he had suddenly produced this cover was that Wei Zhao had seen through the Alliance Chairman's soft spot. The man did not truly care whether Zang Zili lived or died; his earlier humility toward Zang Zili clearly meant he needed a favor from him. Putting the two identities together, it was not hard to infer that a Yellow-Rank first-grade alchemist was the perfect front with which to handle him.
This was, after all, the Alliance Chairman. If he merely needed someone to help refine pills, ordinary seventh-grade alchemists should be a dime a dozen under his command; only a Yellow-Rank alchemist could make him lower himself like this.
Put plainly, from the moment Wei Zhao had declared his identity, this had all been a trap—luring the man step by step onto the hook. Now only the final step remained between him and success.
Bluffing is a high-skill craft: one must observe the smallest details and prescribe the right remedy. One must also keep using the other party's psychology to build one's own momentum, so that the cover one fabricates is seamless. Wei Zhao had clearly mastered its three flavors to the core.
"She is with you, is she not?" The Alliance Chairman cast a doubtful glance at Ni Caiyue. Since she was in the same crew, the woman's word carried no credibility whatsoever; asking her would be a waste of breath.
"Heh. A witness may lie, but material evidence never does," Wei Zhao said with a faint, meaningful smile.
The Alliance Chairman was taken aback; then something stirred in his heart and he understood. At once he raised his hand toward Ni Caiyue and said, "You. Come here a moment."
Because of the spiritual-sense barrier, the onlookers could see only that Wei Zhao and the Alliance Chairman were conversing, but not a word of what was actually said. Even if their hearts itched unbearably, none dared employ any trick to peek.
After all, inside were not only Wei Zhao, that ruthless one who challenged foes across realms, but also a top-tier expert like the Alliance Chairman. Any little trick on their part could never escape the Chairman's ears and eyes—and they would not even know how they had died.
Just as the crowd was itching with curiosity, the Alliance Chairman's voice suddenly rang out from within, and every gaze accordingly fell upon Ni Caiyue.
"Ah! Me?" Seeing the Alliance Chairman pointing at her, Ni Caiyue was frightened half to death and stammered in a fluster, "I... I am with him, yes, but I did not hit anyone! Do not arrest me, please do not arrest me..."
The crowd clicked their tongues in astonishment, staring blankly at Ni Caiyue, at a loss for what to say.
Wei Zhao, though long accustomed to this girl's wondrous logic, still wore a speechless expression. What kind of thinking was this?
If you truly want to clear yourself, then do not say you are with him—yet here you are, saying you are with him in one breath and begging not to be arrested in the next. Is that something a normal person would say?
Wei Zhao shook his head inwardly. It was a good thing he had bluffed the Alliance Chairman into believing him; otherwise, if there had really been trouble, this foolish girl would surely have been dragged down with him, and that would have been truly speechless.
"I am not arresting you. I only want to ask you a few questions," the Alliance Chairman said with a frown.
"Oh, I see... all right then, but you promised not to arrest me!" Ni Caiyue restated anxiously, and only then did she cautiously walk over to the two of them.
Casually re-erecting the spiritual-sense barrier, the Alliance Chairman finally asked, "Which academy's disciple are you?"