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Pelindung Kiri sudah menduga reaksi orang banyak. Dunia Bawah punya wibawa sebesar itu, siapa yang berani meragukan ucapannya?
Maka dari itu, meskipun Gu Ruoyun tidak mencuri binatang roh itu, dia tetap harus menanggung tuduhan tersebut!
"Gu Ruoyun, karena kau telah mencuri binatang roh ini, kau kalah dalam kompetisi hari ini. Oleh sebab itu, aku nyatakan Su Lin sebagai pemenang babak kesepuluh!"
Dong Fang dan yang lainnya murka.
Ini jelas-jelas kasus pembuat onar yang menebar tuduhan palsu!
Keberpihakan anggota Dunia Bawah terang-terangan sekali. Mereka rela melakukan apa pun demi memastikan kemenangan Su Lin!
Gu Ruoyun tetap tenang menghadapi tuduhan Dunia Bawah, tapi saat menatap Pelindung Kiri, matanya dingin menusuk.
"Kau bilang aku mencuri makhluk kecil ini?"
"Benar." Pelindung Kiri tidak tahu apa yang akan dikatakan Gu Ruoyun, tapi ia tetap mengangguk. "Binatang roh ini milik Tuan Muda kami! Bagaimana mungkin binatang roh Tuan Muda kami bisa berada di tanganmu? Selain pencurian, apa lagi kemungkinannya?"
Gu Ruoyun tersenyum. "Kukira anggota Dunia Bawah itu orang-orang cerdas, tapi ternyata mereka bisa melakukan kesalahan dangkal seperti ini. Lain kali, sebelum mencoba menjebak orang, sebaiknya pikirkan matang-matang akibatnya agar kalian tidak terjerat dalam perangkap sendiri."
Ekspresi Pelindung Kiri meredup. Kalau saja ia tidak perlu menjaga wibawanya sebagai seorang kultivator, ia pasti sudah kehilangan segala kesopanan terhadap wanita lancang ini!
"Gu Ruoyun, apa yang kau bicarakan? Sebaiknya beri penjelasan yang jelas atau kau tak akan pernah bisa menanggung tuduhan fitnah terhadapku!"
Gu Ruoyun menatap ekspresi Pelindung Kiri yang sedikit jelek itu sambil menjawab, "Kau menuduhku menyusup ke Dunia Bawah dan mencuri darimu? Bukankah itu berarti anggota Dunia Bawah terlalu tidak kompeten sampai aku bisa menyusup tanpa ada yang tahu? Lagi pula, lokasi Dunia Bawah itu misteri, bagaimana aku bisa tahu?"
Pelindung Kiri terdiam, raut wajahnya kian mengerikan.
Semua orang di arena tak kuasa meliriknya sambil membuat segala macam dugaan dalam hati.
Gu Ruoyun benar, lokasi Dunia Bawah itu misteri! Bahkan jika ia cukup beruntung menemukannya, bagaimana mungkin ia bisa menyusup ke Dunia Bawah untuk mencuri telur binatang roh itu? Kalau ia berhasil lolos, bukankah itu berarti para kultivator Dunia Bawah dianggap nyaris tak berguna?
Lagi pula, melihat raut wajah Pelindung Kiri, Gu Ruoyun jelas benar. Pelindung Kiri tidak mampu menjelaskan dirinya.
"Seperti kata pepatah, jangan cuci pakaian kotor di depan umum. Awalnya aku tak ingin mengatakan ini, tapi..." Pelindung Kiri berhenti sejenak. Ekspresinya datar saat ia melanjutkan, "Aku sudah mengenal wanita ini sejak lama! Saat itu, ia tergeletak tak sadarkan diri di kaki gunung Dunia Bawah dan Tuan Muda kami menemukannya secara kebetulan. Tuan Muda kami memang baik hati, jadi ia membawanya pulang. Siapa sangka ia ternyata bermuka dua dan ingin menjadi istrinya! Namun, para tetua Dunia Bawah menolak wanita tak dikenal menjadi Nyonya Muda kami, jadi mereka mengusirnya dari Dunia Bawah. Lagi pula, Tuan Muda kami sama sekali tidak menyukainya!"
Orang banyak terdiam dan mendesah tanpa henti, tapi tak ada yang berbicara sama sekali.
Hanya makhluk kecil yang terbaring di kaki Gu Ruoyun perlahan mengangkat kepalanya. Cahaya marah melintas di matanya saat ia menatap Pelindung Kiri.
"Saat ia melihat upayanya merayu Tuan Muda gagal, ia enggan pulang dengan tangan kosong, jadi ia memanfaatkan ketidakhadiran Tuan Muda untuk mencuri telur binatang roh dan bersembunyi sejak saat itu! Semua orang, sekarang kalian tahu bagaimana telur binatang roh itu dicuri olehnya. Aku mengenalinya di sini dan mengenali binatang roh yang dibawanya, tapi karena keadaan, aku harus menahan diri diam-diam demi kontes ini!"
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The Left Protector had anticipated the crowd’s reaction. The Underworld has such great prestige, who would disbelieve her words?
Therefore, even if Gu Ruoyun had not stolen the spiritual beast, she had to shoulder the blame for this crime!
“Gu Ruoyun, since you’ve stolen this spiritual beast, you have lost in today’s competition. Therefore, I declare Su Lin as the winner of the tenth round!”
Dong Fang and the others were enraged.
This was clearly a case of an annoying troublemaker planting false charges!
The members of the Underworld’s favoritism was blatantly obvious. They would do anything to ensure Su Lin’s victory!
Gu Ruoyun had remained calm in the face of the Underworld’s accusations but when she looked at the Left Protector, her eyes were chilly.
“Did you say that I stole this little fellow?”
“That’s right.” The Left Protector had no idea what Gu Ruoyun planned to say but nodded anyway, “This spiritual beast belongs to our Young Master! How had our Young Master’s spiritual beast come into your possession? What other possibility is there aside from theft?”
Gu Ruoyun smiled. “I had thought that the members of the Underworld would be intelligent people but I never expected them to make such a low-class mistake. Next time, before you try to frame someone, you’d better consider the consequences carefully to prevent yourselves from falling into your own trap.”
The Left Protector’s expression sank. If she had not needed to maintain her dignity as a cultivator, she would have lost all courtesy towards this audacious woman!
“Gu Ruoyun, what are you talking about? You’d better give a good explanation or you’ll never be able to shoulder the crime of false accusations towards me!”
Gu Ruoyun looked at the Left Protector’s mildly ugly expression as she replied, “You accuse me of infiltrating the Underworld and stealing from you? Doesn’t that mean that the members of the Underworld far too incompetent that I would be able to infiltrate it without anyone knowing? Besides, the Underworld’s location is a mystery so how would I know?”
The Left Protector fell silent as her expression grew increasingly horrendous.
Everyone in the arena could not help but steal glances towards her as they made all sorts of guesses in their hearts.
Gu Ruoyun was right, the Underworld’s location was a mystery! Even if she had been lucky enough to find out, how could she have possibly have infiltrated the Underworld to steal that spiritual beast egg? If she has manged to get away with it, does that not mean that the Underworld’s cultivators would be considered as next to useless?
Besides, based on the look on the Left Protector’s face, Gu Ruoyun was clearly right. The Left Protector was unable to explain herself.
“As the proverb goes, do not air one’s dirty laundry in public. I did not want to say this initially but,” the Left Protector paused for a moment. There was a neutral expression on her face as she continued, “I’ve known this woman for a while now! Back then, she had collapsed at the foot of the Underworld’s mountain and our Young Master had found her by accident. Our Young Master is naturally kind so he had brought her back. Who would have thought that she would turn out to be two-faced and wanted to bcome his wife! However, the elders of the Underworld refused to allow an unknown woman to become our Young Madam so they kicked her out of the Underworld. Besides, our Young Master didn’t like her at all!”
The crowd fell silent and sighed incessantly but no one spoke at all.
Only the little fellow who was lying by Gu Ruoyun’s feet slowly lifted its head. An angry light flashed in its eyes as it looked at the Left Protector.
“When she saw that her attempts in seducing the Young Master had failed, she was unwilling to leave empty-handed so she took advantage of the Young Master’s absence and stole the spiritual beast egg and has gone into hiding ever since! Everyone, you now know how the spiritual beast egg had been stolen by her. I had recognized her here and recognized the spiritual beast in her possession but due to circumstances, I had to silently endure it for the sake of this contest!”
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