mtl008 Chapter 296: Holy Mantra Pearl
Chapter 296: Holy Mantra Pearl
Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie looked at each other and said in unison, "There is something strange indeed!"
"Ah? What? What's so weird?" Lan Qimeng looked confused.
Bai Yaoyao then told everything that she saw and heard in the inn today.
After hearing this, Lan Qimeng's face turned red with anger.
"I was wondering why the First Elder and the Second Elder left so suddenly. When they returned to the Holy Land, their faces were still very ugly. It turned out that the Third Elder was talking nonsense outside! The First Elder clearly told him to keep a low profile before they set off! How dare he make such a fuss! Isn't he trying to make Grandpa Canglan a traitor?"
Lan Qimeng was so angry that she slapped her tail, "No! I want to go back and explain things to the Great Elder! Grandpa Canglan will never harm me!"
Hearing Lan Qimeng's words, Chen Yingjie's eyes flashed, and he quickly called out to Lan Qimeng, who was about to leave with golden light on her body, "Wait!"
Lan Qimeng turned her head and looked at Chen Yingjie in confusion.
Bai Yaoyao quickly grabbed Lan Qimeng and said, "Qimeng, be patient. We called you here this time because we want to know all the details of this matter. Please tell us in detail why you came to Jubao Pavilion, how you got in touch with Lu Fengxian, and how the elders reacted after you returned this time!"
Bai Yaoyao glanced at Chen Yingjie, "We have a staff officer here! Let Staff Officer Chen listen and see if he can find some clues from these things!"
Just as Lan Qimeng, Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie were telling the story in detail, inside the secret room of the mermaid tribe's holy land.
The four elders of the mermaid tribe stood at the four corners of the room, holding their weapons horizontally forward. Four white lights were injected from the top of the weapons into the water ball in the center with a blue-purple glow.
As the person next to the water ball finished speaking, the originally calm water ball suddenly became turbulent, causing huge waves. The original blue-purple luster suddenly turned into wisps of black mist, which looked very scary.
"No! Impossible! I'm not lying!"
Canglan looked at the turbulent scene in front of him, his face changed drastically, he staggered back two steps, and shouted in disbelief.
The four elders standing in the four corners of the room had different expressions.
The fourth elder, Canghai, had the same pale face as Canglan. His eyes lingered between his brother and the water ball, his face full of disbelief.
The Great Elder Cyber's face was as dark as ink, his lips were tightly pursed, his face was long, and his whole body was full of heavy aura. He looked even more terrifying than the black fog in the middle.
The third elder Jiao Xuan had a blank expression on his face, only a hint of weirdness flashed in the depths of his eyes.
The second elder, Solo, withdrew his hand with regret, absorbed the spiritual energy from the jade pole in his hand, sighed and sat back in his elder chair.
“Brother!” Canghai also put away the trident in his hand, walked to Canglan with a pale face, and said painfully, “I really… didn’t expect that it would be you who betrayed our people! Why on earth did you do this!”
“No!” Canglan came back to his senses from his daze and grabbed Canghai’s hand, “Brother! You know! I will never betray my people! I am not lying! You have to believe me!”
"What! You didn't lie, could it be that there was something wrong with the Holy Pearl of Truth?" Jiao Xuan put away her ring blade, a sneer appeared on her thin face, and she walked slowly to Canglan.
“Canglan! You were once a candidate for the elder of the tribe. You should know that this Holy Mantra Pearl is a sacred object of my mermaid tribe. It originated from the heart of the deep sea, blending the glory of moonlight and the spirit of tides. It has been nurtured for tens of millions of years and contains the supreme power to distinguish the true from the false in the world.
You just swore to the Holy Pearl of Truth that you had no intention of murdering the Saint, and that you were not the one who spread the Saint's body secrets. On the surface, you pretended to be sincere, but how could you deceive the Holy Pearl of Truth? !
As soon as you finished speaking, waves suddenly appeared in the holy pearl, and there was a stormy sea, and black mist was entangled above it. These are all manifestations of false words!"
Jiao Xuan's voice was not loud, but it sounded like a thunderbolt to Canglan's ears, shaking him whole body.
He looked around, his eyes sweeping across the faces of several people one by one, and finally, with trembling lips, he looked at Cyber, who was sitting at the head of the elders.
"Elder Cyber! Can you trust me?!"
Cyber stared at Canglan in silence, veins bulging on his hand holding the dead tree crutch, obviously he was trying his best to restrain himself.
Solo, who was sitting below him, glanced at him and then turned his gaze to Canglan who was standing in the middle.
After a slight sigh, he said, "Canglan, at this point, you still don't plead guilty?"
"not me!"
Canglan was originally thin, and now he looked even more miserable. Because of the struggle in the inn, his hair and beard were all messy, and his clothes were torn in several places by someone unknown. His tail was covered in blood, and he looked like he was about to die.
However, after hearing Solo's words, he stood up straight stubbornly, raised his head, looked at Solo, and said word by word, "I, Canglan, have never betrayed my clan! And I will never betray my clan!"
Canghai, who was standing next to him, couldn't bear to see Canglan's embarrassed and stubborn look. He came back to his senses from the shock and secretly blamed himself for doubting his own brother.
He knows his brother's character best!
Canghai bowed to the three people at the top, raised his head and pleaded in a hoarse voice, "Three elders! Maybe the Holy Mantra Pearl is broken! How about we set up a new formation and try again!"
"Ridiculous!" Before Cyber and Solo could open their mouths, Jiao Xuan shouted, "The elders in front have already inquired one by one, and there is no problem. When it was Canglan's turn, the Holy Pearl of Truth gave a false prophecy, but you lied and said that the Holy Pearl was broken. Are you trying to protect Canglan?"
Jiao Xuan sneered, "Cang Hai! Don't forget that although Cang Lan is your brother, you are also the fourth elder of our clan! Everything should be based on clan affairs! How can you be selfish and show favoritism!"
Solo coughed lightly and spoke slowly, "The Holy Pearl of Truth is a treasure found by our ancestors when our mermaids ruled the Mirage Sea. It has never been misjudged since ancient times!
Moreover, our mermaid clan is now in decline, and sea beasts are rampant in the Mirage Sea. We are the only four of us in the clan who can barely mobilize the spiritual power of the Mirage Sea with the help of the four magic artifacts given to us by Cangqiong Xuanzun in the past. The spiritual power consumed by the Holy Mantra Pearls to form an array is not cheap. If it were not for the fact that the Saint Girl is the hope of our clan, and for the purpose of finding out the thief within, we would not have activated the Holy Mantra Pearls at this time of internal and external troubles.
Now, after asking so many people in succession, most of the spiritual energy we have accumulated over the years has been consumed. How can we squander it at will? "
"That's right!" Jiao Xuan responded quickly, "If a sea beast attacks, the whole tribe will still rely on the four of us! It's a done deal, why bother with it!"