Turns Out, I’m In A Villain Clan!

Chapter 756: Bai Zihan’s Shameless Defense

Ye Tianxuan finally turned his attention toward the surrounding cultivators.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

"Of course, I won’t renege on the bill. I just saw someone I know."

His gaze fell on Bai Zihan.

"Since everyone is here, let me introduce him to you. This is Bai Zihan, the Clan Leader of the Bai Clan."

The expressions of the surrounding Central Glorious Continent cultivators immediately changed.

Their gazes instantly fell on Bai Zihan.

"So he is Bai Zihan?"

"The Clan Leader of the Bai Clan?"

Several people looked at him with curiosity.

After all, they were just talking about the Bai Clan and whether they had the capability to take on the Cui Clan.

Ye Tianxuan continued.

"And just now, he was listening to our entire conversation from the private room next door."

Bai Zihan immediately shook his head.

"That’s not true!"

His expression was completely serious.

"I already told you. I was merely having lunch here. Looks like everything I said goes in one ear and out the other."

Ye Tianxuan’s mouth twitched slightly.

He had already expected Bai Zihan to deny it but hadn’t expected to insult him.

He thought Bai Zihan should know he was and how powerful the Ye behind him was.

After knowing that, he expected Bai Zihan to not provoke him but obviously he thought wrong.

Ye Tianxuan quickly put on a smile.

"Then let me ask you something. How could it possibly be a coincidence that we were having a gathering here..."

His gaze narrowed slightly.

"And the Clan Leader of the Bai Clan just happened to be sitting in the private room right next to us?"

Bai Zihan immediately answered.

"As I said earlier, it is just a coincidence!"

Ye Tianxuan’s expression twitched.

"You really intend to insist that it was a coincidence?"

"After all, it’s the truth!"

Bai Zihan answered without hesitation.

Ye Tianxuan took a deep breath.

It was his first time meeting such a shameless person.

If it were in the Central Glorious Continent, with his prestige and authority, this situation would have very well been considered the moment he found Bai Zihan snooping around.

But now, unless Bai Zihan answered honestly or he provided undeniable evidence, his words would only be an assumption.

Bai Zihan suddenly pointed toward the entrance of the restaurant.

"You say I was eavesdropping just because I was here when you were having a gathering? Then what about him?"

Everyone followed his gaze.

A dog was lying beside the entrance.

It was lazily sleeping on the ground.

Bai Zihan pointed at it.

"Could that dog also have been eavesdropping on your conversation?"

Ye Tianxuan immediately turned toward the dog.

The dog suddenly opened its eyes.

It looked at Bai Zihan.

Then it looked at Ye Tianxuan.

Its expression seemed to say—

Why are you dragging me into this?

I was just sleeping!

Several cultivators immediately burst into laughter.

Even Qin Lingxiao couldn’t help covering her mouth.

Ye Tianxuan’s expression became somewhat strange.

But Bai Zihan wasn’t finished.

He suddenly pointed toward the shopkeeper, who was just selling his fruits at his shop.

"Then what about him?"

Bai Zihan continued seriously.

"He must also have been eavesdropping on your conversation."

Bai Zihan ignored him.

He pointed toward another person.

"And him."

Then another.

He pointed to almost everyone who was near the restaurant and even the chair and table weren’t spared.

Bai Zihan spread his hands.

"If me sitting in the private room next to you means that I was eavesdropping, then shouldn’t all of them be considered suspects as well?"

Bai Zihan looked completely serious.

His argument was completely unreasonable. Yet somehow, it also sounded strangely reasonable.

Ye Tianxuan stared at him for several moments.

"Good. Very good. You really are good at mudding the water."

Ye Tianxuan was visibly angry.

However, he quickly suppressed his emotions.

He stared at Bai Zihan.

"Then what about the people who have been following us? Your men have been keeping an eye on us for quite some time."

Bai Zihan immediately frowned.

"How would I know who they are?"

He spread his hands innocently.

"It’s not like I was following you. How can you blame me for someone else’s stalking you?"

Ye Tianxuan’s expression became increasingly ugly.

Bai Zihan, however, continued.

"If we’re going to reason like this, then I have plenty of people following me as well. In fact, I probably have several times more people keeping an eye on me than you do."

He paused.

"After all, I’m far more handsome than you."

The surrounding cultivators were stunned.

Nobody would dare say such words to Ye Tianxuan. But, well, it wasn’t false either.

Comparing Bai Zihan to Ye Tianxuan, Bai Zihan was a few points higher than Ye Tianxuan when it came to appearance.

Of course, those who liked men with good personalities would obviously find Ye Tianxuan better in their eyes. But just in terms of appearance, Bai Zihan had the edge.

Bai Zihan continued with a completely serious expression.

"So should I blame all those people on you as well?"

"You!"

Ye Tianxuan finally lost his composure for the first time.

His face turned slightly red from anger.

He had never expected that his words would actually be turned against him in such a way.

This was completely different from what he had imagined.

Indeed, a newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger.

Ye Tianxuan had a powerful background and enormous authority in the Central Glorious Continent.

Yet Bai Zihan wasn’t intimidated by him in the slightest.

Instead, he was actually arguing with him over every single word.

The surrounding cultivators also looked at one another.

Most of them hadn’t noticed anyone following them.

Actually Kong Zhanhong has been changing the people everyday, so those people who they are following wouldn’t even notice that they were being followed.

Only Ye Tianxuan found out that someone has been keeping eyes on them.

Therefore, while Ye Tianxuan was sure of that, others naturally couldn’t confirm whether Ye Tianxuan was telling the truth.

Perhaps there really were people secretly watching them.

Or perhaps Ye Tianxuan was simply making an excuse to put pressure on Bai Zihan.

After all, this kind of thing wasn’t unusual among powerful cultivators.

If someone wanted to deal with another person, they could always find a reason.

As long as they were strong enough, even a completely unreasonable excuse could become a justification.

Therefore, some of the cultivators began looking at Ye Tianxuan strangely.

(Could he really be trying to find an excuse to deal with Bai Zihan?)

They thought that perhaps, by justifying himself for being insulted by Bai Zihan, Ye Tianxuan wanted to take over the Bai Clan.

Having the Bai Clan in the Desolate Heaven Empire is a big advantage since the Bai Clan was the biggest local clan here.

However, there were also people who completely believed in Ye Tianxuan.

After all, Ye Tianxuan had an excellent reputation.

He had never been known to lie and always acted based on facts.

If he was blaming Bai Zihan, then there was a good chance that it was true.

Well, in any case, most of them were just like Qin Lingxiao, wanting to watch from the sidelines.

Whether it was to watch a good show or to find out how Ye Tianxuan would deal with Bai Zihan, they were all interested.

Ye Tianxuan opened his mouth again.

"Whether he was eavesdropping or not isn’t important."

Ye Tianxuan turned toward the surrounding cultivators.

"What’s important is that the Clan Leader Bai is here."

His eyes flashed with interest.

"And since he’s here..."

Ye Tianxuan looked at Bai Zihan.

"Don’t you all want to find out whether he really possesses the strength to deal with the Cui Clan? Perhaps the Cui Clan’s disappearance might really have something to do with him."

Ye Tianxuan actually didn’t believe that himself.

He was just saying that to make others target Bai Zihan.

It was the logic of pinning the blame on someone one wants to take care of without evidence.

But Ye Tianxuan wouldn’t have thought in his wildest dreams that what he believed was a lie was actually true.

The surrounding cultivators immediately became interested.

They had been discussing the missing Cui Clan just moments ago.

And Qin Lingxiao had specifically mentioned that the Bai Clan might be one of the few forces in the Desolate Heaven Empire capable of giving the Cui Clan trouble.

Naturally, they wanted to know just how strong Bai Zihan really was.

"That’s right."

"Since he is already here, why don’t we test him?"

"I also want to see whether the Bai Clan really has the strength to contend with the Cui Clan."

The surrounding cultivators began discussing among themselves.

One of them suddenly looked toward Ye Tianxuan.

"How shall we test him?"

Ye Tianxuan smiled.

His gaze fell on Bai Zihan.

"Like this!"

The moment his voice fell—

Whoosh!

Ye Tianxuan’s figure instantly disappeared from where he stood.

He lunged directly toward Bai Zihan.

His speed was astonishing.

His palm was already covered in terrifying power as he struck toward Bai Zihan.

The surrounding cultivators immediately stepped back.

None of them expected Ye Tianxuan to attack so suddenly.

Even Qin Lingxiao’s eyes flashed with surprise.

She knew Ye Tianxuan very well, and he rarely lost his composure or acted rashly.

Yet right now, he was precisely doing that.

Looks like Bai Zihan had also struck a nerve.

Boom!

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted.

"Who?!"

Ye Tianxuan shouted angrily.

His palm struck forward with terrifying power.

However, just before his palm could hit Bai Zihan, a figure suddenly appeared between them.

Ye Tianxuan hadn’t been able to clearly see the person’s face.

All he knew was that someone had suddenly intervened and blocked his attack.

His expression became extremely ugly.

He had been furious because Bai Zihan had repeatedly challenged his patience.

Now, someone had actually interfered when he was about to deal with Bai Zihan.

"Young Master Ye."

Her voice was calm.

"I didn’t think you liked bullying others."

Ye Tianxuan’s eyes narrowed.

The figure slowly turned her head.

"Looks like Ye Cangming didn’t teach you proper manners."