Douluo: Did you move Danta here?

Chapter 509 Tell the truth
You have to understand that this was a gamble with no losses. Even if Ning Bei fails, she still has the Ice God title to fall back on, right?
With Ning Bei's return, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a machine covering the entire continent, has once again begun to operate at an accelerated pace. Every day, disciples of the school carry large quantities of pills to Ma Yinglong's Pharmacy, the Exterminator Sect's branch, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's offices in various parts of the continent.

As expected, the plague broke out across the continent, especially in Tian Dou City. Due to the early arrival of a large number of Tang Sect disciples, the soldiers of Tian Dou City had not yet had time to screen these people before several outbreaks of the plague occurred, causing great losses to Tian Dou City. Fortunately, Tian Dou City is adjacent to Qibao City, and the toxins were quickly brought under control by the Qibao Glazed Tile School disciples before they could spread, reducing the empire's losses to a relatively low level.

Even with timely rescue efforts, many civilians still lost numerous relatives and friends in this outbreak, and the survivors are filled with righteous indignation at the plague.

And it was at this time that a message quietly spread among the people.

"Did you know that this plague was caused by the Tang Clan, which has recently gained notoriety? The sect leader, Tang San, is a vicious villain with a blue face, fangs, and three heads and six arms."

"The Tang Clan? No wonder. I've heard they often take on murder and robbery, so it's no wonder they can do such vicious things."

"Damn Tang Clan, give me back my wife and children! I'll fight them to the death!"

"Tang San? Is that the evil king Tang San who destroyed the Star Luo royal family for a woman? He really has committed countless evil deeds! Doesn't he worry about not having enough 'things' for his sons in the future?!"

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As the saying goes, ordinary people are too lazy to distinguish the truth from falsehood. The already grief-stricken people have found a rare outlet for their anger, so of course they will all spit on Tang San and nail him to the pillar of shame. Not to mention that this plague was Tang San's doing, and there is no such thing as framing him.

But some people always like to think they're so clever. Master Lu, the paralyzed man from head to toe at Shrek Academy, is a typical example. When his beloved disciple became infamous, this greasy middle-aged man, who always considered himself a wise man, became jealous and indignant.

"This is a frame-up, a blatant frame-up! Erlong, do you think Xiaosan is the kind of girl who would do something like this?"

"This"

Liu Erlong and Flander, standing to the side, remained silent upon hearing Yu Xiaogang's roar. Originally, they had absolute trust in Tang San, but after Oscar's warning, a trace of doubt arose in their hearts. Only Yu Xiaogang firmly believed that his disciple was pure and innocent, untainted by the mud.

"Xiaogang, even if we believe the mistress, it won't make much difference now. With all this word-of-mouth, even if the mistress didn't do it, it's hard to say for sure!"

"What do you mean 'even if he didn't do it'? The mistress didn't do it, he couldn't possibly do that! I reminded him several times before I left, how could he possibly do something so rebellious?"

Seeing that Liu Erlong also didn't believe Tang San, Yu Xiaogang became even angrier. His legs, which had been paralyzed for many years, almost regained feeling from anger. He was about to point at Flander and Liu Erlong and scold them for being too easily swayed.

No, no, that's not what I meant. I meant...

Just as Liu Erlong was stammering, unsure how to explain his attempt to appease the master's anger, a snicker slowly reached the ears of the three of them.

"Teacher Erlong, you don't need to explain anything more to this hypocrite. He's no good either, being able to teach a disciple like Tang San."

"Hongjun!!"

While Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were stunned, Flander was the first to recognize the voice of his beloved disciple Ma Hongjun, and turned around to look at him with a look of surprise.

"It's me, teacher."

Ma Hongjun held Flander, his mentor who had watched him grow up, in high esteem and bowed to him with a smile.

After listening to Oscar's story, Flander was very worried about his disciple Ma Hongjun, and even regretted countless times that he had advised his disciple to follow Tang San to make a name for himself.

"It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back!" Flander rushed to his disciple's side, patting the fat man's shoulder repeatedly and looking him up and down.

A heartwarming scene of a master and apprentice reuniting emerges, but some people just can't stand it.

"Hmph, do you know what you just said? Frame a classmate, is this how you behave?"

"Xiao Gang... Hong Jun didn't mean that."

Flander, who had originally intended to act as a peacemaker, was quickly stopped by Ma Hongjun. Passing past his mentor, Ma Hongjun glanced disdainfully at the paralyzed master.

"Teacher, you don't need to defend me. What I just said is exactly what I meant. Tang San is a complete hypocrite, a real villain, and a villain who has done all sorts of bad things."

"you you."

Seeing the fat man's blatant disrespect, the master was so angry that he trembled all over, pointing a shaky finger at him and demanding an explanation.

Flander, however, began to think seriously after being stopped by his disciple. He believed that although Ma Hongjun was sometimes unreliable, he was not the kind of person who would joke about matters of principle.

"Hongjun, what's your basis for saying that?"

"Hmph, of course I have my reasons. Just look at my current cultivation level."

As he spoke, Ma Hongjun entered the Martial Soul Possession state, and seven soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—surged in succession.

Seeing his disciple reach the Soul Saint level, Flander was happy but also deeply worried.

"Hongjun, didn't you just reach the Soul Emperor level when you left a year ago? What happened?"

"What happened? It's all thanks to that bastard Tang San. The cultivation of all the disciples of the Tang Sect basically relies on killing enemies to plunder their cultivation. At that time, I was afflicted by the evil fire and knew that my days were numbered, so I recklessly accepted this evil way of advancement. After all, I also wanted to experience the feeling of being powerful before I died. Tang San knew the flaws of this method of advancement, but he never used this method to improve his cultivation himself."

With the fat man's cultivation level right in front of them, even if the three of them didn't believe it, they couldn't argue with him anymore. Seeing the master begin to lower his head and doubt his life, Ma Hongjun then recounted the story of the plague.

"Teacher, do you know what's going on with the plague that's breaking out everywhere these days?"

"what happened?"

Hearing this, Flander became somewhat interested, wanting to know how this was related to the now infamous title of Evil King Tang San.

"That's because when Tang San helps Tang Sect disciples, including me, improve their cultivation, he injects a kind of extremely difficult-to-detect toxin into everyone's meridians. Normally, it won't erupt when suppressed by other medicines, but if those people betray and leave, the Tang Sect members, without the medicine to suppress it, will trigger the toxin in their bodies after overusing their soul power, thus turning into a poison gas bomb that everyone fears."

"what?"

After hearing the fat man's story, Liu Erlong and Flander were both terrified. They never imagined that the plague ravaging the continent was caused by Tang San alone.

(End of this chapter)