"Meng Bei, come out! You're the one who stole my immortal herbs, aren't you? It was you, come out!"
Tang San roared with certainty, while the Grandmaster and others behind him couldn't stop him.
"Xiao San, don't be impulsive! This matter needs to be considered carefully!"
The Grandmaster and others said this.
They were very cautious.
They knew Tang San was currently only speculating without substantial evidence.
Moreover, even if there was substantial evidence, it wouldn't work. The current Meng Bei was no longer the Great Soul Master with only level 29 soul power from back then.
He had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Dugu Bo backing him.
And Meng Bei's own strength was extremely powerful.
Flender, who had witnessed Meng Bei's siege of the Flame Martial Beast King, knew Meng Bei's strength all too well. He knew that even if he personally fought Meng Bei, he might not necessarily be the winner.
In summary, now was not the time to tear apart their relationship with Meng Bei.
But Tang San couldn't care about all that.
He was confident because he had spent the longest time with Meng Bei, and Meng Bei had always been very respectful to him during their interactions.
This created an illusion for Tang San—the illusion that Meng Bei was easy to talk to.
He believed that as long as he exposed Meng Bei publicly, Meng Bei would fall into great shame, then cry bitterly and beg for his forgiveness.
Tang San never considered whether Meng Bei might kill him to cover up this matter.
He was deceived by Meng Bei's humble and kind disguise, instinctively believing Meng Bei wouldn't do such a thing.
At this moment, Meng Bei was discussing with Ning Fengzhi about going to Holy Soul Village later.
While the two were talking, Tang San's voice came from outside.
[Ding! Side quest triggered!]
[Side Quest: Tang San's Forgiveness - You sent people to ambush protagonist Tang San and stole his immortal herbs. Now Tang San has discovered the truth of this matter. Please immediately and sincerely beg Tang San for forgiveness.]
[Quest Difficulty: Nightmare]
[Quest Reward: Friendship Bracelet]
Friendship Bracelet: Choose one person to wear this bracelet together. You will gain a close friend relationship, and everything you do to them will be considered a symbol of friendship.
Note: Cannot be used on protagonist Tang San and heroine Xiao Wu.
After hearing what Tang San said outside, Ning Fengzhi frowned.
"Xiao Bei, do you need me to help you resolve this matter?"
Meng Bei smiled and shook his head:
"No need, father-in-law. This is just Third Brother's misunderstanding of me."
Saying this, Meng Bei calmly walked out.
Outside, Tang San looked angrily at Meng Bei as he emerged.
Ignoring the Grandmaster and others' attempts to stop him, he directly stepped forward and questioned:
"Meng Bei, was it you who ambushed me that day and stole my immortal herbs!"
Meng Bei looked Tang San in the eye with a composed expression and asked:
"What are immortal herbs?"
Tang San explained full of anger:
"Those medicinal herbs I introduced to you, the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone that Dugu Yan ate—those are immortal herbs!"
Saying this, Tang San suddenly thought of something and said even more certainly:
"Thinking about it now, you had me introduce all those immortal herbs just to prepare for stealing them later!"
"Third Brother, you've misunderstood."
Meng Bei shook his head, denying Tang San's speculation.
But Tang San wasn't buying it and continued questioning:
"You say it wasn't you, then let me ask you—did Xiao Wu and Rongrong both eat those immortal herbs!"
Meng Bei said: "Yes."
Tang San asked again: "Besides the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for Dugu Yan, I picked all the other immortal herbs. Where did the immortal herbs they ate come from?"
Meng Bei said: "Previously left behind."
Tang San sneered: "What 'left behind'? They must have been stolen from me. I asked Mubai and the others—the time they ate those immortal herbs was exactly the day I was robbed!"
Upon hearing this, Meng Bei casually glanced at Dai Mubai.
Seeing Meng Bei's calm, deep blue eyes looking at him, Dai Mubai couldn't help but step back two paces, not daring to meet Meng Bei's gaze.
Returning to Tang San's side, Meng Bei paused and said:
"Third Brother, this doesn't prove anything. It's just coincidence!"
"Coincidence?"
"Hahaha!"
Tang San laughed loudly, tears streaming down his face.
He said coldly: "How could there be such coincidences in this world!"
"Meng Bei, I heard you still have two immortal herbs left. Do you dare take them out for a confrontation with me!"
Meng Bei remained calm and unhurried: "How do we confront?"
Tang San said: "My immortal herbs are all treasures of heaven and earth, unique existences. There's only one of each type in the entire world. I'll describe what my immortal herbs look like, you take out those two remaining immortal herbs. If they match, it proves the immortal herbs are mine!"
At this moment, everyone was watching Meng Bei's reaction.
Especially Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong—they were very nervous at this time.
Because they had participated in almost the entire immortal herb incident. Although Meng Bei hadn't said it explicitly, they could roughly guess that Meng Bei very likely had indeed stolen Tang San's immortal herbs.
Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan looked at each other. They were both very afraid that this matter would be exposed by Tang San.
Ning Rongrong's palms were sweating. She was thinking that if Tang San really exposed the truth, to protect Meng Bei's reputation, she would have to have Sword Grandpa eliminate Tang San.
Dugu Yan had the same thoughts. Her mood was also very anxious, and she was even beginning to consider how to silence the other people present.
In short, both Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan were very afraid at this time.
In comparison, although Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong had also eaten immortal herbs, they didn't know these herbs were stolen from Tang San by Meng Bei, so they were much calmer.
Seeing Tang San being aggressive, Xiao Wu instinctively stepped forward to protect Meng Bei.
She shielded Meng Bei behind her, looking at Tang San and saying:
"Third Brother, how can you treat Xiao Bei like this? How could such a thing possibly be done by Xiao Bei?"
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, his expression slightly hesitant, but he quickly became firm again.
He said:
"Meng Bei, you don't need to hide behind Xiao Wu. If you're a man, stand out openly. Considering you also gave immortal herbs to Xiao Wu, for Xiao Wu's sake I won't blame you. As long as you return the remaining immortal herbs to me, I won't pursue this matter further."
Upon hearing this, Meng Bei pulled Xiao Wu's arm to have her move away.
Then Meng Bei faced Tang San directly. A diamond-shaped mark appeared between his eyebrows, the surrounding air temperature dropped sharply, and his deep blue pupils looked at Tang San with extreme coldness as he said word by word:
"You can now tell everyone the characteristics of your immortal herbs!"
At this moment, Tang San felt an extremely strong aura from Meng Bei. This aura made his bloodline feel a kind of fear, and he involuntarily stepped back two paces.
Seeing Meng Bei's such tough attitude, Tang San was somewhat uncertain for a moment. After all, he had no concrete evidence either. Could he have really misunderstood Meng Bei?
Thinking this way, Tang San's tone weakened by three points.
But having come this far, he couldn't just give up like this.
"Fine, I'll tell you!"
Tang San said somewhat tremblingly.
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