Chapter 86. Those in positions of power are all good 'actors'.
Tang Yue stared angrily at the man with the thick beard and muttered curses under her breath.
Clearly, in Tang Yue's view, Zhu Meng, who was targeting the Xuan Snake, was a bad person.
I must say, Teacher Tang Yue is actually quite adorable.
"Calm down, calm down, Councilor Zhu Meng. You know what the Sky Serpent is capable of. Going to it with such murderous intent will only bring bigger trouble. Everything needs to be resolved slowly," an older judge said with a smile.
"Stop talking nonsense. This time, don't even think about protecting it!" Zhu Meng said firmly.
"Protecting it? Why should we protect it? The totem serpent has been in this city for countless years; this is its natural habitat. I truly don't understand what right we have to drive it out!" an elder, clearly aligned with the totem's protection, said indignantly.
"That's your totem, what does it have to do with us? What I care about is whether this monster will cause chaos!" Zhu Meng said, his tone equally forceful.
"I think you're not worried about the Totem Serpent causing trouble, but rather that as long as it exists, your hidden danger strategy can't be fully implemented, you won't be able to gain more supporters, and you won't be able to become the president of the Magic Court!" the old totem guardian rebuked angrily.
Zhu Meng looked at the old man with the goatee and, instead of being angry, laughed.
Mo Fan watched quietly from the side. He had to admit, these people who played power games were real actors!
At this moment, Tang Yue couldn't help but step forward and say, "The Totem Serpent won't harm people. What makes you say that the two corpses were the work of the Serpent?"
"Where did this ill-mannered girl come from? Do you even have the right to speak here?!" A palace guard standing next to Zhu Meng shouted.
Zhu Meng glanced at Tang Yue, as if he recognized her.
He waved his hand, indicating to the head guard beside him that there was no need to worry about this issue of understanding.
"Everything must be based on evidence. It's ridiculous to just drag out two corpses and claim that they were killed by the Totem Serpent!" Tang Yue continued angrily.
"Tang Yue, don't be rude, step back."
Judge Tang Zhong stood up, gave a reprimand, and then looked at Zhu Meng and said, "My niece is right. Everything must be based on evidence. With the capabilities of our Totem, if we really wanted to kill someone, we wouldn't leave a body behind. How could we leave two rotting corpses that were only discovered a week ago and pin the crime on our Totem? That's just too much!"
Zhu Meng glanced at Tang Zhong, but his attitude was extremely firm: "Investigating cases is not my job; my duty is to eliminate hidden dangers. Its open appearance in the bustling city is enough to make it the number one hidden danger. I'm only giving you two days: either you hand over the Totem Serpent yourselves, or I'll take action myself!"
After saying that, Zhu Meng turned around and left.
"Sigh, I never thought that even though we were protecting it so carefully, someone still managed to find a way to get it."
After Zhu Meng left forcefully, Tang Zhong sighed helplessly, looking extremely melancholy.
"What should we do now? Zhu Meng is determined to deal with Totem this time, and he's in the right. Even if we petition a higher-level meeting, I'm afraid we won't be able to calm things down," Hei Yu said.
"Actually, Zhu Meng is just showing off for a moment. If he wants to deal with the totem, let him deal with it. If he really had the ability to defeat the totem Xuan Snake, he would have done it long ago. Why wait until today... It's just that he's afraid of the totem's strength." Councilor Luo Mian stroked his beard and glanced at Tang Zhong as he spoke.
Luo Mian clearly knew about the Black Serpent's molting, since Tang Yue and the others had also realized that a traitor had appeared within the Tang family. His current statement was simply to confirm this once again.
Tang Zhong also seemed quite helpless. Perhaps because Luo Mian was on their side, he became very 'obedient,' recounting the story of the Xuan Snake shedding its skin after ten years.
Upon learning of this, Luo Mian showed no outward reaction. At this moment, Tang Zhong looked at Tang Yue and said, "Tang Yue, I think you should take the totem away from here as soon as possible and find a safe place for it to spend its molting period in peace."
Tang Yue nodded in agreement. If there was anyone among the guardians who had the most control over the Black Serpent, it would undoubtedly be Tang Yue. Of course, Tang Yue never considered herself the master; she always treated the Black Serpent like an elder.
At this time, she naturally didn't want anything to happen to the Black Serpent.
"I'll take charge of protecting Tang Yue and Totem," said Hei Yu, Tang Yue's senior brother.
Tang Zhong shook his head at this moment, and then said seriously, "The totem in the molting stage is very sensitive. Whether it is a leader-level creature or a high-level human mage appearing within a radius of 20 kilometers, it will arouse its hostility."
Then, Tang Zhong looked at Tang Yue: "Tang Yue is the only one among them whose strength exceeds this limit and who will not be regarded as an enemy by the totem."
Luo Mian was taken aback when Tang Zhong said this.
Clearly, he was unaware of this matter.
Similarly, the black feather looked completely bewildered.
Mo Fan: Look at him, so honest and simple, yet he can lie without batting an eye.
As long as a monarch-level creature is not in a weakened state, it can easily kill any commander or high-ranking mage.
But ironically, you can actually believe these two things.
Tang Zhong's current status, and the fact that he can have a high-ranking official from the Chinese military drink tea with him, clearly shows that he is not someone to be trifled with.
Tang Yue received the order and headed straight for West Lake.
Seeing that Mo Fan was still following, Tang Yue quickly said, "Mo Fan, you don't need to follow me anymore. I don't want the Xuan Snake to hurt you."
When Mo Fan returned, Tang Yue knew that this freakish kid had already reached the advanced level.
She didn't know how Mo Fan cultivated, nor did she have time to care about it.
But right now, she naturally couldn't let Mo Fan go looking for thrills.
Mo Fan gave Teacher Tang Yue a look of concern for the 'little fool'.
"I'm doing this for your own good, why are you looking at me like that?" Teacher Tang Yue asked, puzzled.
"Because, Teacher Tang Yue, you're very stupid." Mo Fan shrugged.
"???"
"You don't know enough about totems," Mo Fan shook his head and continued.
Tang Yue was even more confused. How could she not understand the totem snake after spending so many years with it?
"Totems will not harm any humans. As for your uncle's 'foolish' statement just now, it was actually said on purpose for someone else to hear."
"Anyone with even a basic understanding of totems would never believe in any so-called 'totem sensitive period'."
"It might target ruler-level beings, but it would never harm any humans."
Hearing what Mo Fan said, Tang Yue couldn't help but mutter to herself, because she felt that what Mo Fan said made a lot of sense.