The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 272: The Island Lord’s Treacherous Trick

Long Xuan's lips curled up as he transmitted a message to Di Xin's soul: "This is very easy to explain. The simple-minded pregnant woman was deceived by the Island Lord. She received false information."

"She genuinely believed what she said was true, and since she was honest about it, the Integrity Gu naturally wouldn’t light up."

"Besides, her words contained both truth and lies. Coincidentally, her explanation perfectly accounted for the erratic behavior of the Black Dragon Pirate Crew and could even justify it."

"Such a clever lie will surely convince many people. Not to mention, with the Integrity Gu backing it up, its credibility will only increase."

Upon hearing this, Di Xin's eyes widened in shock. "Is this even possible?"

She gave Long Xuan a peculiar look. For him to understand the Integrity Gu so well, he must have spent a lot of time studying how to deceive it.

So, Long Xuan often flaunts his Integrity Gu in public, yet how much of what he says is actually true? He’s the type who could deceive someone to death without paying any price for it.

Pregnant women are naturally seen as vulnerable, and the Island Lord’s wife, being fragile, inherently has a deceptive aura about her. Her words indeed calmed the crowd’s anger and prevented this incident from escalating into a riot.

"So that's it! It’s all the doing of the Black Dragon Pirates. In order to find out who took the Ocean's Heart, they’re willing to kill the innocent! They planned to kill us all! What a cruel bunch!"

The person who spoke was the same man who had earlier incited the crowd. Now, he had completely reversed his stance, speaking these words so unexpectedly.

Long Xuan’s face showed a strange expression. Could this man have been planted here by the Island Lord?

What other bizarre tricks does the Island Lord have up his sleeve?

No sooner had the man finished speaking than someone else in the crowd echoed: "That's right! If the Black Dragon Pirates wants to kill us, we can't just let them off the hook. Even if we die, we should take one of them down with us. Let’s fight them!"

"Brothers, the Island Lord's wife is famous for her kindness on Big Lonely Island. She's known as the island's number one saint. She would never lie, especially with the Integrity Gu there to testify."

"Looks like it’s true. The teleportation formation was indeed destroyed by the Black Dragon Pirates. We've misunderstood the Island Lord."

"I just remembered that the teleportation formation broke down about a month and a half ago. How could the Island Lord have predicted that the Black Dragon Pirates would attack today?"

"If he truly had the power to foresee the future, he wouldn’t have been caught off guard by the Black Dragon Pirate Crew just now!"

"The only path left to us now is to unite and fight against the Black Dragon Pirates. Only if we push them back do we have a chance at survival."

"If we sit idly by and let the Five Great Clans be wiped out by the Black Dragon Pirate Crew, then we will certainly follow in their footsteps. I doubt anyone here believes the pirates will spare us."

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Long Xuan’s eyes widened as he looked at this person. Could this guy also be planted by the Island Lord? His speech was so convincing that even Long Xuan almost believed it.

As expected, under the incitement of these two men, everyone was inflamed with righteous anger, their eyes blazing with fury.

In an instant, the mood shifted. All the anger was directed at the Black Dragon Pirates. They were itching to rush over and fight them to the death.

This group had been completely fooled by the Island Lord and was now entirely under his control.

Long Xuan couldn’t help but admire the Island Lord's cunning. The outsiders on the island had been stirred into such a fury that they would soon charge at the Black Dragon Pirates with all their might. 𝘙åℕОᛒΕs̈

Anger boosts strength by thirty percent. Once the Black Dragon Pirate Crew faces this mob's wrath, they’ll undoubtedly suffer heavy losses.

Under the incitement of the planted men, the crowd was blinded, scattering and leaving the area. It was clear they now fully believed that the teleportation formation had indeed been destroyed.

With their retreat cut off, they had no choice but to prepare for a desperate fight with the Black Dragon Pirates. Everyone left in a rage, readying themselves for the upcoming battle.

"This group has really been fooled into a corner by the Island Lord. What should we do now?" Di Xin turned to Long Xuan and asked.

"It’s simple. In this world, anything can be solved with money. If it can't, it's because there's not enough money. You just need to double the amount."

"Greed is a fundamental human flaw. If the price is high enough, most people will abandon all their principles."

"We’ll simply use money to clear the way. I refuse to believe that the guards can resist every temptation."

Long Xuan squinted slightly. The island lord's wife might not know whether the teleportation formation was broken, but the guards who had been guarding the formation certainly knew if it was functioning or not.

He didn't believe that with vast financial resources, he couldn't bribe those ordinary guards.

Those assigned to gatekeeping duties likely weren't wealthy, making them the easiest to tempt.

After the island lord's wife had walked away, Long Xuan used his soul power to sense the situation inside the hall.

He discovered two Gu cultivators at the peak of the Spiritual Sea stage, one fat and one thin, sitting inside. Since this matter couldn't be exposed to the light, and to avoid leaks, there were only a few guards stationed there.

Since the two guards inside were at the peak of the Spiritual Sea stage, Long Xuan knew exactly what would tempt them.

That item was something that held irresistible temptation for any Gu cultivator at the peak of the Spiritual Sea stage. He simply didn't believe they wouldn’t take the bait.

What he intended to offer, naturally, was the King-Breaking Pill, a treasure that could drive any peak Spiritual Sea Gu cultivator mad.

He had six King-Breaking Pills that he had recently refined, which hadn’t been taken away by the island lord immediately.

Since the treasure vaults of the island's five great families had already been plundered by him and Di Xin, the island lord truly didn’t know what to offer in exchange for the remaining King-Breaking Pills.

Moreover, the Heavenly Wind was nearly over, and even if the island lord managed to take the King-Breaking Pills, the island's peak Spiritual Sea Gu cultivators wouldn’t have enough time to break through.

Thus, the six newly refined King-Breaking Pills remained in Long Xuan’s hands.

Long Xuan pulled Di Xin into a secluded corner. After confirming no one was around, he transmitted a message with his soul:

"I plan to bribe those two guards with a large sum of money later and then secretly teleport over."

"However, the cost for two people will be higher, and for the guards, the more people they teleport, the greater the risk, which will make them more hesitant. So it’s best if you hide in the Earth Heart, and I go alone."

Di Xin frowned and thought for a moment before nodding, handing the Earth Heart to Long Xuan and then entering it herself.

If it were anyone else, she would never dare hand over such a heaven-defying treasure like the Earth Heart.

Not to mention that the Earth Heart could easily incite greed in anyone. If someone were to throw the Earth Heart into the sea, she would truly be done for.

However, out of trust in Long Xuan, she still entered the Earth Heart, entrusting her life to him.

Long Xuan, reluctant to part with it, lovingly stroked the Earth Heart before finally putting it into his storage ring.

It’s worth mentioning that regardless of whether it’s the Earth Heart, the Ocean's Heart, or the World Tree Seed, though they all contain vast internal spaces, they can still be placed into storage bags.

This is because these innate treasures are worlds themselves, not storage spaces.

A storage bag cannot be placed inside another storage bag, but these worlds can be stored inside, as they are still considered spaces.

The worlds within these three innate treasures are equivalent to the world humans inhabit, so they are not bound by the restriction that space equipment cannot nest within other space equipment.

Long Xuan used the Face-Changing Gu to transform his appearance into that of a random stranger, but he masked his aura to match that of a Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator, the same level as the two guards inside the hall.

He had his reasons. Although his Face-Changing Gu could simulate the aura of a Gu King, and with the identity of a Gu King, those two peak Spiritual Sea guards would not dare to play tricks on him.

However, if he disguised himself as a Gu King, those two guards would likely refuse to let him teleport.

Gu Kings were rare, and the number of Gu Kings on the island was limited. If one were to disappear, it would definitely be noticed.

Even if he offered the guards the most precious items, they wouldn’t dare let a Gu King teleport off the island.

But if he disguised himself as a Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator, it would be different. There were plenty of Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivators on the island. The sudden disappearance of one wouldn't draw attention in the short term.

Besides, with the battle against the Black Dragon Pirate Crew about to begin, the death of a Spiritual Sea stage Gu cultivator would be seen as normal, so the guards would have no qualms about making a deal with one.

Though his cultivation level would seem too low, making it easier for the guards to try something underhanded, Long Xuan planned to reveal his peak Gu King aura right as he was about to enter the teleportation formation, catching them off guard.

He was confident they wouldn't dare mess with a Gu King and would be forced to let him teleport.

Long Xuan grinned sinisterly, opening a small gap in his Insect rearing Bag to give his Integrity Gu some air, then strode towards the hall.

Before he even reached the entrance, the fat guard stepped out and blocked his way. Long Xuan stopped in his tracks.

"I see the Black Dragon Pirate Crew attacking the island, so I want to leave through the teleportation formation. I hope you can make an exception," Long Xuan spoke first.

The thin guard also came out from the hall at this point. After glancing at him, he impatiently said, "The teleportation formation has already been destroyed by the Black Dragon Pirate Crew. Everyone on the island knows this by now. If you don’t believe me, feel free to ask anyone. Please leave."

As soon as the thin guard finished speaking, Long Xuan noticed some movement from the Integrity Gu in his Insect rearing Bag. He sneered inwardly.

As expected, the guards by the teleportation formation knew the formation wasn’t broken. A little trick was enough to expose their lie.

"I don’t believe it! I want to go inside and check the teleportation formation myself!"

As soon as Long Xuan finished speaking, he transmitted a sound message to the fat and thin guards: "I don’t care whether the teleportation formation is broken or not. One word: I'll give you six Break King Pills, and you let me through!"

"If you don’t agree, I’ll turn around and walk away right now, and I’ll pretend I never said anything!"