Battle Through the Heavens: I Am the Righteous Path

Chapter 234 Silence is the greatest sin
While walking around this high-end gathering, Xiao Yan did see a lot of rare things, but unfortunately, none of them were what he needed at the moment.

fair enough.

Xiao Yan shrugged lightly.

At least you don’t have to worry about where to get money.

"Brother Yun." Xiao Yan looked at Yunying, smiled softly and invited: "If you have nothing to do next, can you go to a restaurant with me?"

In response, Yunying also gave an immediate reply.

"Of course, that's what I mean."

After receiving Yunying's reply, a smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face.

But before that, he had to go to Frank and the others to say goodbye. After all, Frank was his guarantor, and it would be rude for him to leave without saying goodbye.

With this thought in mind, Xiao Yan led the three of them towards Frank's direction, and within a few minutes he saw Frank and others from a distance.

It's just that the scene seems slightly wrong.

"President Frank, just bring your own apprentice here, but privately provide a guarantee for an outsider to come in. Are you really not afraid of getting into trouble?"

A middle-aged man with a bad expression stood in front of Frank. Frank's face was as usual. Although Otto's face was a little unhappy, he was still able to restrain himself.

But Lin Fei behind Otto was not so good-tempered. Regardless of the other person's identity, she pointed directly at the middle-aged man and cursed.

"Bah! Master Frank is free to vouch for whomever he wants, and it's none of your business?!"

"Lin Fei! Don't be unreasonable!"

Otto turned his head slightly and scolded in a low voice. Although his tone sounded very angry, he obviously did not mean to blame him. He was just reprimanding his disciple in a symbolic way.

Obviously, Otto was not sincerely dissatisfied with his disciple's abuse of the middle-aged man.

"Lin Fei, no matter what, the other party is the president of the guild, please pay attention to etiquette."

Xuemei beside Linfei held Linfei's shoulders and reminded her softly, but her cold eyes looked at the middle-aged man, and her eyes were full of evil.

Frank looked calm and whispered to the middle-aged man.

"President Kuro, my good friend's disciple is a little bit arrogant, I hope you don't care about it." Frank's voice was soft, and then he continued: "But although her tone is disrespectful, there is nothing wrong with what she said. Who am I to do this for?" The guarantee is my own business and has nothing to do with President Kuro."

"If President Kuro is worried about me from the bottom of his heart, then I will naturally thank you for your kindness."

"But if it is for other purposes, then I can only respond to you by saying that you are worrying too much."

Although Frank's words were plain, they revealed overflowing determination and resistance, and the subtext was clear.

You don’t need to tell me how to do things!

"Haha~ Frank, I'm just reminding you as a colleague. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful."

The middle-aged man named Kuro smiled coldly. It was obvious that he and Frank and his group had nothing to deal with.

Xiao Yan, who was watching, frowned slightly when he saw this scene, took a step forward, and saluted Frank.

"Master Frank."

"Oh, Xiao Yan." Frank came back to his senses, looked at Xiao Yan slightly, his eyes softened a little, "Have you finished shopping?"

"Yes, it's a pity that I didn't find what I needed. However, I happened to meet a friend and was about to go to the restaurant for a chat. I came here to say goodbye to Master Frank."

Xiao Yan said this, and Frank nodded with satisfaction. He naturally knew why Xiao Yan came to say goodbye to him before leaving. Wasn't it because he was worried about vouching for him?
To be honest, although it was only a brief contact, Frank, with so many years of experience, could not find anything wrong with this young man Xiao Yan. This is really rare.

However, at this moment, an extremely discordant and strange voice came from Xiao Yan's ears.

"Oh, I'm afraid it's not that I didn't find what I needed, but that I didn't find the right time to start. After all, this place is not like the low-level gatherings outside. It is very well guarded against thieves."

These words made everyone in the room frown. Xiao Yan also looked slightly sideways, looking at Kuro with a sneer on his lips.

Obviously, Kuro said this not to target Xiao Yan, but to get rid of Frank.

"you!!!"

As soon as Kuro finished speaking, Lin Fei's bad temper immediately came to the fore, and she was about to curse, but Xiao Yan took the first step and saluted Kuro with a fist, and asked Zheng Sheng.

"The boy's name is Xiao Yan. What should I call this gentleman?"

"Ask me my name? Do you deserve to know?"

Facing Xiao Yan's polite inquiry, Kuro's eyes were full of disdain and he curled his lips coldly. This made Xiao Yan's face become colder, and Frank's always calm expression became particularly ugly.

This guy really doesn't give me any face!

Kuro's behavior of disdain for Xiao Yan was undoubtedly a slap in Frank's face!
But no matter what, Cullo had already said these nasty words. In order to prevent the scene from becoming more ugly, Frank immediately opened his mouth and took the initiative to introduce Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan, this is the president of the Alchemist Guild in Red Sand City, Kuro. He and Lao Ao and I once studied under the same teacher."

After listening to Kuro's introduction, Xiao Yan nodded clearly.

I see, they are old classmates. But it seems that the relationship between Frank and Otto and Kuro, an old classmate, is not that good?
After understanding the relationship between Cullo and Frank, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Cullo again, and said Zheng Sheng.

"After all, the boy is really not qualified to step here. It is all based on Master Frank's guarantee. As Master Frank's classmate, it is natural for you to be worried about him. The boy can understand."

As soon as Xiao Yan said these words, everyone was stunned, including Kuro.

Isn’t it obvious that the relationship between me and Frank is not obvious?Do you really think I'm worried about him?

When Frank looked at Xiao Yan, his astonishment deepened, and he immediately revealed his deep approval.

Being so scorned and even doubted about his character, Xiao Yan was still not angry. Instead, he used a very comfortable-sounding way to explain Kuro's unreasonable behavior just now.

It seems that not only when it comes to refining medicine, Xiao Yan's character is much calmer than that of himself and Otto's disciples.

Immediately, Xiao Yan continued while everyone was astonished. "But please rest assured, President Kuro. No matter what the boy is thinking, at least I can assure you that he has not committed any theft during this period. If President Kuro still cannot rest assured, then he can Invite people to go to each stall in this gathering and ask one by one. Before the results are obtained, the boy will never leave without permission."

"Xiao Yan, this."

As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, Frank's expression changed and he stretched out his hand to say something.

Doesn't this sound like what Kuro slandered, Xiao Yan really wanted to steal something, but he just didn't have the chance to steal it?Is Xiao Yan really not afraid of his reputation being damaged?

However, before Frank could say anything, Xiao Yan looked at him with a smile and said.

"Master Frank, I can only enter here under your guarantee. In this case, before leaving, I should naturally accept your classmate's reasonable doubts and prove my innocence through practical actions." As he spoke, Xiao Yan spoke suddenly He became serious and said, "Master Frank, please rest assured. I assure you that the boy did not do anything remotely disgraceful during this gathering."

After the words fell, Xiao Yan's eyes turned to Kuro, and then he opened his hands to the gathering behind him.

"Please, President Kuro, you can go to each stall and ask questions one by one. The boy will wait here and will not leave until the result is obtained."

"I think that with your sincere concern for Master Frank's reputation, you will definitely go and confirm it, right?"

Xiao Yan looked at Kuro with a gloomy expression and said this with a smile.

Good guy!I really made a mistake!
Frank and Otto's eyes sparkled, looking at Xiao Yan with admiration in their eyes.

I have said a lot of words before, explaining all of Kuro's unreasonable suspicions to the justification, just for this last sentence!Clow was forced to go to each stall to ask if anything was missing in the name of worrying about Frank's reputation.

But this is just easy to say, how could it be possible to actually do it?Who is setting up a stall in this high-end gathering but is not a well-known person in the pharmaceutical refining industry of the Jiama Empire?You, Kuro, the president of the Scarlet Sand City Alchemy Guild, are disturbing every stall one by one, not buying anything, and wasting people's time, just to ask if the other person has been stolen. What is this?
After all, he is a respectable person. If it was stolen, that would be fine. But if you ask someone like this when it is obvious that it was not stolen, you really look down on them, right?Isn't this the same as saying that someone doesn't react at all when something is stolen in front of them? How is this different from slapping someone in the face in public?Are people blind or mentally retarded?
Xiao Yan's words undoubtedly put Kuro on the fire.

Or, Kuro goes to the gathering and asks everyone if anyone has lost anything, offending everyone, and then reluctantly admits that Xiao Yan did not steal anything.

Either way, Kuro left in despair, which was equivalent to silently admitting that he judged a gentleman with a villain's heart, and let his face be completely lost in front of his rivals Frank and Otto, and the two of them would not be able to protect themselves in the future. She would often tease him about it.

These two blockings are really wonderful!Wonderful! ! !
What Frank and Otto could understand, Kuro could naturally understand too. He clenched his teeth tightly and stared at Xiao Yan with resentment in his eyes.

Damn boy!How dare you force me to embarrass myself? !

Seeing Kuro's resentful eyes, Xiao Yan felt a little angry, but more importantly, he felt helpless.

There are really not a few people like this.

It was obvious that he had started the dispute, but he did not reflect on his own fault at all. He would only think in his heart that the other party had embarrassed him and made him unable to step down.

The president of the Alchemist Guild was a dignified person, but his mind was so narrow-minded. Xiao Yan once again confirmed one thing.

Whether a person's character is despicable or not really has nothing to do with his identity and strength.

Such a despicable person is still despicable no matter how high his status or strength is.

"Humph!!!"

In the end, Kuro glared at Xiao Yan fiercely, flicked his sleeves and turned away.

Obviously, among the two options given by Xiao Yan, Kuro chose the latter.

Although he resented losing face in front of Frank and Otto, it was undoubtedly worse to offend everyone in this gathering.

Out of consideration for his own interests, Kuro could only choose the latter.

"Boy, wait and see!"

Kuro said coldly and left here quickly, fearing that Frank and Otto would say something else, which would make his already disgraceful face even more disgraceful.

Looking at Cullo's embarrassed back, Frank and Otto felt relieved.

Every time they meet, this guy likes to hang out in front of them and find trouble for various reasons. Frank and Otto are not the kind of people who like to start disputes with others, so most of the time they can only respond insipidly.

But they never expected that Kuro, who took the initiative to challenge them again today, would completely lose his face under the few words of Xiao Yan, a junior!

Not only Frank and Otto were full of praise for Xiao Yan, but even the medicine in the ring nodded with satisfaction.

(Well done, Xiao Yanzi, I thought you would tolerate this kind of guy unconditionally.)
It's no wonder that Yao Shen's thoughts are so pessimistic. After all, this is how Xiao Yan handled things before. He only focused on whether he had a clear conscience when doing things, and did not make too many excuses for other people's suspicions, because in Xiao Yan's perception, Those who believe will naturally believe it. No matter how much people who don't believe it say, it is just sophistry in their eyes.

(Senior Yao was so complimentary.) Xiao Yan whispered in his heart, his tone slightly low, (It’s just that after the incident with the Snake Tribe, the disciple suddenly discovered that for such people, unconditional tolerance would only encourage their unhealthy arrogance. .)
(Sometimes, silence is the biggest sin.)
Xiao Yan responded solemnly in his heart, and Yao Shen nodded with satisfaction.

Very good, very good~
It seems that the Snake Tribe incident really had a big impact on Xiao Yan. Not only did he change his views on power, but he also changed his thoughts on how to deal with people like Kuro.

A person's innocence really cannot rely solely on a clear conscience.

You have a clear conscience, but that may not be the case in the eyes of others.

As Xiao Yan said, silence is sometimes the biggest sin.

"Master Frank." Xiao Yan turned to face Frank, saluted him with his hands clasped in fists, and there was some apology in his eyes, "I'm sorry, because I vouched for the boy, you were implicated."

"Eh~ If anything, that guy is like this. Even if he doesn't help you guarantee, he will still find other excuses to make trouble."

Frank waved his hand lightly, not thinking that Xiao Yan should apologize to him, because he knew the true nature of Clow and could not blame Xiao Yan.

But Xiao Yan still had no intention of taking back his apology.

"What he does is his business. In the kid's mind, the guarantee you made for him has undoubtedly become his talking point. Therefore, please accept this apology, otherwise the kid's conscience will be uneasy."

No matter how despicable Kuro was, Xiao Yan finally gave him an excuse to make things difficult for Frank. This is absolutely an indisputable fact.

Regarding Xiao Yan's persistence, Frank was speechless and choked, and finally nodded lightly.

"Well, since you said so, I will accept your apology."

Immediately, Frank and Otto looked at each other, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.

This kid is too stubborn.

(End of this chapter)