Chapter 555: Chapter 175 Chen Jiusi: Nan Batian, I Told You to Kneel (Requesting Subscriptions of 10,000 Words)_6

“You’re the Gang Leader, how can you disregard the feelings of your brothers, how shameless can you be? If you can’t handle it, don’t play at all.”

“And become the laughingstock of heroes everywhere!”

Hearing this, Chen Jie’s loyal sidekick, Liu Laoguai, spoke up: “Haha, exactly, Nan Batian, if you can’t handle it, then don’t play. Don’t act like being the Gang Leader means you’re always right; it’s disgusting. Why shouldn’t you apologize to others? They’ve risked their lives for your Fishing Guild, and now at the end, when they uncover the truth, you still think you’re in the right? You’re incredibly shameless and revolting!”

“That’s right, that’s right!”

At this point, the surrounding crowd also started shouting, and Nan Batian’s face turned dark with rage; grinding his teeth, he stared at Chen Jie and said, “Chen Jiusi, are you determined to push things to the extreme?”

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie replied with an icy look, “As the Gang Leader, are you not giving me a way out?”

Nan Batian, gnashing his teeth, said, “Fine, fine, if that’s how it is, I’ll play along to the end.”

Chen Jie smiled and said, “Even if you don’t want to play, you can’t. Lord Yelu is watching you. Haven’t you claimed credit with Lord Yelu already? Since you’ve taken the credit, then don’t shirk the consequences.”

“So, Gang Leader, the rules are set and the heroes are watching. There’s no point resisting in vain here and being a laughingstock to the Jianghu elders. Better to be straightforward and maintain some dignity as a Gang Leader.”

Chen Jie finished speaking and made a gesture again: “Gang Leader, please!”

When Nan Batian heard this, his face turned ashen and he said, “Alright, Chen Jiusi, this isn’t over. Qin Ying, open the coffin!”

Hearing this, Qin Ying immediately grabbed an iron crowbar; with a wave of his hand, dozens of his men came forward, ready to pry open all twenty-eight large coffins.

If they were going to pry them open, they couldn’t just perform a sample inspection; they had to check them all thoroughly.

“Move away.”

Qin Ying pushed Xiao Hu aside; Xiao Hu was about to get angry, but then he seemed to remember something and stepped aside, saying, “Be gentle, they are our brothers after all.”

Qin Ying replied, “Understood.”

Then Qin Ying waved and commanded, “Come on, pry!”

Upon hearing this, a group of people immediately crowded around. At that moment, Qin Ying took a crowbar and with a cracking sound, inserted it into the gap of the coffin and leveraged it upwards.

The coffin had been nailed together, but not very securely, because the nails were only to be fully driven in once the coffin was in the grave.

Now, with the crowbar inserted, and several of his men waiting, Qin Ying exerted force, and immediately there was a series of cracking sounds.

The lid of the coffin was pried open, and at that moment, Qin Ying said through gritted teeth, “Master, lift!”

At the command to lift, a group of men grabbed the coffin lid and with a concerted effort, they raised the lid, instantly drawing the attention of everyone present!

The big question was whether there was anything or not.

Nan Batian too began to breathe rapidly; could there be something?

May the heavens bless us!

Nan Batian hurried forward as the coffin lid was opened, and immediately, the contents inside were revealed!

A body lay peacefully within the coffin. The coffin was treated with expensive anti-decomposition chemicals, and lots of spices were used to ensure there was no smell of decay. Each coffin also contained a silver plaque

[Everlasting and Immortal!]

Other than that, the coffin was completely empty; there was nothing, no weapons or anything else. Seeing this, Nan Batian’s eyes went wide in disbelief. There was nothing, absolutely nothing!

He suddenly looked at Chen Jiusi.

Chen Jie looked at him, his eyes filled with hatred. The revenge for his brothers could not end so easily; today was but the interest on their vengeance!

“So, Gang Leader, where are the weapons from the Zoroastrian Sect you spoke of?”

Chen Jie asked Nan Batian who, with a dark face, responded, “We haven’t finished prying open all of them. Only after all are opened will we see if you conspired with the Zoroastrian Sect to smuggle weapons. Open them up!”

Hearing this, Qin Ying also waved his hand, saying, “Open them all.”

Hearing this, the other disciples also shouted among themselves, “Pry, pry them open for him.”

Very soon all twenty-eight large coffins were pried open, and all were empty, with not a single weapon to be found, just body after body.

Nan Batian frowned deeply and looked over, while Qin Ying quickly searched every single coffin.

“There’s nothing, Gang Leader, nothing at all!”

Hearing this, Nan Batian’s face turned extremely ugly, and the surrounding crowd also watched him, curious to see how he would resolve the situation. Chen Jie remained silent, simply waiting quietly, wanting to see how Nan Batian would handle this.

When Nan Batian heard that all twenty-eight coffins were devoid of weapons, his mind buzzed–he’d been duped!

Chen Jie then slowly approached and said, “Gang Leader, is there anything else you wish to say now?”

With bloodshot eyes, Nan Batian looked at Chen Jie and said, “Chen Jiusi, don’t get too pleased with yourself. The presence of corpses in these coffins doesn’t prove anything; who knows if you’ve hidden something underneath them!”

Chen Jie replied, “Does it matter?”

Nan Batian said, “It does.”

Chen Jie, upon this, said, “Alright, since you insist, I have nothing more to say.”

Nan Batian commanded, “Lift the body.”

Chen Jie stood aside, allowing Nan Batian to lift the bodies out. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Nan Batian couldn’t disrespect the bodies, so all he could do was respectfully move them out of the coffins.

Everyone watched as Nan Batian searched every inch of the coffin, eventually finding himself resigned to the fact that indeed, there was nothing inside the coffins but bodies.

At this moment, Chen Jie bowed to Yelu and said, “Lord Yelu, the situation is now clear. I implore you, as the White Tiger Hall Master, to uphold justice for us!”

Yelu glanced at the empty coffins, knowing Chen Jie had been wronged, and with a stern expression, said, “Guild Leader Nan, what do you have to say for yourself now?”

In response, Nan Batian suddenly realized and said, “Lord Yelu, this is all Chen Jiusi’s scheme, a trap he set for me!”

Yelu slightly frowned and said, “Guild Leader Nan, as the head of a faction, you must be responsible. Loss is loss; do not make excuses.”

“I, Lord, I really was duped!”

Nan Batian continued to protest, but Yelu was no longer willing to give him a chance and angrily proclaimed, “Nan Batian, when you were accusing Jiusi, why didn’t you say you were schemed against? Now you claim you’ve been duped, don’t you find it ridiculous? Enough! Kneel down and kowtow three times to appease the spirits and put an end to this farce!”

Ah?

Really kneel?

Nan Batian lifted his head, his eyes filled with humiliation. Could I, Nan Batian, truly kneel before these contemptible guild members?