As soon as he said this, Weston Chai's eyes widened and he quickly shouted at Elder Hu, "Elder Hu, stop talking nonsense. Apologize to Mr. Chen quickly!"
The other elders also pitched in and tried to persuade Elder Hu to stop and apologize.
What Elder Hu was trying to say was that Fade Chen was secretly duplicating the Cloud Reaching Skill of the clan. In other words, he was trying to accuse Fade of stealing from the clan.
Such an accusation was a sign of suspicion and distrust, and was also a sign of Elder Hu's malice towards Fade. This could easily trigger Fade's anger and spur him to attack the Cloud Clan, explaining why Elder Chai and the others were desperate to stop him.
However, Elder Hu was determined. He looked at Fade and continued, "I would like to ask Mr. Chen to answer my question."
Fade raised an eyebrow and glowered, "If I said I didn't write it down, would you believe me?"
"Humph!" Elder Hu snorted and said, "I don't believe you are not interested in a martial arts
technique of such a high level."
Hearing this, Fade sneered and said, "Since you're already so sure that I've copied the Cloud Reaching Skill, what's the use of asking me?"
"I just want you to admit it yourself!" Elder Hu said.
Fade sneered and said, "Admit it myself? Ridiculous. I'll say it again, I didn't copy the Cloud Reaching Skill. I wouldn't even try to remember it even if I did because it's of no use to me."
"Lies!” Elder Hu berated furiously.
Elder Chai and the others didn't believe Fade either and thought that he was just joking.
Fade snorted and mocked, "Lies? You overestimate yourself. Not just the Cloud Reaching Skill, the entire Cloud Clan is nothing to me."
As soon as he said this, Elder Hu's expression gravened as he reprimanded, "Nonsense, boy. Apologize immediately, or face the Cloud Clan's wrath."
Elder Chai and the others were also equally shocked. Despite feeling that Fade had gone slightly over the line, they knew that they were in the wrong since the one who started it was one of them. They quickly attempted to make up for it.
However, Fade sneered as he threw out a jade amulet towards Elder Hu, "Do you really think that someone like me would need to steal from you?"
"Don't try to fool me with this. You..." Elder Hu glanced at the amulet and said, but was immediately cut off the moment he saw the characters written on it.
Seeing this, Elder Chai and the others immediately came over to take a look and froze in place. They looked at the amulet incredulously, and then at Fade.
No one dared to move a muscle or utter a word. A full 10 seconds later, Elder Chai came back to his senses and handed the amulet to Fade with trembling hands, saying "Mr. Chen, your amulet!"
Fade grabbed hold of the amulet and asked Elder Hu, "Do you have any other questions now?"
Without waiting for Elder Hu to respond, Elder Chai and the others hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No, none at all."
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