A gentleman's lie.

Jia Fu was torn.

 He had now ruled out Fang Yuan's suspicion in his mind, and was almost certain that Jia Gui was the black hand behind the scenes.

 "But even if I know the truth, what can I do?" A wave of grief and anger welled up in Jia Fu's heart, "I don't have any evidence in my hands, if I go in front of father to testify against Jia Gui with no proof, I'm afraid father will still think that I'm going to frame him!"

 Jia Fu was very shrewd, he looked towards Fang Yuan, a burst of essence in his eyes.

 Jia Jinsheng had traveled all over the world with him, and now that Jia Jinsheng had disappeared, he, Jia Fu, naturally had the responsibility of not taking care of him well! Since he couldn't testify against Jia Gui, he had to give his father an explanation.

 And this explanation was right in front of him!

 "Not bad, if we use this Fang Yuan as a scapegoat, we can barely give an explanation. As long as I get past this hurdle, I will have the possibility to double back again." Evil thoughts flared up in Jia Fu's heart.

 He fiercely raised his voice tone and again pressed Fang Yuan sternly, "Fang Yuan, how do you prove that you didn't assassinate Jia Jinsheng?"

 The family elders could not help but stare, this matter is clearly an internal fight within your Jia family, why are you still seizing my clan?

 Only Clan Chief Gu Yue's face sank, his gaze turned stern as he stared tightly at Jia Fu.

 "Fang Yuan, do you have any witnesses to prove that you were not present and did not have the time to assassinate Jia Jinsheng? If not, you are the murderer!" Jia Fu pointed one hand at Fang Yuan, his eyes glaring angrily, his aura compelling.

 "He, Jia Fu, is trying to push out my clan's Fang Yuan as a scapegoat. It's really outrageous!" At this moment, all the family elders also reacted, and each of their faces turned unkind.

 They had been hooking up for a long time, and after a moment's thought, they also comprehended Jia Fu's stance and intentions.

 "Witnesses? Of course there are! I've arranged it long ago." Fang Yuan secretly let out a sneer, but on the surface, he made a forced look of being unable to speak, opening his mouth to speak but unable to say anything.

 "You don't need to say anything else, you just need to tell me whether there is or not!" Jia Fu's voice rose again, forcing Fang Yuan.

 Fang Yuan had a look of indignation and indignation, and finally seemed to helplessly squeeze out two words through his teeth, "No."

 "Haha. Then you are-" Jia Fu was just about to loudly pronounce his judgment, just then.

 "Slow!" With a single stride, the School House Elder blocked in front of Fang Yuan with a solemn face, "Of course he has witnesses, I am his witness!"

 "You?" Jia Fu was shocked.

 "Not bad, it's the old man." The Schoolhouse Family Elder's tone was a bit weak in the face of the fourth-turned Jia Fu. But when he saw the encouraging gaze cast by Patriarch Gu Yue Bo, he was so energized that he put his head up, "When Fang Yuan unexpectedly took the lead in advancing to the middle rank these days, I sent my men to secretly investigate. His whereabouts every single day were recorded, there was simply no time to assassinate Jia Jinsheng."

 "Yes, that's it ...," Fang Yuan was hidden behind the academy family elder, no one could see the corners of his mouth at this moment, a slight smirk outlined.

 Jia Fu's face turned blue, he did not expect the Schoolhouse Family Elder to suddenly stand out and vouch for Fang Yuan.

 More crucially, Patriarch Gu Yue did not object either. This was significant, representing that the Gu Yue clan wanted to vouch for this Fang Yuan.

 "I see! I was so intent on making Fang Yuan the scapegoat that I was only acting from my own point of view, but I didn't consider their feelings. It's not bad, once Fang Yuan is scapegoated, the Ancient Moon Clan will have to bear the infamy of plotting to murder a member of the Jia Clan. In the future, they will have to face retaliation from the Jia Clan, their reputation will also be tarnished, and in the future, the merchant caravans will not dare to come over to trade, so the loss will be too great!"

 Thinking of this, Jia Fu was so chagrined that he couldn't wait to slap his own head.

 The Ancient Moon's senior management had exactly the same idea.

 Fang Yuan was only a C class, if he had really harmed Jia Jinsheng, handing him over would not be a big deal. But the point is, now that his suspicion has been cleared, if he is still handed over, won't the Ancient Moon Clan have to suffer a lot of unnecessary losses?

 Knowing that this conflict was already irreconcilable, Jia Fu gritted his teeth and decided to stick to his guns as he spoke, ''Since that's the case, then why don't you let me use the Footprint Compulsion. When this compulsion is used, it will show the footprints of the last 30,000 steps on the ground."

 The academy house elder immediately snorted coldly in displeasure.

 For Jia Fu to say this, he clearly didn't trust himself. However, he had no reason to stop him, so he sidestepped and stepped aside.

 "Come and take the test!" Fang Yuan looked at Jia Fu and sneered coldly, walking to him with his head held high.

 He was confident because he had long anticipated this factor. Therefore, these days, all of them had retreated in the mountain fortress to move around, and the secret cave of stone crevices had not been dabbled in at all.

 Under the close scrutiny of the Gu Yue hierarchy, Jia Fu did not play any tricks.

 The Footprint Compass was shaped in a very special way, like a human foot. Its material was like a piece of translucent frozen milk, giving it a smooth and tender feeling, with a layer of yellow-green fluorescence on its surface.

 The size was not big, only the size of a palm.

 Jia Fu held it in his hand, and his true essence gushed out, pouring into the Footprint Compass.

 The footprint compulsion is getting brighter and brighter, and suddenly, with a bang, it exploded into a large piece of yellow-green fluorescent powder.

 With a whir, the fluorescent powder covered Fang Yuan and spun around him in a circle before flying out of the door of the council hall.

 On the way the fluorescent powder flew, a series of footprints appeared on the ground.

 These footprints were all emitting yellow-green fluorescence and were exactly the same size as Fang Yuan's two feet. It was precisely the footprints that he had just entered the Council Hall.

 The footprints had been extending out from the Family Master's Pavilion to reach the dormitory of the schoolhouse before circling around this part of the schoolhouse. Beyond that, it was to reach the cottage's inn.

 The yellow and green fluorescent powder flew less and less, and finally on the 30,000th footprint, it completely disappeared.

 The results came out, and when everyone checked, they suddenly knew that Fang Yuan was innocent and without any doubt.

 Jia Fu sighed deeply and took out a small jade box from his pocket.

 He opened the jade box and there was only one jade piece in the box.

 The jade piece was a translucent emerald green color, and inside it was sealed with a parasite.

 This was a bamboo worm, its body was slender and long, like the color of jasper, and its entire body was like a section of rounded bamboo pipe.

 The bamboo worm was usually longer than a palm, but this one was not, only the length of a fingernail cap. On its surface, it also faintly emitted a white glow.

 "Green jade as its body, white splendor covering its body, this is a Bamboo Monarch!" Immediately, a family elder recognized the parasite and exclaimed in awe.

 Even Clan Chief Gu Yuebo was moved and couldn't help but advise, "Elder brother Jia, this Bamboo Monarch is a fourth-rotation compulsion and it's not easy to refine. Why waste it here?"

 Jia Fu shook his head and looked at Fang Yuan, "This Bamboo Monarch was obtained by accidentally solving a stone once when I was young. The stone was only half solved and did not go any further. As we all know, this parasite feeds on sincerity and is born to be able to detect lies. Only a supremely sincere gentleman who hasn't told a single lie since childhood can refine and feed this parasite."

 "Fang Yuan, all you have to do is to untie the stone and receive the weakened Bamboo Monarch into the middle of the empty aperture. Answer whatever I ask you. Then take out this compulsion and let us all see if the insect has changed color. As long as it changes color, it means you're lying!"

 "No questions asked." Fang Yuan didn't hesitate for a second and immediately unlocked the jade piece and did as Jia Fu said.

 As soon as the Bamboo Monarch appeared in the empty orifice, it immediately emitted a faint green aura that shone through the entire Sea of True Element.

 Fang Yuan instantly felt that as long as he uttered a lie, this Bamboo Monarch would be able to sense it and thus his body would change from green to other colors.

 But the reason why he promised to do so, he also had a bottom line.

 "Spring and Autumn Cicada!" With a thought from him, the dormant Spring and Autumn Cicada instantly awoke, emitting a wisp of breath.

 This aura was grand and incomparable, immediately suppressing the Bamboo Monarch with deadly force.

 The green light emitted by the Bamboo Monarch immediately shrank back into his body with a swoosh. The entire body curled up, trembling in fear. Where was there any spare heart and strength to be able to sense the lie?

 Jia Fu began to ask questions, and his first words went straight to the center, "Fang Yuan, have you harmed my brother Jia Jinsheng?"

 "No!" Fang Yuan replied categorically.

 Jia Fu asked again, "Do you know any other news about him?"

 Fang Yuan shook his head, "I don't know."

 Jia Fu asked again, "Is there any inaccuracy in what you just said to all of us?"

 Fang Yuan shook his head again, "No."

 "Alright, you can take out the Bamboo Monarch." After the three questions, Jia Fu said.

 Fang Yuan took out the Bamboo Monarch and when everyone looked at it, they only saw that the surface of the Bamboo Monarch was still a turquoise color, unchanged.

 A group of family elders were relieved.

 Jia Fu's face also eased, he put away the Bamboo Monarch and arched his hand towards Gu Yue Bo, "I've offended you more this time, Brother Gu Yue."

 "No matter, being able to let the truth come out is what we want to see." Gu Yue Bo waved his hand, then sighed, "It's just a pity for this Bamboo Monarch."

 The Bamboo Monarch had the ability to detect lies, and with a grade as high as fourth turn, its value was very great. But it was very difficult to feed and refine. It had to be refined only by a Supreme Sincere Gentleman. As long as other compote masters, had told a lie, refining the Bamboo Monarch would definitely fail, and the Bamboo Monarch would die on the spot.

 Its food was sincerity. As for residing in the empty orifices of the Sincere Monarch, it can only survive by consuming the sincerity of the Monarch.

 Now that this Bamboo Monarch had been opened out, it was extremely weak, but it had no food to restore its vitality. And after this use by Fang Yuan just now, death was already a foregone conclusion.

 Jia Fu, however, shook his head and looked at the dying Bamboo Monarch in his hands, seemingly not pitying it.

 He said in a deep voice, ''I have done my best to investigate this matter, but unfortunately, I am not able to do so. This time when I return to my family, I will heavily employ the God of Capture, Iron Blood Cold, and will definitely investigate this matter clearly! Farewell."

 After saying this, he arched his hand at Gu Yue Bo, turned around and left, cleanly and neatly, but also appeared to have some style.

 Looking at the departing backs of Jia Fu's group, Gu Yue Bo let out a long sigh of relief, "You can all leave as well."

 He waved his hand to the Household Elders, as if he thought of something, he added, "The School House Elders stay."

 Without missing a single hair of sweat, Fang Yuan walked out of the Family Master's Pavilion unharmed.