The best place to hide a grain of sand was in the desert.
The best place to hide a drop of water was in the ocean.
Likewise, if one wanted to hide right under the enemy's nose without drawing notice, the best place was naturally among the crowd.
That was exactly what Ye Weiming had done. From beginning to end, he had hidden himself well.
Right before Fahai's eyes, he had manipulated everything from the shadows.
Yet just as everything was nearly settled, when the outcome seemed all but decided, a single remark from one of the onlookers exposed the well-hidden Ye Weiming directly before Fahai!
"Layman Ye?"
Hearing that onlooker's words, then recalling Bai Suzhen and Little Green's distinctly human behavior that did not fit their identities as monsters, how could Fahai fail to realize that an expert had been guiding them from behind the scenes? The hidden expert who had directed the two snake spirits and forced him into his current awkward predicament, unable to advance or retreat, was Ye Weiming—the very man who had joined forces with him against the villagers earlier?
The only thing he did not understand was this: "If another person opposed this poor monk, it could be said that they had been bewitched by demons. But you are also a cultivator deeply versed in Buddhist Dharma. Why would you aid demons in their evil and make things difficult for this poor monk?"
"I don't understand what you're talking about." Ye Weiming was no monk, so when it came to lying, he had no qualms about doing so when necessary. "But since Master Fahai says I am aiding demons in their evil, please explain which demon I aided and what evil I abetted. Or perhaps tell everyone what deeds so enraging to Heaven and