Fang Yun took Zhang Longxiang's Pearl River Duke Seal out of the Sea-Swallowing Shell.
The great golden seal hovered in midair, radiating the faint glow bestowed upon it by the Temple of Sages. It was especially striking in the moonlit night.
The instant they saw the Pearl River Duke Seal, many people looked puzzled.
Suddenly, Zong Wuyuan shouted in terror, "Fang Yun, you scoundrel! You actually seized Zhang Mingzhou's official seal! Speak! Where have you imprisoned Zhang Longxiang?"
The crowd had no idea what Fang Yun meant by this in the first place, but after hearing Zong Wuyuan's words, almost everyone instinctively grew suspicious. Fang Yun must have used some means to obstruct Zhang Longxiang, or there was no way Zhang Longxiang would still be absent!
Even many people from the Jing Kingdom and Fang Yun's friends were stunned. They could hardly imagine that Fang Yun would resort to such despicable means.
Lei Tingzhen raged, "No wonder Zhang Longxiang didn't respond when I sent him urgent messages just now! You've taken him hostage, or even locked him up! Fang Yun, release Zhang Longxiang at once, or I will rally scholars throughout the world to go to the Sacred Academy and petition the Sages to strip you of your position as Void Sage!"
"So that's it! No wonder you've been so calm all along!" Gu Nanhui stared angrily at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun stood there, dumbfounded. He had taken out the official seal intending to say that he was Zhang Longxiang. Why had all these people's thoughts gone in an entirely different direction? But on reflection, from the crowd's perspective, the possibility that he was Zhang Longxiang seemed even more remote than the possibility that he had imprisoned Zhang Longxiang. As a result, no one even considered it.
An uproar swept