Ao Wufeng froze. Before he could think it through, Fang Yun revealed a look of contempt and sneered, "A piece of trash among the Dragon Race, afraid to even agree to this—who gave you the courage to come to Dragon City?"
"Who says I don't dare? If you can repair a 'large number' of mechanisms, I'll immediately plead guilty!" Though Ao Wufeng was enraged, he had not lost his reason and seized on the words "large number."
A few onlookers saw a hint of what was happening.
Logically, even if Fang Yun had evidence and wanted to convict Ao Wufeng of false accusation, he only needed to name one charge. Yet Fang Yun had rattled off three charges in one breath before forcing Ao Wufeng to agree. Once Ao Wufeng pleaded guilty, he would effectively be admitting to all three crimes.
A false accusation would not bring much punishment, at most a few hundred lashes. But disrespecting a superior and disrupting military morale during wartime were grave offenses.
Given enough time, Ao Wufeng would have figured this out as well. But Fang Yun immediately used provocation, and Ao Wufeng believed his evidence was ironclad, so he agreed at once.
Ao Wufeng also sensed that Fang Yun was plotting against him, yet he confidently said, "Fang Yun, stop struggling. While Ao Bo was helping you deliver and retrieve the Illusory Tower Pearl, we secretly investigated you. You did nothing but remain motionless in Mechanism Storehouse No. 1. Once or twice would be one thing, but every single time? Do you take everyone else for blind and deaf fools, unable to tell whether you repaired any mechanisms?"
"Your investigative methods are quite impressive. I never even noticed them," Fang Yun replied unhurriedly.
"Let's see how long you can keep talking tough! I