A cold sneer touched Yan Tianlu's lips. He was certain Lu Qingyuan had nowhere left to turn, and that opening the coffin was merely a ploy to buy time. Still, opening it suited him just fine: he could expose Lu Qingyuan's scheme completely before all their brothers. Yan Tianlu stopped and said, "Open the coffin. Let's see how you try to talk your way out of this!"
Lu Qingyuan summoned two men to open the Crystal Coffin, then personally lifted the corpse out. Everyone looked over and saw that its build and appearance were almost identical to Yan Tianlu's. Not only the pirates who seldom dealt with Yan Tianlu, but even a sworn brother like Jiang Xingquan could not readily tell which was real and which was fake.
Yang Zongtong said, "Check his chest for a Jiao Dragon tattoo!"
Lu Qingyuan nodded. Drawing a short sword, he slit the burial clothes and tore them away, exposing the dead man's entire upper body. Sure enough, a Jiao Dragon was tattooed across his chest, its two eyes blood-red.
Everyone cried out in shock. They had largely believed Yang Zongtong's words, but after seeing the tattoo on the corpse's chest, they all began wavering again.
Jiang Xingquan stepped forward to examine the tattoo, only for Lu Qingyuan to cover it with his hand.
Yang Zongtong could not help frowning. He looked at Yan Tianlu, who laughed and said, "Lu Qingyuan, I was right about you. You really are something. Finding this stand-in must have taken you considerable effort!"
Lu Qingyuan said, "You demanded that I open the coffin and examine the body. To prove it to you, I was even willing to disrespect Big Brother. You keep claiming you're the lord of Python Jiao Island, but what proof do you have? Do you