At that moment, he only thought that in front of so many people, the other party would never tamper with the fruit, so he politely lowered his head and took a bite.
Instantly, a sweet taste filled his mouth, and he couldn't resist finishing the fruit in two bites.
After finishing the fruit, he still savored the taste. "Fellow Daoist, your spiritual fruit is sweet and delicious. May I ask what variety it is?"
But then he saw Qiaoqiao open her almond-shaped eyes wide and look at him with some surprise.
The Bugua Zi was taken aback, puzzled.
Then, gasps of surprise came from the disciples below the stage. Everyone stared at him as if they had seen a ghost, as if he had suddenly grown two heads.
Bugua Zi:?
What's wrong?
Is this a ghost?
Qiaoqiao said, "This fortune teller, your eyes are really wide open."
Bugua Zi:!!!
His eyes were open?!
That's not right!
How did he suddenly see that?!
He threw down his bamboo cane and frantically touched his face. When he touched his eyes, he was horrified to find that they were open!
But he himself was completely unaware of it; in his mind, he believed he was still pretending to be blind.
What exactly happened?!
He panicked and tried to blink hard to close his eyes, but they only opened wider!
[So there really are people who can stare with eyes bigger than saucers, hahaha!]
He looks like a relative of Nangong Gua now!
puff.
Xiao Tingyu, sitting in the audience, was laughing so hard she was practically dumbfounded.
The Bugua Zi of cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
He then realized that there was something wrong with the fruit!
What exactly did you feed me?!
"My senior sister's specially made fruit pills are shaped like spiritual fruits, and they even taste just like them! Aren't they delicious?" Qiaoqiao said proudly, "My third senior sister is a genius Alchemist!"
Wen Zhi smiled slightly; it was just a plan she came up with to coax her junior sister into taking more of the nourishing pills.
Bugua Zi: This is absolutely outrageous!
Someone actually turns elixirs into spiritual fruits? How incredibly bored must they be!
He panicked completely.
To convince others that he was blind, he lied and claimed that Demon Beast had gouged out his eyes. It's important to know that the Cultivation World has countless miraculous elixirs that can cure common eye ailments. Only by saying this could he make it appear incurable. By exploiting the sympathy of his teachers, he gained far more resources and attention than ordinary disciples, stepping on others to achieve his current status as Little Divine Calculator.
As time went on, everyone accepted that he was blind, and fewer and fewer people suspected him. This made it easier for him to do whatever he wanted in the mortal world and vent his inner darkness on ordinary people.
But now, in front of everyone, he opened his eyes!
His eyes were both intact; they hadn't been eaten by the Demon Beast at all. His lie was exposed!
If he could Reversal time, he would definitely pluck out his own eyeballs to prevent future troubles!
Qiaoqiao: [Hiss~ Is he thinking of gouging out his eyes as soon as possible?]
[It's clear that pretending for too long will make you stupid.]
[Shouldn't a normal person be thinking, "I shouldn't have taken that fake ' Wide-Eye Pill ' just now?"]
"Fellow Daoist Bu, with your eyes so wide open, can you see or not?" Qiaoqiao asked, full of curiosity.
Bugua Zi:...
She's so mean!!
His face turned from blue to purple, then purple to white, a series of changing colors, while his mind raced. What to do?!
His eyeballs are perfectly fine in their sockets, everyone can see that. Since that's the case, why not go with the flow and try to find a way out!
"Your senior sister's pills are truly miraculous. After eating that spiritual fruit, I seem to have suddenly regained my sight."
Wen Zhi: Bah!
That's incredibly shameless.
"Oh." Qiaoqiao wasn't surprised at all. "That's great! If someone with normal vision took the Wide-Eye Pill,' their eyeballs would gradually pop out, and then their entire eye socket would explode with a 'bang.' That scene would be a bit scary."
Bugua Zi:???
He actually felt a sharp pain in his eye socket, and when he reached up to touch the corner of his eye, he found it was wet with blood!
Qiaoqiao said softly, "Fellow Daoist Bu, since you're blind, your eye sockets won't just explode with a 'bang,' will they?"
Bugua Zi: Please stop making that 'bang' sound, I can picture it!
He clutched his eyes in anguish, then released them after a moment, staring intently at Qiaoqiao, his tone turning icy, "Hand over the antidote, or else..."
"I can give you the antidote, but you must answer one question for me."
"When you went to the mortal city, you encountered an elderly couple driving an oxcart. What did you do to them?"
"..."
"Bang!"
"!!!"
The veins on the Bugua Zi's forehead throbbed wildly. He could feel the pain in his eye sockets growing increasingly intense. He was ruthless enough to abandon his eyes, but that was just a thought...
If his eyeballs explode, will he be able to keep his face? What if he loses his mouth and nose? Won't he become a faceless ghost?!
"Fellow Daoist Bu--"
"I extorted thirty taels of silver from them!" he couldn't help but shout, "Give me the antidote now!"
"Why did you do that?" Qiaoqiao asked curiously. "That's their life savings. You swindled them out of their money. How are they going to live? The money is useless to you, isn't it?"
"Because I'm a bastard! I just want to torture them! I'll be satisfied when they're dead!" the Bugua Zi roared. "Are you satisfied now?"
The audience was completely silent.
All the disciples stared at the hoarse-voiced Bugua Zi, as if they had never met him before.
What kind of heartless person would try to swindle money from ordinary people and let them starve to death?