Chapter 506

Chapter 506: Helpless Exposure
Even though Zhang Mu’s evasive moves made him wary, Cang Yu, whose face showed no mercy, was about to strike until Vaidehi ordered him to stop.
“Cang Yu, are you still going to attack in front of me?”
Seeing Queen Vaidehi speak up for Zhang Mu, Cang Yu immediately closed his fan and calmly replied, “Cang Yu wouldn’t dare.”
With his head lowered, Cang Yu glanced deeply at Zhang Mu, clearly mistaking him for someone Wan Xu had sent to deal with him.
The old man, marrying his daughter to him, was just to save face and not embarrass himself.
Now he has brought in a stranger, who is getting close to Qing Ling, even though he acts indifferent towards her, it is still a slap in the face to him, Cang Yu!
There was a hint of malice in Cang Yu’s eyes, though well disguised, Zhang Mu still noticed it.
He was puzzled, wondering what grudge could be so big? He has yet to retaliate.
Little did he know, in order to make Qing Ling helplessly dependent on him, he intentionally isolated Qing Ling and made her believe it was because of her own personality.
When feeling isolated and alone, a warm embrace suddenly appeared, making it easy to capture her heart, and eventually becoming the leader of the vine tribe.
However, Zhang Mu’s appearance shattered everything. The more he looked, the more he felt that something was not right between Zhang Mu and Qing Ling, otherwise why would Qing Ling, who usually disregarded everyone, be so concerned about this boy?
At that moment, Zhang Mu, who had narrowly escaped a disaster, clearly felt another extremely strong gaze fixed on him.
Queen Vaidehi, surrounded by a flower sea, unexpectedly walked step by step towards his position.
With each gentle step, a thin layer of flower petals automatically generated, paving the way.
The queen who emerged from the sea of flowers was elegant and dignified, cold but approachable.
But the most important thing was that this Queen Vaidehi had a familiar but unexplainable aura to Zhang Mu.
Zhang Mu confidently met Queen Vaidehi’s gaze.
Seeing Zhang Mu like this, the many tribal chiefs looked at Zhang Mu with a solemn feeling for the first time.
What are they looking at?
But even Zhang Mu himself hadn’t noticed where the oversight was.
“In your gaze, I see respect, yet you are not affected by my authority. Your true strength must be more than just third-rank peak, right?”
Other tribal chiefs, including Cang Yu, looked at Zhang Mu thoughtfully. If it’s a fourth-rank strength, it’s no wonder he wasn’t intimidated by the queen’s authority, no wonder he could evade Cang Yu’s attacks, everything finally made sense.
Zhang Mu felt comforted by Vaidehi’s words, without any sense of danger.
It was because of this that Zhang Mu became extremely cautious.
With just a simple sentence, all his guards were lowered.
This power was too terrifying.
It was at this moment that Zhang Mu suddenly realized the magnitude of his mistake.
As a member of the Vine Tribe with peak third-rank strength, Zhang Mu failed to show absolute obedience to Queen Vaidehi, who controlled everything.
Careless!
It’s no wonder that Zhang Mu, indeed, didn’t consider this aspect. Although he was only a mediocre member of the plant tribe and arrived here due to a mistake in Era Battlefield, the power within him was truly The Source of Wood!
His control over the plant tribe was on par with Queen Vaidehi!
But now, showing submission is too late, it will only cause suspicion from the other party. It’s better not to act recklessly and deny that you are not part of their plant clan, of course, she won’t intimidate you.
Luckily, I can still unleash my fourth-rank power, otherwise daring to ignore the queen’s authority at the peak of the third rank would raise suspicions in everyone’s hearts. In this case, my future plans won’t need to be implemented.
Zhang Mu felt a bit bitter in his heart. He wanted to hide his strength a little longer and progress gradually but now he wasn’t given a chance. As for why he had fourth-rank power, he needed to think of another excuse.
Zhang Mu didn’t say much. He slowly released the aura belonging to the early fourth-rank, which was the limit that his illusion could deceive.
That’s indeed the case!
Vaidehi nodded slightly and said, “Your awakening ability is very special, and having fourth-rank strength. Why haven’t I seen you before? Otherwise, you should have had a place in this meeting too.”
Qing Ling also looked at Zhang Mu in disbelief. She never imagined that Zhang Mu would have fourth-rank strength.
Why didn’t he notice when she scared Zhang Mu? Was it deliberate to tease herself?
That stinky Zhang Mu, really, he had been pretending to be weak all along, teasing oneself. Previously, he complained a lot after snatching a foreign creature’s corpse. It turns out it was all an act. I was completely fooled.
Without Vaidehi’s help, I might have continued to be fooled by this silly-looking guy, even though I was worried about him just now.
How could Cang Yu handle someone at the beginning of the fourth-rank stage!
Qing Ling was getting angrier and angrier, being pulled by Vaidehi, glaring at Zhang Mu with an annoyed look.
How dare someone play a trick on Qing Ling?
The Empress now ignored the important information Qing Ling mentioned. A newly emerged individual at the beginning of the fourth-rank stage is worth celebrating for the whole plant tribe.
The leap from the peak of the third-rank to the beginning of the fourth-rank is really difficult.
“You are a member of the Vine Clan, why didn’t Chief Wan Xu mention you before? Are you deliberately hiding your strength?”
Zhang Mu couldn’t lie and had to nervously say, “Your Majesty, I actually just entered the Era Battlefield yesterday.”
Zhang Mu’s voice was small but clear enough for many clan chiefs and other fourth-rank evolvers to hear.
When these words were spoken, the whole room was in an uproar.
Just yesterday he entered Era Battlefield, which means he went from third-rank peak to fourth-rank initial stage in just one day.
How is this possible?
Even Queen Vaidehi frowned and looked at Qing Ling beside her.
Qing Ling angrily said, “This Zhang Mu only entered Era Battlefield yesterday. Qing Ling just registered him today and had him join Qing Ling’s first team to scout the battlefield.
Then by chance, he discovered some important military information and hurriedly came to find you, sister Vaidehi.
But this guy actually hid from me that he is of fourth-rank strength, it makes me so mad.”
The room suddenly fell silent, everyone waiting for Zhang Mu to explain.
Zhang Mu realized he couldn’t delay any longer, so he had a clever idea and thought of a suitable excuse.
Trying to deceive Qing Ling about a big opportunity won’t work. These cunning old foxes won’t let go of such chances, and it’ll be hard to cover up later. It’s better to blame it on your own awakening ability.
“My awakening ability is to hide my aura, but I found that I could also hide my strength, always staying at the early stage of the third-rank.”
Zhang Mu showed a bitter smile, “I am a cowardly person, so when I heard about the summons to Era Battlefield and the queen’s recruitment, I kept my strength suppressed at the early stage of the third-rank to avoid being forcibly recruited.”
“But after three months, I got too bored, so I decided to enter Era Battlefield and follow the queen’s footsteps.”
To prove his words, Zhang Mu demonstrated his awakening ability from the early stage of the third-rank to the peak of the third-rank, then dropping to the early stage of the fourth-rank, and finally back to the early stage of the third-rank.
With his hands raised innocently, he replied, “Queen, it’s like this.”
Upon hearing Zhang Mu’s shameless words, Wan Xu’s face under the long beard twitched uncontrollably.
So that’s how it is.
He’s from the vine clan, how did such a cowardly clan member like Zhang Mu come out?