Pitch black filled the copper coffin, with a woman weeping and a man sighing.
After a long while, the inside of the copper coffin finally quieted down.
According to Earth's time, it was already late at night.
The harrowing escape, coupled with the recent Great Battle with those Little Crocodiles, left everyone, including Lu Zhou, very tired and dispirited.
Gradually, they all fell asleep.
But no one could sleep soundly.
Many people would be startled awake as they slept, and some women even woke up from their weeping.
Lu Zhou, like Ye Fan and Pang Bo, didn't sleep well either.
He knew that the Ancestor Crocodile's Divine Sense, and the Great Accomplishment Saint Physique's Divine Sense, had both entered this copper coffin, making it impossible for him to sleep peacefully.
Just in case, he also took the Quasi-Emperor Forbidden Artifact from the Qiankun Pearl and hid it on his person under his clothes.
Only after five or six hours did everyone wake up, and after another two hours or so, their emotions finally calmed down a bit.
Lu Zhou sat alone in a corner far away from Ye Fan and Li Xiaoman, quietly listening to some of their discussions and speculations.
Before long, they discovered that someone next to Ye Fan was dead.
Lu Zhou started watching the show again.
Watching Liu Yunzhi make things difficult for Ye Fan, watching Ye Fan's good friend Pang Bo argue with Liu Yunzhi and the others, and watching Li Xiaoman say those seemingly rational words.
He originally just wanted to be a quiet bystander.
But he didn't expect that Liu Yunzhi's path to death had already been cultivated to such a profound level.
He didn't know which wire in his brain was crossed, but after seeing that many people supported Ye Fan, he intentionally or unintentionally shifted the blame to Lu Zhou.
He only heard Liu Yunzhi say.
“If it wasn't Ye Fan, then who? Could the Culprit be another one of us?”
When he said this, his gaze was fixed on Ye Fan, but in the end, he didn't look at Pang Bo as in the Original Work, but instead looked at Lu Zhou, who was sitting alone in a corner.
Everyone followed his gaze and finally stared at Lu Zhou as well.
They all remembered that Lu Zhou, an outsider, was also present.
They also remembered how fierce Lu Zhou was on the Five-Colored Altar, wielding the Vajra Pestle and Jade Ruyi, killing in all directions.
That ferocity was even greater than Ye Fan, who was called a barbarian, and Pang Bo, who was carrying a door plaque.
They then remembered that there was someone here whose strength was even greater than Ye Fan's.
If they followed Liu Yunzhi's words, if they followed Zhou Yi's words, not believing that Ye Fan would kill his Classmate.
Then it seemed that Lu Zhou, the outsider, was more like the Culprit.
After all, Lu Zhou's strength was greater than Ye Fan's, and he had no Classmate relationship with the deceased.
But this thought was extinguished by them the moment it arose in some people's hearts.
They couldn't figure out Lu Zhou's motive for murder.
They remembered that when Lu Zhou was in Great Battle with the Divine Alligator on the Five-Colored Altar, he had also saved Liu Yiyi, Zhang Wenchang, and several others at a critical moment.
Finally, he, along with Ye Fan and Pang Bo, fought back-to-back, blocking the largest wave of Divine Alligator attacks.
It was also the three of them who killed the most Divine Alligators.
If not for this, they might not be alive now.
“Liu Yunzhi, what do you mean? Have you gone mad? Biting anyone you see?”
“Lu Zhou couldn't possibly be the Culprit either. Don't forget, if it weren't for Lu Zhou's fierce fighting just now, we might all have died there.”
It was Pang Bo speaking.
Perhaps because of the recent side-by-side fighting, he had a good impression of Lu Zhou, and at this moment, he was supporting Lu Zhou, just as he supported Ye Fan, and spoke the thoughts of some people.
Although Ye Fan didn't speak, it could be seen from his expression that he also meant to support Lu Zhou!
In Ye Fan's eyes, Liu Yunzhi was now truly like a mad dog, as Pang Bo said.
But before Pang Bo could finish speaking, Lu Zhou's "Enough" interrupted what he was about to say!
Lu Zhou's voice was not loud, nor did it carry any emotion, it felt very calm.
Lu Zhou felt that Liu Yunzhi, who was holding the Fish Drum, was looking at him, but his gaze lingered more often on the half of the Vajra Pestle and Jade Ruyi that he was holding in his hand.
Lu Zhou sneered.
Greed is the original sin!
Then, everyone saw that Lu Zhou, who had been sitting quietly beside the small copper coffin, stood up.
He held the Jade Ruyi in his left hand and the Vajra Pestle in his right hand, and walked towards Liu Yunzhi step by step.
“What… what do you want to do?”
Liu Yunzhi involuntarily took a half step back, facing Lu Zhou's extremely calm gaze, and for some reason, he felt a little scared.
Despite his fear, he didn't believe that Lu Zhou, an outsider, would dare to do anything to him in front of everyone.
He thought so, and Li Changqing and Wang Yan beside him thought so too.
Not only them, but also some of the others, when they saw Lu Zhou walking towards Liu Yunzhi, they all thought the same.
They believed that Lu Zhou would at most, like Pang Bo and Ye Fan, argue for himself when facing the doubts and accusations of Liu Yunzhi and the others.
Even if he wanted to take action, he should wait for his emotions to build up before doing so.
However, soon, what happened next made them all realize who Lu Zhou was.
Lu Zhou walked up to Liu Yunzhi, and without saying a word, he slapped Liu Yunzhi.
The Fish Drum in Liu Yunzhi's hand was glowing, but at the same time, the Jade Ruyi and Vajra Pestle in Lu Zhou's hands also bloomed with light.
Then, the Fish Drum, which had little energy left, its light went out.
With a ‘pa’ sound.
It sounded exceptionally harsh in the silent copper coffin.
How great was Lu Zhou's strength now? He slapped Liu Yunzhi and sent him flying several meters away, causing him to crash heavily into the coffin wall, and finally fell down.
“Ah~”
Liu Yunzhi let out a heart-wrenching Miserable Scream, his mouth was crooked, the teeth on half of his face had fallen out, and he didn't know how many bones in his entire body were broken.
“Ah~~~ You… how could you… ah.”
“You… you actually dared to hit… ah.”
It was Wang Yan and Li Changqing, who, seeing Liu Yunzhi being slapped by Lu Zhou, instinctively began to accuse Lu Zhou in unison.
Their certain mentality hadn't changed until this moment.
As a result, before they could finish accusing Lu Zhou, Lu Zhou slapped them.
They were also sent flying by Lu Zhou, following in Liu Yunzhi's footsteps, each with a crooked mouth and eyes, feeling as if all the bones in their bodies were broken!
Together with Liu Yunzhi, they lay on the ground and wailed, with Fresh Blood overflowing from their mouths.
It was obvious that Lu Zhou had held back, and didn't mean to kill them directly.
Lu Zhou was wary of the Great Accomplishment Saint Physique's Divine Sense, he remembered that in the Original Work, the Great Accomplishment Saint Physique's Divine Sense had saved Liu Yunzhi and the other three in the Saber-toothed Tiger's Nest.
Lu Zhou forgot the reason, but he was sure that this had happened.
If not, Lu Zhou could really have slapped these three turtles to death now!
Although he didn't slap Liu Yunzhi and the other three to death, this scene instantly shocked everyone present.
Some people instinctively took a few steps back, not daring to get too close to Lu Zhou.
At this moment, they finally understood more about Lu Zhou, the outsider.
“Now, is there anyone who thinks I am the Culprit?”
Lu Zhou's voice was still very calm.