I took a deep breath. At this moment, I had to be calm. If not, a single mistake could cause everlasting regret.
"What are the benefits of being your successor?" I didn't agree immediately but asked nervously.
"There are many benefits. If you inherit my powers, there's nothing that you can't achieve!" The Great Wizard said proudly.
I hesitated for a moment before shaking my head. "Forget it. Just kill me. Even if I lose my life, I don't want to be a traitor."
"Hey."
Not only the surrounding people, even the Great Wizard was stunned. He obviously didn't expect me to make such a decision.
"Is he crazy?"
"Such a good opportunity and he doesn't know how to grasp it."
"Haha, don't you think this is a good thing?
How can the successor of the Great Wizard be … Cough. "
Even though he didn't say it clearly, everyone instantly understood. That person shut his mouth. If the Great Wizard were to vent his anger on him, he would be finished.
Luckily, the Great Wizard's attention was on this brat.
"Brat, you have quite a backbone. Even at this moment, you can still think about the greater good. The more you are like this, the more I think highly of you. I advise you to obediently agree to me. If not, your women, friends and relatives will be cursed to death!" The Great Wizard praised, but his expression turned cold.
My heart skipped a beat. This old thing had grasped my weakness. To be honest, I wasn't a person who was afraid of death. On the contrary, I was willing to sacrifice myself at the crucial moment, but he used the people around me to threaten me.
After a short 'struggle', I looked disappointed. "Alright, I agree to your request. But you have to promise me that you won't harm them in any way."
"Very good, very good. As long as you cooperate, I have no reason to harm them." He revealed a smile as though he had gotten what he wanted.
Actually, I purposely said that. If I had agreed to him straightforwardly, it would instead arouse the Great Warlock's suspicions. Although he was eccentric and unpredictable, and could possibly kill me after I rejected him, but from the astonished expressions of those people, I could roughly guess that no one would be able to replace me.
Because of that, I dared to shake my head. I was betting that he wouldn't easily take action. After the roundabout, at least he seemed more normal.
Then the Great Wizard spoke a few words to the generals. As he spoke in the language of birds, I could not understand him at all.
He walked up to me and took out a pendulum clock, muttering some incomprehensible incantation. My eyelids grew heavier and heavier. Although I tried to resist, I eventually fell asleep.
Not long after, the Grand Wizard brought me onto the helicopter …
Without a doubt, this was an expedient plan of mine. My goal was to protect myself, but it brought about a sensation.
There was no such thing as an airtight wall in the world. In just half a day, this incident had spread throughout Hua Xia. Many online media outlets had also published news reports on this topic.
"Nan Yun's number one martial arts genius was captured by a country at the border!"
In fact, this kind of title was not bad. What's more, they used such a gimmick title like "The Greatest Traitor of the 21st Century". As long as one was literate, they would not be able to resist clicking on it to find out what was going on.
Although some media outlets had stated that I was captured, most of the voices had determined that I was a traitor.
For a time, Weibo and various major social media platforms were filled with related topics. The popularity of this incident had remained high. The name "Zhuang Feng" had also become an explosive figure that surpassed all other celebrities.
The ones who felt the most pressure were none other than Grandmaster Chen, Director Du, and the others. After all, they had a close relationship with me. This was known to the world.
However, they maintained their silence. They did not make any statements, nor did they specifically deny anything. Even the popular Black Mud Mask was urgently taken off the shelves because of this incident.
Obviously, no matter how good and useful the product was, as long as the founder had a stain on it, it would not be approved. A large number of female netizens had caused a commotion on the Internet. Their intentions were good, but they were used by people with ulterior motives to collect all kinds of screenshots of negative comments.
As a result, the management of the Black Mud Mask Company was arrested one by one, including my sister-in-law and Liu Yuhan. Even though they did not do anything, they were still pinned with the crime of instigating the vulnerable.
It was undeniable that I had made a great contribution to Nan Yun, especially in the area of the development of martial arts. In the past, Nan Yun was a barren land for martial arts in the eyes of the outside world. Basically, no one was willing to come to Nan Yun to learn martial arts. Ever since my reputation rose, there was an endless stream of tourists, including young people who wholeheartedly wanted to learn martial arts. Director Du had also absorbed a portion of new blood.
This kind of flourishing grand occasion also rapidly changed as the news spread. In the past, those disciples took pride in joining the martial arts academy. After the incident, they received calls from their relatives and some of them left without saying goodbye. With someone taking the lead, many others followed suit. Although it was not to the point where the place was completely deserted, almost half of them had left. The most infuriating thing was that there were still many large martial arts academies that added insult to injury by offering tempting conditions to snatch those who left.
Director Du himself was also badly battered. Naturally, he did not have the leisure to care about these things. In any case, those who should leave couldn't be kept. When the Sky Eagle Martial Arts Academy was prosperous, it was still difficult to discern people's intentions. Now that trouble had arrived, there was no need to distinguish them.
Most of his energy was focused on searching for clues. After all, the incident was too sudden. Director Du only heard that I had defeated the first guardian of the Five Venoms Cult and then rushed to the mutated warriors' base camp without stopping. If he had known that I would be so reckless, he would definitely have stopped me.
Although the three small countries' economies were not considered developed, witchcraft had a history of over a thousand years. It was said that an expert in witchcraft could even take the life of a person from a thousand miles away. This was not an exaggeration.
From the information obtained by Director Du, it seemed that I had taken the initiative to compromise. However, he understood my character very well and had always wanted to cry out for my injustice.