Chapter 138 - Seeking Peace at a High Price
Mingshi Yin said, “What’s the relationship between your lady and Wei Zhuoyan?” He could tell from Wu Sheng and Wu Guan’s tone that Wei Zhuoyan and Mo Li did not seem to be on friendly terms.
“Uh…” Wu Sheng stammered and did not dare to say anything.
“You said the incident at Measure Heaven River has nothing to do with your lady, and yet, there was a Grand Witchcraft Formation at the jetty where they fished for the corpses. An elite, Chen Zhu, was also guarding that place. Do you think I’m stupid?”
Thud!
Wu Sheng and Wu Guan fell to their knees without any hesitation. Their foreheads broke out in sweat and said, “Lady Mo Li was only acting on orders. The activity at the jetty has been going on before the Formation was laid. The Fish Dragon Village incident truly has nothing to do with my lady. If there’s half a lie in my words, I’ll die a gruesome death!”
No matter what they said, Mingshi Yin and Duanmu Sheng were determined not to believe them.
The atmosphere tensed.
Just when the two of them were about to get up, Pan Zhong, who had remained silent from the beginning, said, “Why does the mistress of the Ten Shamans’ descendants have the name Mo Li?”
“That’s right,” Wu Sheng sighed and said, “At the battle of Measure Heaven River many years ago, Wei Zhuoyan and the Black Knights’ Fan Xiuwen wiped out the Other Tribes near the river. Their true objective was to search for the bones of the Bai people. Then, their target changed to Cheng Huang. Not even Wei Zhuoyan and Fan Xiuwen themselves know about this. The palace suspects that Cheng Huang had sunk to the bottom of the river along with the bones of the Bai people in that battle.”
“So, the palace is really fishing for Cheng Huang? And, it hasn’t been found after all these years?” Pan Zhong interrupted.
Wu Sheng shook his head and said, “If it had been found, we wouldn’t have this misunderstanding today.” When he finished speaking, he glanced at Lu Zhou who looked indifferent. He bowed and said, “I’ve told you what I know truthfully… Pavilion Master, does your offer remain?”
Lu Zhou stroked his beard and said, “I’ve always stayed true to my words.”
“Thank you, lord Pavilion Master!” The two of them hastily bowed.
“See our guests off.”
“Understood.”
Since Lu Zhou was the one who said this, the others, naturally, did not oppose it.
They looked on as Wu Sheng and Wu Guan left the Evil Sky Pavilion.
…
Shortly after, Wu Sheng and Wu Guan exited Golden Court Mountain’s barrier. When they stepped out of its bounds, they sighed in relief.
“Brother, the Evil Sky Pavilion killed Chen Zhu. What should we do? How should we tell Lady Mo about this?” Wu Guan asked worriedly.
“I know what to do… If we don’t pay a great price, we wouldn’t be able to make the Evil Sky Pavilion lower their guard. The secret of Cheng Huang must’ve been impactful. Everyone knows that Ji Tiandao’s time’s almost up. Now that he learns about this, what do you think he’ll do?” Wu Sheng said.
“That’s brilliant, big brother.” Wu Guan was hit with a sudden realization.
“I’ll explain this to Lady Mo.”
“What about Pan Zhong? I didn’t expect that brigand to side with the Evil Sky Pavilion. He had spoken rudely and insulted the Ten Shamans! That’s abominable!”