"What? They received word in advance? Then by doing this, Junior Brother Lin was in the open while the enemy hid in the dark. Wouldn't the slightest carelessness have made him fall into a trap the other side had laid?"
The Silver-Eyed Maiden was greatly alarmed. Though she clearly knew Lin Xuan was safe at this moment, when she thought of how perilous the situation had been then, her heart could not help tightening with nervous worry.
The youth surnamed Long's expression was much the same. With the other side calculating against him deliberately while he was caught unaware, it was hard to imagine just how Junior Brother Lin had broken through the crisis he had faced.
And Zhang Luo's eloquence was rather good. At this moment, he was recounting it vividly and dramatically:
"The entire process was twisted, strange, and full of turns. The elders of the Three Sects Alliance were sinister and despicable. Fearing Ancestor Lin's renowned might and magical power, they had more people against fewer, yet still did not dare face him head-on. They could only lay out some plots and schemes from the shadows."
"Plots and schemes?"
"Indeed. It is said that it was the Spirit Ghost Sect Master who proposed setting up the Spirit Ghost Five Elements Array to deal with Ancestor Lin. They even used threats and temptations to force some captured disciples of our sect into becoming traitors, luring Junior Brother Lin deep into the array. Then that traitor launched a sneak attack, catching Ancestor Lin off guard and causing him to be poisoned by the Styx Poison..."
"What?"
The Silver-Eyed Maiden and the youth surnamed Long looked at each other, both stunned by what they heard.
Although they had guessed that after the three sects learned of Lin Xuan's whereabouts, they