What unsettled Baiqiao most on this trip was what Xiaoyou had said: the Tier 5 Spirit Vein Lingyun had promised had later been taken back!
He had countless reasons to explain how helpless he had been, and what exactly his thinking had been.
However, he truly had no way to bring up this subject on his own. No matter how he argued it, Lingyun Sect had handled things rather dishonorably.
At the very least, they had wanted to push True Venerable Qu to the front and have him clash with the Baiyou Merchant Alliance first.
That alone was enough. They could not escape the charge of killing with a borrowed knife no matter what.
Of course, if True Venerable Qu brought it up first, Baiqiao could follow his train of thought and try to explain a little, so as to dispel his resentment.
But for him to say it himself would not only be somewhat embarrassing, it would also make him seem even more like he was trying to cover things up. It was far too likely to provoke the other party's anger.
Yet now, Qu Jianlei did not mention the matter, and even refused to take up the thread at all, which left him somewhat at a loss.
Was he keeping it to himself because he bore a grudge? Baiqiao had no choice but to consider that possibility.
In the end, however, he chose to trust the other party's intelligence and character.
"I won't say more than that. Time reveals a person's heart. We still have a long time ahead of us dealing with each other. I hope you won't be misled by people with ulterior motives."
"How baffling," Qu Jianlei said, shaking his head. He could roughly guess what the other man was worried about.
Wasn't he just