But spilled water could not be gathered again; words once spoken could not be taken back. Bai Qi gritted his teeth. "Devil Lord, you have misunderstood. Back then, neither of us wanted to do that. We were truly forced by others and had no choice but to act as we did."
Yue Qianchou, Da Minglun, and Jin Tai all stirred inwardly and held their breath, vaguely guessing whose head he was about to drag into this.
"Forced?" Sanye the Demon Lord burst into wild, maniacal laughter, pointing at the two men as he shouted, "Speak! I would like to see who dared set their sights on my head." His tone made it clear that he did not believe Bai Qi. He was merely waiting for Bai Qi to name someone so he could expose the lie and humiliate them viciously. There was no other way around it. With the two sides communicating across two realms, aside from humiliating them, there was nothing else he could do.
"Devil Lord may not know that, within the Ancient Forest of the Immortal Realm, there is a Mu who possesses profound cultivation..."
Before Bai Qi could finish, Sanye the Demon Lord's expression shifted as though he had recalled something. His sharp gaze bore down on Bai Qi as he interrupted, "Mu Yuanzi of Musha Sea! Is that who you mean?"
"Th-that..." Bai Qi froze. Even Jin Tai did not know Old Man Mu's name or where he lived, yet Sanye the Demon Lord had identified his origins at once. This threw Bai Qi's plan into disarray, and he feared the two might have a close relationship, making the deception impossible. But on second thought, since things had come to this, a man must be ruthless to succeed—let none of them have it easy. The