Wei He had not expected it either.
That You Fu would send him such a scalding-hot potato.
The information he had uncovered at first had been incomplete. And judging by the fact that You Fu had only asked him to protect Su Zhao for one month,
he had probably only intended for Su Zhao to briefly stay here under cover. Who would have thought that something had gone wrong somewhere along the line?
The news had leaked, and now people from the Wushi Sect had come knocking.
Thoughts raced through Wei He's mind, one idea after another flashing past.
If the Wushi Sect truly acted without law or restraint and disregarded everything, they would not have come beforehand to negotiate terms with me. They must have some misgivings.
But those misgivings should not be too strong. They merely keep them from acting utterly without scruple.
Nothing happened to Su Zhao while he was in You Fu's hands. This means either the Wushi Sect had not found Su Zhao before, or they were wary of You Fu's strength as well.
And You Fu, as a Ming Gan, was also in a hurry to send Su Zhao away. That means he too was wary of the Wushi Sect, or of some other trouble.
Both sides had misgivings. That meant both sides had powerful backing forces behind them—forces strong enough to make the other side wary.
Behind the Wushi Sect stood the Three Main Peaks. Then what stood behind Alliance Master You?
An idea formed in Wei He's mind, and his thoughts swiftly fell into order. Looking again at the people before him, he understood their intentions as well.
The Wushi Sect's Ming Gan-level experts surely had their own misgivings and would not move lightly. Otherwise, how could the likes of Organ Refining