Silver-white moonlight spilled across the earth through thin clouds and mist.
Mist Smoke Mountain seemed draped in a veil of moon-white gauze.
In the dense forest, the Sallow Man with Orange Peel Face hovered a palm's height above the ground. With each step, he covered dozens of meters.
Vice Dean Sun has always been generous. Once we capture that alchemist, I should get at least eighty or a hundred Dao Merit as a reward. The Sallow Man with Orange Peel Face hummed an unknown tune as he thought to himself.
Thinking of how Zhang Lang and Li Huan had fawned over him earlier, the Sallow Man with Orange Peel Face could not help but sneer.
"Two idiots!"
"Chen Mu is an alchemist. Even if he was set up, Vice Dean Sun only did it because he values his abilities and wants to bring him under his command."
"They still want to curry favor with Vice Dean Sun? Heh..." The Sallow Man with Orange Peel Face was full of disdain.
"But if this really works out, I may have to deal with Chen Mu in the future."
"He is an alchemist, after all. If he rises to prominence later and seeks revenge over this scheme..." The Sallow Man with Orange Peel Face narrowed his eyes.
"Zhang and Li can't be allowed to live."
"If I kill those two, then only Vice Dean Sun will know that I was behind this scheme."
"With that leverage, Vice Dean Sun will trust me even more. He will never tell Chen Mu the truth."
"I can make Zhang and Li take the blame. Maybe I can even use their lives to win Chen Mu's favor!"
"Ha! Killing two birds with one stone!"
He was quietly making his calculations.
A chorus of ghostly wails suddenly rose