Three days later, five new Black Shirts team members emerged from the valley illusion simulated by Wenren Sheng.
Once outside, they looked at one another and stood there in silence for a long time.
"It really was hard..." muttered one of the tallest, burliest male team members.
"It was hard indeed. If we hadn't known beforehand that it was an illusion, all of us would probably have died at Brother Zhan's hands," another slender female team member snorted coldly.
"Sheng Cai, what are you saying? What happened in the illusion shouldn't be taken seriously," another handsome young team member tried to persuade her.
"What did I say wrong? When facing that Longevity Grass, Brother Zhan wanted to silence all of us. If I hadn't snapped him out of it at the end and made him pull back from the brink, none of us would have gotten out!" The slender female team member named Sheng Cai openly tore away all pretense.
"Nonsense! I didn't! I never did anything to betray any of you! You were the one who got confused at the time!" The tall, burly team member surnamed Zhan flushed red as he defended himself.
"I got confused? Everyone knows that real Longevity Grass can extend an Otherworldly User's lifespan by thirty to fifty years. Many masters would gladly trade an Otherworldly Species for one. If that hadn't been an illusion just now, but a real valley, I think everyone knows what you would have done. Besides, with the Mist Wall over the Pacific Ocean, after getting the Longevity Grass, you could have fled to the other side. There would have been nothing we could do to you!" Sheng Cai shouted, her voice filled with despair and grief.
The team member surnamed Zhan bit his lip, unable to defend himself