"Don't... don't trust him..." Nunu suddenly spoke.
Her abrupt remark instantly put me on guard against Fan Tiansheng. Nine out of ten things Nunu said were lies, but I could hear that this time was different. After all, Fan Tiansheng's side had gradually grown eerily calm, while Mu Zhongping's brows had also drawn together slightly.
"Nunu, are you all right?" I took her hand and quickly retreated farther away. As for the three brothers, they came over to me as soon as the battlefield fell silent and shielded me from the front.
"Young Master... don't trust him..." Nunu clutched her head and continued warning me. I immediately asked, "What's going on?"
"Hmph. Can a child whose mouth is full of lies be trusted?" Fan Tiansheng snorted coldly. He then stood beside the Corpse Fiend with his hands behind his back. Mu Zhongping still looked completely at ease, while the Three Sect Masters had vanished without a trace. I had no idea whether they had fled.
"Fan Tiansheng... deceived you. He wants to extract the Primordial Ghost Aura... He doesn't merely want the entire Linye Kingdom—he wants to rule the Orthodox Path as well!" Nunu suddenly stopped speaking in that coquettish tone, and I almost couldn't believe my ears.
"What nonsense are you spouting!" Fan Tiansheng was furious. Mu Zhongping, however, seemed quite interested. He stepped much farther forward than Fan Tiansheng and said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Fan, since the contract cannot be reversed, we will have to open the Zhoutian Gate on the seventh level eventually. Otherwise, this lad Xia will die too. Why not listen to what Fellow Daoist Zi Qingyun has to say and review that piece of history from back then?"
"I still advise Fellow Daoist Mu not to be too curious. Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't