Mu Zhongping's rebuttal was not meant to stand on my side and provide evidence for me. Instead, he wanted to draw out Nunu's rebuttal to Fan Tiansheng and thereby obtain more useful, real information for himself!
"There's truth in what this fellow says. Although the innate ghost aura of my Linyue Kingdom was left behind by the Supreme God, it isn't something just anyone can carry away. It naturally has its reasons for remaining here! The Sacred Dao Sect trying to take it away would be nothing but courting destruction! But as far as I know, Fellow Daoist Fan isn't trying to seize the innate ghost aura to help the orthodox path. He's doing it for himself, isn't he?" Nunu suddenly dropped a bombshell.
My expression shifted. I truly hadn't expected that it wasn't the Sacred Dao Sect who wanted the innate ghost aura, but Fan Tiansheng!
Even Mu Zhongping was utterly surprised, but he soon stroked his beard and chuckled. "Of course. At the time, Fellow Daoist Fan possessed the Apex of the Sacred Dao and was publicly acknowledged by the Sacred Dao Sect as the candidate most likely to become its future sect master. But later, he learned that the Sacred Dao Sect had been using him as a pawn. After assassinating you, Zi Qingyun, he couldn't escape either, and certain death awaited him. Naturally, he had to find another way out. Thus, his attempt to seize the innate ghost aura made perfect sense."
So that's how it was. Fan Tiansheng truly was a talent. And he definitely wasn't as poor at reading people as he claimed. On the contrary, he was fiercely aggressive and knew exactly how to adapt to circumstances!
"So, after making several unsuccessful requests during negotiations, he finally chose to fight for it one