It had to be said that Gu Longjun was a sly and clever fellow. At this moment, he had avoided the issue head-on and shifted the blame, dragging the source of the trouble completely back onto Chou.
Mo Hanxian naturally understood that Bai Xuefeng had suffered a loss. However, he felt that since their Hanxian Sect was helping bear the brunt of it, the Lineage should at least make some concessions in other matters. Only with an exchange could everyone come out ahead. If they truly haggled over every single issue, they might not finish talking even by the second day.
Seeing Mo Hanxian nod, the two black-badge elders immediately escorted Chou in from the side hall. Her face was ashen, showing that she had clearly suffered quite a bit recently. Even her Dao Body had yet to recover fully, and she had hurried back to the mountain gate.
She trusted that her master would protect her, which was why she had returned to the mountain. But she had never considered that even her master might not be able to resolve this matter. She was mired in the mud herself and might even bring death to many people. Her heart must have been in turmoil.
I watched her enter without displaying the slightest emotional fluctuation. Of course, she could no longer cause me trouble either, because she knew that Shaozheng Hao had died at my hands. If she exchanged glances with me now, how would that be any different from admitting it herself?
When Chou passed by Shaozheng Yifu, his face was gloomy. He said coldly, "Sister-in-law, you joined forces with this Xia Qiliang to kill my nephew. Is that true or not?"
Chou clenched her teeth without answering a word. She continued forward with the two black-badge elders until