Lin Bai sat motionless in the dungeon for three days. During that time, no one appeared before him.
Yet at dawn on the fourth day, a middle-aged man wearing a black-patterned python-dragon robe arrived outside Lin Bai's dungeon.
Lin Bai opened his eyes and looked toward the door.
"Greetings, Sect Master Ye Wuhuan!"
Lin Bai rose and respectfully clasped his fists.
The newcomer was none other than Ye Wuhuan!
Ye Wuhuan stood silently outside the dungeon. Through the doorframe, he gazed at Lin Bai inside, his eyes deep and flashing with strange light. No one knew what he was thinking.
Under Ye Wuhuan's eerie gaze, Lin Bai felt uncomfortable from head to toe.
Lin Bai had no idea what had happened.
Yet he was thinking to himself: Did Ye Wuhuan come here to announce the Hall of Law Enforcement's decision?
After staring at Lin Bai for a long while, Ye Wuhuan raised his hand and waved. The dungeon's restrictions opened, and Ye Wuhuan said, "You can leave now."
"Leave?" Lin Bai stared blankly at Ye Wuhuan and asked, "Wasn't the Hall of Law Enforcement going to punish me?"
Ye Wuhuan said, "You're innocent now."
With that, Ye Wuhuan turned and walked away.
"I'm innocent now?"
Lin Bai stood in the dungeon, utterly bewildered.
When Ye Wuhuan had arrived moments ago, Lin Bai had already thought through how he would break the dungeon's restrictions in front of Ye Wuhuan and what methods he would use to escape Divine Relic Ridge.
He had already planned every possible route of escape.
Lin Bai had even been prepared to fight to the death.
Yet Ye Wuhuan had told him that he was innocent.
"The door is open. Whether you leave or not is up to you. You're still one of Divine Relic Ridge's seven