"Gift-Giving"!
As Sword Paragon, Gui Jing, and the other high-ranking members of the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect departed, peace returned to Deathmatch Valley once more. The countless spectators stared dumbfounded at Lin Bai and the others.
Lin Bai glanced over the corpses of Zhu Lei and Zhu Lie on the ground and immediately smiled. "Nie Xiong, find two coffins and put Zhu Lei and Zhu Lie's corpses inside. Send them to Zhu Xian City."
"Tell Zhu Shang of the Zhu Family that in one month, I, Dongfang Bai, will pay him a visit to offer my birthday congratulations!"
Lin Bai chuckled.
Nie Xiong was somewhat startled. "Senior Brother Dongfang, if we spread the news of Zhu Lei and Zhu Lie's deaths to Zhu Xian City right now, won't that alert the enemy and give the Zhu Family time to prepare?"
Lin Bai chuckled. "That's exactly what I want—to give the Zhu Family advance warning. Only by giving them a month to prepare can we ensure that not a single person who ought to come will be missing."
Nie Xiong, Jing Shu, and the others all frowned in unison, failing to understand what Lin Bai meant.
Seeing the confusion on everyone's faces, Lin Bai smiled. "Ever since the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect resolved a year ago to sever the roots of Ten Thousand Demons Valley within the Litian Dynasty, the valley's top figures have all gone into hiding."
"Over the past year, the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect has been making a tremendous show of force. Though we've slain many of Ten Thousand Demons Valley's experts, not a single one of its true backbone figures—such as Crushing Mountain Demon Saint—has shown himself, alive or dead."
"Since those experts want to hide, we can only force them to come out."
"Now that we're