"Second, I want you to help me find Su Jin—and help me rescue him!" Lin Bai said, looking at Dan Xiaonan.
Dan Xiaonan smiled and asked, "What exactly is Su Jin's relationship with you, that you're willing to go to such lengths to save him?"
"There are many remnants of Sword Lake scattered outside now, but none of them dare show their faces!"
"Only you, after committing a monstrous crime, still want to go to Divine Capital to save Su Jin?"
"Could it be... that he's your father?"
Dan Xiaonan asked tentatively.
When Lin Bai heard her words, his eyes suddenly flashed, and inspiration struck him.
Lin Bai fell into thought!
"Now that I've killed the Prefect Guards and destroyed Prefectural City, I'm already listed on the Central Sacred Nation's Sinister Ranking!"
"Why not borrow Sword Lake's identity to conceal myself?"
"If the Central Sacred Nation insists on investigating, they'll only find that I'm a disciple of Sword Lake. For the time being, it'll be difficult for them to trace me back to East Continent!"
"Perhaps Sword Lake will become my last lifesaving talisman!"
Lin Bai murmured inwardly.
Seeing Lin Bai lost in thought, Dan Xiaonan asked, "What were you thinking about just now?"
"He's my adoptive father!" Lin Bai blurted out when he heard her question.
"Your adoptive father?" Dan Xiaonan asked in astonishment.
Lin Bai said solemnly, "I was orphaned from a young age, a beggar by the roadside. He took pity on me and gave me a steamed bun. I followed him for five miles, kowtowing to repay his kindness. Unable to bear it, he brought me back to Sword Lake!"
"Really?" Dan Xiaonan asked suspiciously.
The solemn expression on Lin Bai's face suddenly changed, and he chuckled. "Of course not. I was fooling you. You're so