"Father, what did the Wolf Marquis mean by that?"
Lady White Deer did not understand, so she asked Chao Yushi.
A crafty smile slowly spread across Chao Yushi's lips. "The words 'invite an elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect to draw my flying sword and give it to Luo Yu from childhood onward' seem simple, but they carry a deeper meaning."
Lady White Deer asked, "What deeper meaning?"
Chao Yushi patiently explained, "Think about it... Why did he have to invite an elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect to act?"
"Because Lin Bai considers himself the foremost disciple of the Flying Sword Devil Sect. In his view, no one—not even the Nine Holy Sons—can draw his flying sword."
"That was why the Wolf Marquis said... to invite an elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect to act..."
"Don't underestimate such a short sentence. If an elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect really came, I estimate he wouldn't dare draw the sword either!"
Lady White Deer and Zhang Linghu stared at each other, utterly baffled. In unison, they asked, "Why?"
Chao Yushi smiled. "If an elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect drew Lin Bai's flying sword, wouldn't that mean... the elder of the Flying Sword Devil Sect had admitted that a disciple of his own sect was inferior to Lin Bai?"
"For the sake of the Flying Sword Devil Sect's reputation, even if one of its elders came, he wouldn't act to rescue Luo Yu. Instead, he would have a disciple of the Flying Sword Devil Sect rescue him."
Only then did Lady White Deer and Zhang Linghu understand. They both laughed. "Who would have thought the Wolf Marquis was so sinister?"
Chao Yushi smiled. "How could someone who walked all the way from an insignificant minor