Chapter 6297: Taking Stock of the Spoils!
What grudge did Wolf Marquis Lin Bai have with the Northern Region martial artists? Why were the Northern Region martial artists refusing to let Lin Bai off? ... Zhang Bailiu deliberately raised his voice so everyone could hear him.
As soon as he said this, quite a few sect powerhouses in the main hall indeed began to ponder deeply. For a time, the entire hall fell utterly silent, so quiet it was suffocating.
There was an eerie stillness, like the dead calm before a storm.
The powerhouses present were all astonished that Lin Bai had slain the seven members of the Soul Refinement Sect, and amazed by his strength. Yet it seemed many of them had never thought deeply about the grudges behind it.
Zhang Bailiu's words were clearly meant to remind the martial artists present—primarily the Eastern Region martial artists—that the Northern Region martial artists would not target Lin Bai for no reason. There had to be some hidden truth behind this.
As for what that hidden truth was, it was easy enough to guess.
Zhang Bailiu received no answer after asking this question, because no one could possibly answer him, and no one dared to answer him directly.
The Eastern Region martial artists remained silent, the Northern Region martial artists said nothing, the Western Region martial artists watched with smiles, and the Southern Region martial artists were taciturn.
No answer was the best answer.
Of the martial artists present, who wasn't a thousand-year-old fox or a ten-thousand-year-old demon? How could they fail to see the undercurrents surging beneath the surface? It was simply that things had not yet reached the point of "tearing off all pretenses."
Once all pretenses were torn away, it would mean that a bloody battle between the