Lin Bai and the Black Veil Woman had both been harboring ulterior motives during their conversation.
The Black Veil Woman had clearly sensed that Lin Bai was fishing for information. Once she realized it, she immediately clammed up, revealing as little intelligence to Lin Bai as possible.
The Black Veil Woman knew that she might not be Lin Bai's match when it came to schemes and stratagems, but she was not going to sit around and await death. She struck back.
She bluntly told Lin Bai that Chu would not let him leave. Whether it was the Chu Emperor or His Highness Prince Chen, who was about to ascend the throne, neither of them would let him leave.
This left Lin Bai, who was determined to leave the Demon Realm, feeling deeply uncomfortable.
If the Black Veil Woman was telling the truth, and neither the Chu Emperor nor His Highness Prince Chen was willing to let him leave, did that mean Lin Bai would have to point his sword at His Highness Prince Chen?
At the very Prince Chen whom he had once personally supported onto the imperial throne?
At that moment, a seed of suspicion took root in Lin Bai's heart.
Rumble!
Just then, another deafening boom rang out from the Fire Phoenix's lair. A violent, restless surge of flame rolled over like a tide.
Lin Bai, Yi Song, and Huang Qingyun were all swept away by the sudden wave of fire. When they turned and looked closely, they saw that the Corpse Refinement Sect's Holy Son had already shattered the fireball.
Above the Phoenix Tree, the enormous fireball burst apart, scattering fiery rain in all directions. Each streak of fiery rain was enough to kill a martial artist in the Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm, so Lin Bai