Inside the detached residence.
The atmosphere froze in an instant.
Old Wen and Dao Child Yu You sat silently to one side. They kept quiet while also paying close attention to the conversation between Lin Bai and Ma Leiyu.
Lin Bai held a wine cup, his fingers dancing as the cup seemed to leap and dance atop his fingertips. His gaze revolved continuously with it.
He did not seem to have any intention of looking at Ma Leiyu at all.
Ma Leiyu's thoughts were in turmoil. Cold sweat streamed down his face, which had turned exceptionally pale.
He worked his lips, wanting to speak several times, but the words he had organized in his mind felt inappropriate whenever they reached the tip of his tongue, so he swallowed them back down.
Roughly the time it took to drink a cup of tea passed, yet Ma Leiyu still had not organized his thoughts or said anything. Lin Bai could already sense that the pressure on his mind was about to crush him.
"Ah."
Waiting any longer felt boring to Lin Bai, so he let out a soft sigh, silently placed the wine cup in his hand on the table, and turned to speak to Ma Leiyu.
Thump... The moment these words came from the Imperial Son's mouth, Palace Imperial Son's heart began pounding violently. His slowly beating heart seemed about to leap out through his mouth.
Regardless of whether the Imperial Son admitted that he was Ma Leiyu of the Four Gloom Demon Palace, the Four Gloom Demon Palace had already announced to the outside world that the Imperial Son was Ma Leiyu of the Four Gloom Demon Palace. This was already an indisputable fact.
Lin Bai asked in a deep voice, "Are Pure Yang Sect and Phoenix Valley secretly plotting