Truly Singing the Empty Fort Stratagem

"If the Great Hall Master and Vice Hall Master find out about this, we'll definitely die without a burial place!"

Black-clothed Twenty was terrified.

"How did someone like you cultivate to become a Second-Rank Dao Lord?" Black-clothed Nineteen said helplessly. "Once this letter is sent, if Wen Mengqing is plotting something, we might survive, while the Vice Hall Master will have to die.

"By then, the sky will be high and the sea broad, and we'll be free to fly wherever we please. The Black-clothed Divine Hall has plenty of cultivation resources, but once we leave the Black-clothed Divine Hall, we won't be able to survive, will we?

"If she isn't plotting anything, then with the Vice Hall Master's Third-Rank Dao Lord cultivation taking action, she'll undoubtedly die. By then, won't you be able to say that Wen Mengqing bit us back?

"Besides, why do you think we had to write a letter?

"We could have sent a voice transmission directly, but writing a letter is meant to let Wen Mengqing produce evidence. It's also a sign of our sincerity and our pledge of allegiance.

"On the contrary, the more evidence she can produce, the safer we'll be.

"The Great Hall Master and Vice Hall Master definitely won't think we're stupid enough to leave evidence for Wen Mengqing!

"This must be Wen Mengqing's forgery, meant to stir up turmoil in our Black-clothed Divine Hall!"

"That does seem to make some sense..." Black-clothed Twenty suddenly understood. "This is too convoluted. My brain can't keep up."

"Fortunately, you met me." Black-clothed Nineteen laughed and patted Black-clothed Twenty on the shoulder.

Time passed slowly.

That night.

Black-clothed Nineteen and Black-clothed Twenty threw a letter into the City Lord's Mansion, deliberately creating a commotion as well.

"What are you doing here?"

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