The Dust Settles, First Senior Sister Offers Another Plan (Sacrifice)

Wei Yan Dongning, a peak Return to Void big shot, had an astonishingly oppressive presence.

Perhaps because he had spent so long with Lazy Master, Show-off had already forgotten the fear of being ruled by True Lords.

"This venerable one is rather curious now. How did you see through my identity? Or rather, how did you know I was still alive and had appeared here?"

News of his death had clearly already been spread, and it had even been personally verified by the Justice Bureau. By rights, no one should have suspected he was still alive.

Lin Heng smiled faintly and asked in return, "Feng Cai should be someone at your side, Senior Dongning, right?"

"Oh? You even guessed that?!" Wei Yan Dongning was even more surprised.

"That's very simple. Because when I first spoke with the head of Wei Yan's Family, only he clearly heard our conversation and knew what the next move would be."

"At the time, Lady Ziyan was going to secretly arrest you, but somehow came up empty-handed. That was when I suspected that news had leaked out, but I still did not suspect steward Feng Cai."

"What truly made me suspect him was your feigned death, Senior Dongning," Lin Heng explained.

"My death? What problem was there with my feigned death?!"

"Heh! A Return to Void True Lord, in the prime of his strength, suddenly died violently, and the timing of death was so coincidental. Not earlier, not later, but right when Lady Ziyan was arresting you. That was a little too deliberate..."

"Mm!" Wei Yan Dongning nodded and affirmed, "What you said is right. It was indeed very deliberate. Because at the time there was no other way. Who knew your people would arrive so quickly?"

"So you acted in haste, using the chance