The two had prepared more than this. After offering up their family fortunes and treasures and receiving Meng Zhao's gift from the blood pool, they continued,
"General, please hear us out. We are merely law-abiding families and had nothing to do with rescuing Wu Huaien. It was entirely the people of Hell Path, colluding with the thieves of the Pudu Cult, who threatened our two families and pressured us into complying.
"Now that we no longer wish to aid evil in its tyranny, we naturally hope that the General will soon root out such thieves. Thus, we are willing to offer the General the identities and hideouts of these Hell Path villains."
With that, they thoroughly sold out Envoy Wang and Hua Zizai, who had been hiding amid the marketplace.
Envoy Wang was an outsider, and the two knew little about him. They only knew that he was the mastermind behind this affair. Hua Zizai, on the other hand, had lived in Lingwu City for many years and was rather well-known, so they were extremely familiar with him.
Meng Zhao was somewhat surprised as well. He had an excellent memory and knew of Hua Zizai. He had even exchanged a few words with him before. At close range, if the man had carried the aura of the Demonic Path, Meng Zhao's discerning eyes would surely have seen through him at a glance.
Yet he had noticed nothing and had been deceived by the man. This showed that Hua Zizai truly cultivated an incomparably pure orthodox cultivation method. For a man of the Demonic Path to cultivate righteous techniques was indeed strange.
Yet it was precisely because of this that he could conceal himself within the martial world. Though he had some fame, few ever connected him to the Demonic Path.