Blood Taozi halted, turned around, and gazed at Lin Fan with a bewildered expression. "Did this subordinate do something wrong?"
Lin Fan said, "Are you going to keep pretending?"
Looking at the puzzled Blood Taozi, he continued, "I've always been curious about why Flowing Cloud Sword Sect joined forces with ghost cultivators to target Blood Demon Sect."
"Ghost cultivators from Ghost King Sect have always held themselves above everyone else. Why would they take the initiative to approach Flowing Cloud Sword Sect?"
"Master, what do you mean..."
Lin Fan looked at Blood Taozi with an ambiguous smile. "There's only one explanation. Someone deliberately leaked the Sect Master of the Sword Sect's situation to the ghost cultivators."
"Someone who could see through Blood Demon Sect's intelligence, obtain Flowing Cloud Sword Sect's secrets, and guide the ghost cultivators into joining forces with the Sword Sect to deal with Blood Demon Sect—apart from people from Thousand Hand Demonic Sect, I truly can't think of anyone else."
At this point, Lin Fan's smile gradually faded. "As an expert of Thousand Hand Demonic Sect, you ran to Blood Demon Sect and lowered yourself to become Blood Fiend Peak Master. What a waste of your talents."
Blood Taozi looked utterly innocent and hurriedly protested, "Master, I've been wronged!"
"Why did you suspect that I was from Thousand Hand Demonic Sect?"
"Because you're still alive."
Lin Fan spoke indifferently.
Blood Taozi suddenly fell silent.
"So you brought so many people to the Sword Sect's Forbidden Land not on a whim, but according to a long-laid plan." Blood Taozi's brows furrowed slightly, but soon relaxed again. "Sect Master Lin, no wonder Hua Lingxuan and the others weren't your match before."
The people of Thousand Hand Demonic Sect were skilled at hiding and lying low. Lin Fan had dealt