The swindlers hadn't come out. Instead, they had drawn out Sage Hua Men.
It was rather funny, but Li Yun didn't much care.
So they had drawn him out. What of it?
"Nothing much. I just wanted to use your name to draw out those swindlers. It's good that you're here, though. You're the one they cheated. They took you for everything you had, even your reputation. You can't be happy about that, can you?"
"I... What good does being unhappy do?"
Sage Hua Men had been angry at first, feeling insulted. But then he realized Li Yun was trying to deal with those swindlers too. Li Yun meant him no harm; if anything, they wanted the same thing.
So he forced his anger down.
He even took the chance to express how helpless he felt against the swindlers.
Li Yun said in surprise, "Come on, you can't be that defeated. Haven't you thought of finding those swindlers and making them pay?"
"It's not that I've given up. I simply can't do anything to them."
"Do you know how many of them there are?"
"I'll tell you this: there are at least four Sage Constant experts among them. If I hadn't had a little luck and looked ready to fight to the death, frightening them off somewhat, I'd have died in their ambush."
"And you think that's all?"
"How did a band of swindlers with several Sage Constant experts suddenly appear in the Celestial Music Domain?"
"Who would believe there's nothing more to it?"
Li Yun nodded and said thoughtfully, "So you suspect the Celestial Music Divine Court?"
"You think those swindlers are working with the Celestial Music Divine Court?"
"Yes!"
Sage Hua Men said without hesitation, "I suspect them. The Celestial Music Domain is the Celestial Music Divine Court's