Chu Youwei hesitated for a moment before replying, "When those seven Black-Clad Men besieged Xiao Wan and me, they inadvertently mentioned that someone had paid them a hefty sum to capture Xiao Wan and me alive."
"Capture you alive?" Lu Feng was startled.
Chu Youwei nodded. "At first, Xiao Wan and I thought that, during our travels, we had somehow caught the eye of some major power's lecher. But after seeing the strength displayed by those seven Black-Clad Men, we realized matters were likely not so simple. If it were merely a matter of lust between men and women, the person behind this would not have spent such resources hiring thugs of that caliber."
Lu Feng came to the same realization and frowned. "They were after the cultivation methods in your hands?"
Chu Youwei nodded almost certainly. "Anyone capable of deploying such a force was most likely after the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure inheritance of the Lin Family. Moreover, when those men attacked, they deliberately avoided Xiao Wan's and my feet more than once, as if they were afraid of injuring them."
Lu Feng was stunned.
Based on that...
A figure suddenly surfaced in both Lu Feng's and Chu Youwei's minds.
The two spoke in unison, uttering four words: "Wuyi Mingzhi!"
Chu Youwei's face darkened as she continued, "Wuyi Mingzhi of the Saint Sect knew that Xiao Wan and I had accepted the inheritance that day. Added to what happened at the Delicious Immortal Banquet and the death of his younger brother, he had every motive to target Xiao Wan and me. Even if he did not know the truth behind his brother's death, he still had reason to seize us to threaten you."
After a pause, she added, "Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone