Lin Wuhu was still doubtful of Lin Baijian's words, unable to understand why he had laid bare his "crimes" so openly. Even if the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure had truly been found, he would never hand it over to Lin Wuhu. So why had he said such things?
Then, Lin Baijian suddenly fled outright, leaving Lin Wuhu even more bewildered.
"Don't run!"
Zhong Sanxiao shouted furiously, instinctively swinging the longsword in his hand and cleaving apart the object Lin Baijian had thrown out.
Only then did he discover that it was the Lin Family's Family Head Token.
Before Zhong Sanxiao could pursue him any further, Lin Baijian's arrogant laughter drifted back. "I can leave whenever I wish here. Do you think you can stop me?"
"Heh!" Zhong Sanxiao gave a cold laugh, and his figure vanished from the ground.
Before everyone's astonished eyes, Zhong Sanxiao hovered in midair, his sword held horizontally. A fierce Sword Light that seemed capable of splitting everything apart hacked viciously toward Lin Baijian's fleeing back.
The spiritual energy in the surroundings was severed by the sword's momentum like a river cut off midstream, distinctly split into a white ripple over three zhang wide. Amid the overlapping sounds of air tearing apart, several strange noises faintly rang out.
They sounded like little ghosts crying—half laughter, half sobbing!
Lu Feng understood. This sword momentum and those sounds must have been Zhong Sanxiao's famed sword art—the Innocence Sword.
Under the pressure of this sword intent, Lu Feng suddenly felt his heart grow open and clear, seized by a sense of wanting nothing and seeking nothing. For one brief instant, he even felt no attachment to anything, as though nothing in heaven and earth mattered anymore.
Ordinarily, such a state of mind was naturally excellent. But if it