Although Xuan Lengyan hadn't gone into detail about the basic persona of Su Mei, the role she was currently playing, when the Sun King had suddenly attacked earlier, everyone had seen how deftly she'd handled herself in front of the others. They'd all guessed that Su Mei had some sort of complicated relationship with that bearded Squad Leader Liu.
Now that Liu had sent someone to summon her, he was most likely asking her to spend the night with him.
This was a thorny problem. For a while, no one could think of a good solution, and Xu Yi furrowed his brow.
Suddenly, Xuan Lengyan stood up. Xu Yi cried out in alarm, "What are you doing?"
"What else can I do? If I don't go, my cover will be blown at once."
Her gaze flowed over Xu Yi's face like water.
"No," Xu Yi said. "Liu clearly has bad intentions. If your cultivation were stronger than his, you could go and still have room to maneuver. But going now would be like a fat sheep falling into a dog's jaws."
"What nonsense."
Xuan Lengyan gave him a light scolding and kicked him.
Xiong Bei Ming and the others all lowered their heads. Ning Wuque stared, wide-eyed, unable to understand this strange way his master and disciple interacted.
"Brother Xu, I'm afraid our only option now is to take a risk."
Xiong Bei Ming clenched his fist hard.
"It seems Brother Xiong already has a plan," Xu Yi said. He had never underestimated Xiong Bei Ming's intelligence.
Xiong Bei Ming explained his plan. Li Jia cried out, "No! Absolutely not! It could never work. You're nothing but refugees from the Western Continent, and you haven't even reached the Heavenly Decline Realm. How could you challenge Squad Leader Liu, who's already