"This disciple would never dare deceive you, True Lord. Tie Xiaochuan knows about this too!"
Ji Mingfeng remained respectful, but his gaze stayed fixed on Venerable Gu Yu. He knew perfectly well that Venerable Gu Yu had not suddenly changed his tune without a reason.
The Tianli Sect had suffered a crushing retreat from the Red Rock Continent, and Ling Cangyan had fallen. Mo Xinghe bore the foremost responsibility. But Venerable Gu Yu was, after all, the administrator of Yuxiao Peak, and Mo Xinghe was his junior sect brother. He would inevitably make plans on Mo Xinghe's behalf.
Ji Mingfeng knew Mo Xinghe all too well. He worried that Mo Xinghe had been in contact with Gu Yu; otherwise, Gu Yu would not have suddenly brought up Fang Mo's lineage.
Gu Yu surely knew about this, yet now he was pretending not to. Given his relationship with Ling Cangyan, there was no way Ling Cangyan would not have told him.
People! Once they lost their usefulness, they were nothing!
Although the Tianli Sect was a single entity, it had five peaks, and naturally, some were closer than others. It was perfectly normal for Gu Yu to want to shield Mo Xinghe.
That was why he had to cut off this line of argument, lest Gu Yu try something!
Venerable Gu Yu shook his head indifferently and said no more. Some things only needed a hint. As a Venerable, he had no need to keep hounding Ji Mingfeng and demean himself. It was enough to plant suspicion in the Divine Lord's mind.
He could not help recalling the information Mo Xinghe had sent back. A glint flickered in his eyes. "That is beside the point. What matters now is Mo Xinghe's return. We need to learn about the Mechanical Empire so