Su Lijing heard this and waved a hand, saying calmly, "Half the credit for this victory belongs to Madam. It was not entirely my achievement."
Su Qianya immediately said, "Madam, you have my thanks. Even from within the sect, you still had to worry about the front lines."
The head of the Si Hong Clan was slightly taken aback. Why had Si Hong Qingyan shared such crucial intelligence with the Sect Master, yet not revealed a single word of it to him?
Still, since the credit belonged to Si Hong Qingyan, the Si Hong Clan could share in the glory.
Thinking this, the head of the Si Hong Clan promptly said, "Madam is the Sect Master's wife; she and the Sect Master are one. Her achievements are also the Sect Master's achievements."
At this point, Su Lijing glanced at Li Wujiu, who had remained silent all along. He raised a hand to stop Su Qianya and the head of the Si Hong Clan from singing his praises, then said blandly, "There have been rumors lately that the Holy Son has been active in the Cold Abyss Sword Sect's territory, slaughtering several cities in succession and collecting quite a few exceptionally gifted mortal women's corpses for dual cultivation and essence plundering?"
At this, Li Wujiu's expression changed just enough to seem natural. He immediately shook his head. "Absolutely not! Because of his past achievements, the Holy Son is wanted by the Five Sects of the False Dao. Among them, the Cold Abyss Sword Sect is the most bloodthirsty and treats our Sacred Dao with the greatest brutality. The Holy Son is a man of noble birth who would not sit beneath a leaning roof. How could he possibly go to the Cold Abyss Sword Sect?"
Seeing this, Su Lijing narrowed his