Because he really hadn't dug up the Lü Family's ancestral tomb.
His disciple had.
"A misunderstanding?"
At those words, Lü Mengxuan laughed in sheer fury.
"At death's door, and you still dare to quibble? Very well!"
He swept his wide sleeve.
"Bring him up."
As his words fell,
an Innate Realm elder of the Lü Family stepped out from behind Lü Mengxuan, bristling with murderous intent.
He held a blood-soaked, dying figure in one hand as though carrying a chick.
The elder snorted coldly.
He roughly seized the hair of the man in his grasp.
Then he forced him to lift his head and face Gongsun Ban.
When Gongsun Ban recognized that face,
his feigned composure froze completely.
All color instantly drained from his face.
He knew this man all too well.
He was an elder of his Soul Sect.
He usually handled the sect's purchasing affairs.
The Lü Family elder holding him wore a mocking expression.
"Abundant Mountain Old Devil, open those dog eyes of yours and take a good look! Who is this?"
"He's confessed every last filthy deed you and that fine disciple of yours committed!"
"Still going to deny it?"
The captive Soul Sect elder convulsed all over, tortured until he scarcely looked human.
His eyes were filled with despair and terror.
His voice was as faint as a thread.
"S-Sect Master, I... I... I really couldn't bear it..."
Before he could finish,
he passed out completely.
Gongsun Ban looked at him and sighed, with little blame in his eyes.
Judging by his wretched condition,
there was no telling how much brutal torture he had endured at the Lü Family's hands.
High in the sky,
Lü Mengxuan smiled without a trace of warmth.
"Abundant Mountain Old Devil, what do you have to say now? Hand over