Xiao Wuming shoved the blindfolded old man into the courtyard, then kicked him in the leg and made him kneel.
Li Qingqiu circled the long table and came to stand before the old man. Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue also came over.
"Speak. Why are you here?"
Li Qingqiu asked. The man was blind, yet he had still come up the mountain. Li Qingqiu feared there might have been some misunderstanding.
If someone had sent him to kill or steal the Primordial Scripture, it would have been a poor choice.
The blindfolded old man stayed silent. Yuan Qi and Xiao Wuming were displeased, but with Li Qingqiu present, they didn't dare speak up.
Seeing that the man wouldn't answer, Li Qingqiu couldn't be bothered to waste his breath. Even if there was a misunderstanding, the man had brought it on himself.
Just as Li Qingqiu was about to use the Soul Seizing Curse, Chu Jing emerged from the Heavenly Rainbow Sword and said, "Master, I know him. I have a good idea who sent him."
Li Qingqiu stopped and asked, "Oh? Tell me, then."
Yuan Qi and Xiao Wuming froze, unsure who Li Qingqiu was talking to.
Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue looked at Li Qingqiu in surprise.
Li Qingqiu didn't explain. He listened as Chu Jing introduced the blindfolded old man.
"His name is Mo Li, known in the martial world as the Overlord Blade. As it happens, he has a connection to Shen Yue. One of Shen Yue's friends inherited the Overlord Sword. Since ancient times, the Overlord Blade and Overlord Sword have always clashed. The previous inheritor of the Overlord Sword died at Mo Li's hands. When he was young, Mo Li challenged masters far and wide to restore the Overlord Blade's name to the martial world,