Si Kong Qianluo awkwardly tugged at Baili Dongjun and said softly, "Great City Lord, the new Top Ranks List is out. You and the Lone Sword Immortal, Luo Qingyang, are ranked third."
Baili Dongjun was interested. Curiously, he asked, "Then who's ranked ahead of me?"
Si Kong Qianluo furrowed her brow and said, puzzled, "The second-ranked person is called Mo Yi. We don't know who he is, either. But the first is Grand Elder Wang Yue. He wiped out the Dark River with a single move. Two of the Dark River's three great families were destroyed, and the remaining Mu Family pledged itself to the Grand Elder."
Baili Dongjun frowned, displeased. "No matter how powerful someone is, that shouldn't be the reason we choose an alliance."
Si Kong Qianluo said helplessly, "Because the Sixth Prince, Xiao Se, is the Grand Elder's disciple!"
Baili Dongjun glanced at Xiao Se. Of course he knew Xiao Se was the Sixth Prince. He had never expected that, despite Xiao Se heading toward Snow Moon City, he would ultimately not become its disciple. The revelation left him stunned.
He turned to Wang Yue and asked, "King Yama, may I ask what your purpose is?"
Wang Yue answered earnestly, "I've already told Xiao Se before. My purpose is to make sure the authorities can't hold the King Yama Hall accountable when it kills someone!
"So, what could be more reliable than Xiao Se becoming emperor and then inheriting the King Yama Hall?"
After hearing Wang Yue's words, Baili Dongjun could only laugh. There really was no more suitable reason.
Before coming to the overseas immortal mountain, he had sent people to investigate the sort of people the King Yama Hall killed. He knew the King Yama Hall wasn't evil, so he felt at ease.
Then he