With a Void Refinement Cultivator intervening, Chen Lin knew he had no power to resist, so he obediently waited off to the side.
Still, he was not overly worried.
Manager Huang's soul had not dissipated, and the scroll remained sealed on the floor. An investigation would reveal the whole sequence of events. No one could possibly know about his Destiny Force, so the blame could not fall on him.
Even if these people refused to listen to reason and killed him without distinguishing right from wrong, he still had a fallback: the Resurrection Scroll.
He had not brought his Resurrection Scroll with him. Before coming here, he had left it somewhere safe. Even if he died here, his remnant soul could revive within the scroll.
Of course, that was the worst possible outcome. Unless he reached a dead end, he could not take that step.
Seeing that Chen Lin no longer intended to flee, the old man ignored him and turned his attention back to the little girl.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, could you let me examine her?"
His cultivation was an entire major realm above hers, but at this moment, he could only adopt a humble attitude.
After all, the Ye Lineage's Ancestor was an expert at Void Refinement Perfection and fiercely protective of his own. If this matter was mishandled, Black Tower City could face serious trouble.
Although this affair had little to do with them in the first place, the strong did not reason with the weak. The concern was that the other party would use it as a pretext to seize the three families' control over the Black Pagoda. After all, he had been eyeing the fat morsel that was Black Tower City for quite some time.
Hearing the old man's words, the middle-aged man hesitated, then