Lu Yin asked in confusion, "Even if my military merit gets me on the wrong side of other people, with the White Dragon Clan backing me, no one can do anything to me. The Cold Immortal Sect isn't afraid of me, so no one else could threaten me either. If that's the case, why give me military merit?" Suddenly, something occurred to him. He and Bu Jian Guang spoke at the same time. "Falsely claiming military merit."
"The Cold Sect wields great authority. That's precisely why there are so many rules, and the penalties for breaking the Family Rules are severe. The harshest punishment of all is for falsely claiming military merit," Lu Yin said.
Bu Jian Guang picked up where he left off. "First, they had you expose the Zhu Family, making an enemy of the Cold Sect in Huai Yuan. Then they'd report you for falsely claiming military merit. The Cold Immortal Sect wouldn't even need to act. The Guan Family Three Brothers in Huai Yuan would never let you off. Even if the White Dragon Clan stepped in, it'd be no use. At the very least, you'd be expelled from the Cold Sect."
A chill ran down Lu Yin's back. "What a ruthless scheme. If not for you, I might really have fallen for it. What if I refused to expose the Zhu Family? Mo Gao He would surely have a way to pin the military merit on me, then expose me and publicly claim I was the one who discovered the Zhu Family's human traitor. I'd still offend the Guan Family Three Brothers. No matter what I did, I couldn't escape this trap."
Bu Jian Guang praised the scheme. "Whoever planned this thought it through carefully, linking each step to the next. Even if something unexpected