Wang Si glanced at Marshal Wang. She'd also been left with a deep impression of him. This was the fat man who had delivered the two stowaways to Wang Su. "Your merits have canceled out your faults."
Fatty Bai was thrilled. "Thank you, Elder." He hadn't been trying to earn merit; he only wanted to make up for his earlier mistake. He'd thought his life was over.
Huai Yuan's location was extremely important. The Smoke Cloud Sect controlled the Four Sides Heavenly Balance's gateway, transporting Star Source Liquid—something the Four Sides Heavenly Balance wanted kept under wraps.
If these matters came to light, it would deal a heavy blow to the Four Sides Heavenly Balance. On the surface, it might not be enough to cripple them, but it would be enough to shake their standing in the hearts of countless people.
From beginning to end, the two who'd transported the Star Source Liquid had been the unluckiest ones.
They'd thought that working for the Four Sides Heavenly Balance meant they could act with impunity. Who could have expected something like this to happen? And there had already been another incident in which Star Source Liquid was exposed, leaving them both with a lasting fear of it.
Whatever Lu Yin's methods were, and whether or not he'd infringed on the Four Sides Heavenly Balance's interests, he'd exposed Yun Mu Bai as a Red Back and rendered a great service. Even Wang Si couldn't fault him in the slightest.
The Smoke Cloud Sect had suffered a terrible stroke of misfortune, and was forced to summon the Half-Ancestor-level expert who guarded its fortune.
Across the Zhongping Realm, only a handful of factions had Half-Ancestors to protect them. The Smoke Cloud Sect was one of them.
Lu Yin didn't need to concern himself with