Lu Yin was puzzled. "You don't know? Aren't you Bai Wangyuan's daughter? Could Bai Wangyuan not recognize Mist Ancestor's power?"
"How dare you speak Ancestor Bai's name so disrespectfully!" Ru Ying shouted.
Bai Qi shot her a glance, then looked at Lu Yin. "Perhaps they know, but they've never mentioned it. The Smoke Cloud Sect is just a minor sect, not worth their attention."
Lu Yin looked at Bai Qi, then at Ru Ying. "Your Four Sides Heavenly Balance is very good at rewriting history. Use that strength to spread the word about how you should treat me." He raised a finger toward Ru Ying. "I don't want to hear you say anything like that again. There will be a price to pay."
Ru Ying's eyes widened, and she was about to say something, but Bai Qi stopped her with a sharp rebuke.
Ru Ying was only a rogue cultivator and didn't know what was happening beyond the battlefield. She knew only the outcome, and there were all sorts of ways to interpret it. Not every interpretation would favor Lu Yin.
The Four Sides Heavenly Balance was now secretly spreading the claim that Lu Xiao Xuan had been brought out to draw more Lu Family Remnants into the open. Most cultivators in Tree Starry Sky were willing to accept that explanation.
Bai Qi was different. She knew of the agreement between the Four Sides Heavenly Balance and Lu Yin. She also knew that Xia Shenji and Bai Sheng had both suffered losses in the Abandoned Land, and that Lu Yin was not to be trifled with. Picking a fight with him now would only bring trouble upon herself.
"Then what was that beam of light?" Bai Qi asked. "What was it?"
Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "A