What kind of feelings had Wang Wen had when he said those words back then? When he spoke them, had he ever thought that he would personally hunt down Hong Shuang?
Someday? That day had never come.
Even though Hong Shuang was still alive, her heart was dead.
Gu Yuan's gaze was complicated. He still remembered how, after Wang Wen had finished speaking, he had clapped Gu Yuan on the shoulder and laughed, saying he would let him witness that day's arrival. But Gu Yuan had never imagined Wang Wen would turn out to be humanity's greatest traitor.
No, he wasn't a traitor. He had been the enemy from the start.
So everything he had done in the Nine Fortresses had been part of his schemes for the Main Dao.
Hunji gritted his teeth. "That bastard. So he'd had his eye on Fortress Lord Hong Shuang from way back."
Chang Chuan looked at Gu Yuan. "Were you close to Wang Wen?"
Gu Yuan nodded. "He was my friend back then."
Chang Chuan looked toward Lu Yin.
Master Cao also turned to look at him.
Was it a coincidence? That seemed unlikely.
Bai Xian'er had told them where Gu Yuan was, and Bai Xian'er was Wang Wen's person. Wang Wen and Gu Yuan had also been friends.
They weren't suspicious of Gu Yuan. They simply wondered what Wang Wen's objective had been in all this.
Everyone left. Lu Yin didn't dwell on it. He knew Wang Wen was still plotting something. His ambitions were definitely greater than what they could see now. There was no point speculating.
Was killing one Karma Master enough? If that were all, Wang Wen wouldn't have needed to secretly scheme against Death Lord and Xiang Siyu. He had gone to great lengths to suppress their strength