As for what Yue Buqun and those three had discussed that day and what agreement they had reached, Yue Lingshan, Lu Dayou, and the others had no idea.
In any case, about an hour after their secret meeting began, the three men hurried down the mountain.
Right after that, Yue Buqun summoned all the disciples who had taken part in beating up those three men and gave them a stern lecture. He chewed out Yue Lingshan, Lu Dayou, and the others, then ordered every disciple involved to keep the matter secret and not breathe a word of it to anyone. After that, the whole affair was quietly dropped.
Although Yue Buqun hadn't said anything, Yue Lingshan and the others discussed it and were still able to guess roughly what had happened.
In their view, the matter was simply too difficult to handle. Even if they had killed all three men on the spot, Huashan would surely have been found out eventually. If word of it got out, the Embroidered Uniform Guard would absolutely hate the Huashan Sect!
The Huashan Sect wasn't afraid of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but the problem was that they certainly didn't want to draw the attention of a court institution even more troublesome than an ordinary government office.
So the most sensible choice was to conspire with the three men, bury the matter together, and act as if nobody knew anything and nothing had ever happened.
After all, the Huashan Sect now knew everything about "Jianghu Know-It-All," including his general aims. The three men hadn't told them directly; Annie had relayed it all using her so-called "mind-reading." But their superiors and the Embroidered Uniform Guard would never believe something so unbelievable.
Therefore, for the sake of their own lives and their families' safety, the three men