"This is bad. The Tao Family is suspected of colluding with Xue Ying on one side, yet on the other, they threw all their strength into the encirclement to prove their innocence. Now they're caught between two fires..." Lu Xuan shook her head slightly.
Before she could finish, a commotion suddenly broke out among the densely packed crowd in Qingfeng Temple's front courtyard, near the main gate.
Wang Chengdong of the Wang Family sighed at this moment.
"The reason I bring this up is to remind Temple Master Lin that, unless necessary, it would be best to cut ties with the Tao Family as soon as possible." His gaze turned toward the disturbance, where a handsome young man was slowly entering through the gate, a longsword in hand and a black bundle with silver-trimmed beast patterns slung across his back.
The young man looked somewhat haggard, but his distinctive features still made him recognizable at a glance. It was Tao Xuehai, whom they had not seen in a long time.
At once, greetings of "Senior Brother Tao" rang out one after another. The Qingfeng Temple disciples around them had always thought highly of this handsome and generous senior brother.
He returned the greetings with a simple nod, then swept his gaze past the crowd and fixed it on Lin Hui, seated in the place of honor.
Whoosh!
The next second, his figure flickered. He crossed dozens of meters in an instant, tapped the rope at the edge of the arena with the tip of his foot, borrowed the force to flash forward again, and appeared several meters before Lin Hui. He dropped to one knee.
"Tao Xuehai greets Master!" He lowered his head, and the tension in his body suddenly eased.
Though he had not spent long with Lin Hui,