A tall woman emerged from the rustling wormwood.
She wore a white dress and a green blouse, and streaks of blood stained her hem. Her aura was utterly different from what it had been a month ago.
"Uncle Tang."
"Little Rong?" Tang Ren's expression changed abruptly.
Chen Rong said without expression, "Uncle Tang, Uncle Pan already said he wouldn't pursue the matter with Young Master Lü any further. Why did you follow him all the way to Cangzhou?"
Before Tang Ren could answer, Chen Rong continued, "Since you followed Young Master Lü the whole way, you must have seen the six Black Heaven Cult branch chiefs surround and attack him. Why didn't you step in to eliminate those evildoers?"
Tang Ren stared at the blood on her hem. "You..."
"That's right. I killed them all."
Chen Rong continued slowly, "But before he died, one of the branch chiefs, a man named Hu Dahai, told me something interesting..."
Tang Ren swallowed. "What?"
Chen Rong looked at Bai Xiaowen, and something flickered in her eyes. "The Black Heaven Cult originally knew nothing about Young Master Lu Wang destroying the Soul Refining Formation in Sword-Test Valley and taking the core treasure of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. It wasn't until two days ago that Hu Dahai received explicit orders to intercept a young man named 'Lu Wang.'"
After a pause, Chen Rong asked, "Uncle Tang, tell me: how exactly did the Black Heaven Cult learn that Lu Wang was the one who did it?"
Tang Ren drew a breath. "At first, only you and I knew about this, but later the entire inner sect of the Supreme Clarity Sect found out. Someone else must have leaked the news. It had nothing to do with me!"
Bai Xiaowen applauded. "Senior Tang, your shamelessness truly