By this point, Zhang Dingming no longer dared to speak rashly.
If he spoke now, he would be indirectly admitting that he had done it himself, and that Zhang Mengguang was taking the fall for him.
The prestige he had accumulated over many years as Great Elder would be utterly swept away.
A Zhang Family without prestige would be no different from the Xu Family.
The lower- and middle-ranking Blood Shadow disciples had lost an enormous amount of cultivation resources, and they were all nursing a bellyful of rage.
That fury would also be directed at the Zhang Family. If Zhou Luan wanted to eliminate the Zhang Family in the future,
not only would no one speak up for them, they would kick them while they were down.
While Zhang Dingming remained silent, Xu Qinghe was no easy target.
"Zhang Mengguang, the Shadow Master has always been merciful.
Back when my Xu Family offended the Shadow Master, only the killers paid with their lives, while the Xu Family remained perfectly intact.
If you can reveal the mastermind behind this, the Shadow Master will surely show mercy and demote your entire family to the Northern Mountain Branch."
Everyone could understand the meaning behind those words.
It was a promise that as long as he exposed the mastermind, his entire family could be sent to Yan Kingdom.
Both the black and white paths of Yan Kingdom were controlled by the Wang Clan, managed as tightly as an iron barrel.
No matter how capable Zhang Dingming was, he would not dare stretch his hand into Yan Kingdom.
As long as they could flee to Yan Kingdom, preserving his family would be no problem at all.
Zhang Mengguang also had a talent for managing finances, and could still find a decent position in the