A Hard-Fought Victory by the Narrowest Margin

After hearing the girl's half-true account, Long Zhi frowned slightly and fell into thought.

The Sumeru Sect had sent two more Roaming Void Sea Realm venerables to Great Marsh Township.

Such a move made it clear that something here was extremely important to the Sumeru Sect.

What shocked her more was that both venerables had died here.

But...

What puzzled her was how naturally Jiang Yuechu had glossed over the cause of their deaths.

In her telling, it had all been thanks to Purple Plume, the Greedy Wolf Star Lord's prized disciple, and Master Kongming of Tranquil Peace Temple.

She made it sound as though the three of them had joined forces, fought a heart-stopping battle, and only narrowly managed to slay the two Sumeru Sect demon monks.

Others might not know.

But Long Zhi knew Jiang Yuechu had the strength to slay someone in the Roaming Void Sea Realm!

And Kongming, standing beside her, was in that realm too...

Had it really been a hard-fought battle?

And another thing...

Hadn't Jiang Yuechu offended the Greedy Wolf Star Lord? How did she still dare to mingle with his disciple here?

She was far too carefree!

As the girl gave her account, Purple Plume said nothing.

She assumed Jiang Yuechu was once again hiding her deeds and leaving the glory to others. All she could do was keep her face tense with unease and refrain from contradicting her.

But Kongming was no fool.

Once was one thing. Twice was another.

She was plainly pressing his bald head into service as a shield.

At that thought, Kongming drew a deep breath. He was about to clear up this enormous misunderstanding and extricate himself from the affair.

Then the white-robed girl turned her gaze slightly toward him. "By the way, Master Kongming, did