Kneeling on the ground, Wu Dingwen felt his heart go cold. He forced himself to say, "Granduncle, I've served the sect diligently for decades. Even if I've earned no merit, I've worked hard. Must you really..."
Wu Xuefeng looked regretful. "You're the sect master. You should know that the sect's survival matters far more than any one of our lives."
Wu Dingwen wanted to curse. If the sect's survival mattered more than an individual life, why didn't you die instead of making me die?!
His mind raced, and he suddenly said, "Granduncle, it doesn't have to come to that. Huang Tian serves the imperial court. He has to follow the rules. Without evidence, what right does he have to destroy so many sects? If he does that, won't he be no better than a fiend of the Demon Sect?"
Wu Xuefeng shook his head and sighed. "Who says he destroyed the Flying Swan Sect? Clearly, the Demon Sect did. When he heard the news, he rushed there and killed many of its villains. Far from committing a crime, he rendered a service."
Wu Dingwen stared. "How could that story fool everyone?"
"Dingwen, you've been sect master for over ten years. How can you still fail to understand something so simple?"
Wu Xuefeng said, "Normally, it would be impossible. Neither the authorities nor the major sects would allow him to do it.
"But now Qin Province and Yong Province are in turmoil, Demon Sect villains are ravaging the land, and the situation is chaotic beyond measure. What's so strange about one or two sects being wiped out? The blame can easily be laid on the Demon Sect.
"More importantly, which major power in Kunyun Prefecture doesn't know we joined forces with the Flying Swan Sect to hire the Thousand Faces Old