Lying?
Fang Yongming was horrified, and a cold sweat instantly broke out across his back.
Though he had come in secret to assassinate Ning Jin, he had concealed himself deeply and never made a move from beginning to end.
By all rights, this Senior Chu, who had only arrived later, could not possibly have discovered his true intentions.
What gave her the right to conclude that he was lying?
He forcefully suppressed the terror in his heart, squeezed out a smile, and tried to make his voice sound calmer.
"Senior Chu, you jest. This junior truly came to investigate the Medicine Sect's movements. I did not expect a Fusion Realm demon to appear afterward. Faced with a powerhouse of that level, this junior would never dare provoke it, so I could only keep myself hidden and dare not act rashly..."
After a pause, he added, "Though this junior is from the Tiele Alliance, I know what is proper. I would never dare run wild in such a dangerous place."
His words sounded perfectly reasonable, without a single flaw.
Yet the mockery on Chu Qiushui's face only deepened.
"You were hundreds of miles away from the Spatial Rift. At that distance, what could you possibly investigate?"
She sneered, her blazing gaze fixed on him.
"On the contrary, you were only several dozen miles away from the Vermilion Bird Guard. Were you planning something against one of them?"
The instant those words fell, Fang Yongming's heart shook violently. Still, he forced a smile onto his face.
"Senior, please see clearly. The Vermilion Bird Guard are the elite forces of Azure Billow Royal City, soldiers who safeguard the peace of an entire region. This junior is but an insignificant nobody—how could I dare harbor ill intentions toward the Vermilion Bird Guard? Wouldn't that