All Sects Investigate!

He had known from the start that Zhu Hailong was unreliable. Their relationship had merely been one of mutual exploitation, but even relationships built on benefits could be sturdy or flimsy. Clearly, the interests binding him and Zhu Hailong together had been flimsy to the extreme!

Take now, for instance. Zhu Hailong did not even understand what had happened before he started cursing him out. If his identity were exposed, he should not count on Zhu Hailong helping him. It would already be fortunate if Zhu Hailong did not sell him out.

It now seemed that, even among his friendly forces in the Green Lotus Cult, only Li Ruoxiang could be relied upon.

"This brat has gotten his hands on the treasures and actually thinks he can swallow them all? Hmph, just let me catch him. I'll make him pay!" Zhu Hailong gritted his teeth.

"Brother Zhu, you say that, but Yang Chen represented your Green Lotus Cult when he went out, in the end. Now that Yang Chen has vanished, you have to take responsibility, don't you?"

"That's right. That brat surnamed Yang took so many treasures and then vanished just like that. We don't believe this has nothing at all to do with the Green Lotus Cult!"

Zhu Hailong abruptly froze. With the higher-ups of so many sects pressing him for answers, pressure weighed heavily upon him.

He had no choice but to say, "Everyone, there is nothing I can do no matter how you question me now. Why don't we wait another ten-odd days? Once everyone has come out of the Purple Qi Secret Realm, we can ask around then. Perhaps Yang Chen will come out on his own when the time is about right?"

The higher-ups of the various factions had originally intended to press Zhu