Bai Rufeng curled his lip and went on, "I forced Su Shi'er to stay through a scheme. He must resent it, and he must have guessed we're plotting against him. Given the chance, he ought to leave. Yet he knows the danger and still came here. What, did he come just to die?"
"Don't tell me it's because he's loyal. From what I know of him, he might act if it's within his power."
"But if he knows it means certain death, he'll never make a move."
Yun Wuxia parted her red lips, but stopped before the words came out.
They had discussed this question before.
For Bai Rufeng to say this now, he clearly did not entirely agree with her earlier analysis.
Her thoughts raced. She immediately realized that Su Shi'er's movements must have something to do with the senior from the Buddhist Sect Bai Rufeng had mentioned.
"Martial Brother, you mean Su Shi'er has also guessed that a senior from the Buddhist Sect will intervene in secret?"
"Not guessed. He's certain! If I'm right, Ren Yunzong of the Yun Ge Sect has not only secured support from Leizhou cultivators but is also in contact with that monk Jiekong of the Buddhist Sect. Without a trump card like that, Su Shi'er would never have thrown himself so eagerly into covering the retreat."
Bai Rufeng shook his head with a smile, calculation filling his eyes.
As he spoke, he looked into the distance. While the three of them had been talking, the lightning and fire encircling the Nirvana Sword that Su Shi'er wielded had dispersed. Under the pressure of the Blood Cloud Daoist's three command flags, the flying sword retreated inch by inch.
Each time it fell back a yard, Su Shi'er and the East Sea Sword Saint seemed to