Su Shi'er's Lotus-Blooming Tongue, the Third Owner of the Heavenly Evolution Token

The Heavenly Evolution Token had been lost from his hands, and he had even been swindled out of it. That was hardly a glorious deed.

If he admitted it, the dignified head of the Duanmu Family would become a laughingstock from this day onward.

If he denied it, it would confirm that the dynasty harbored ulterior motives.

Su Shi'er was clearly humiliating him on purpose, retaliating for how he had verbally pressured the Phantom Star Sect earlier.

Damn it! This sly little brat!!! Not only was his tongue sharp as a blade, but his thirst for revenge was this strong too.

Judging by this, he had likely arrived nearby long ago and appeared precisely at the right moment, hadn't he?

Glaring furiously at Su Shi'er, Duanmu Kuanglong said in a muffled roar, "Brat, you... don't go spitting blood at people! The Great Zhao Dynasty's Heavenly Evolution Token was indeed lost! But it was not because the dynasty's people were incompetent—it was because you, brat, were sinister and cunning!"

"As for harboring ulterior motives and attempting to incite conflict among the Five Sects... Hmph, isn't such a malicious attempt at sowing discord far too obvious?"

"The Great Zhao Dynasty has always upheld the righteous path. Everyone throughout Muyun Prefecture knows this!"

Duanmu Kuanglong's words rose and fell, impassioned and stirring!

The dynasty may have harbored ambitions to contend for supremacy, but the five great powers of Muyun Prefecture were intricately entangled and mutually restrained one another.

If Su Shi'er's words turned the Great Zhao Dynasty into a target of public condemnation, Duanmu Kuanglong could not bear the consequences.

"No? The Great Zhao Dynasty's towering ambitions are known even to passersby! Can covering them up truly conceal the truth?"

"Besides, if you do not have a Heavenly Evolution Token, what are the