"Law Enforcement Hall! Elder Liu of the Law Enforcement Hall is personally leading the team!"
Lin Xiaotian's expression instantly turned incomparably ugly.
Azure Cloud Sect's Law Enforcement Hall wielded immense authority and had always been known for its ruthless methods and iron-faced impartiality.
As for Elder Liu, he was a notorious fiend within the Law Enforcement Hall. His cultivation had long since reached the Golden Core realm, making him one of the sect's true powerholders.
More importantly, the intelligence stated that Elder Liu was the backer of Wang Teng's faction!
Wang Teng had been able to become an Inner Sect Disciple at such a young age largely because of Elder Liu's support.
Now that his most promising junior had died in Tianfeng City, one could well imagine the thunderous fury Elder Liu would unleash!
"This is troublesome." Lin Yueru's brows knitted tightly together, and a trace of gravity appeared on her cool, aloof face. "Elder Liu is notorious for protecting his own and refusing to listen to reason. He will never believe Wang Teng colluded with the demonic path. He will only believe that someone is provoking him, provoking the dignity of the entire Azure Cloud Sect."
"He has come in the name of investigation, but in truth, he has come to demand accountability!"
"The methods we prepared to frame and shift blame may be difficult to conceal beneath the Spiritual Sense of a Golden Core True Person like him."
The atmosphere within the stone pavilion instantly sank to its lowest point.
What they had thought was an ironclad plan had, with Elder Liu's arrival, suddenly become fraught with danger on all sides.
"What is there to fear!"
Just as Lin Xiaotian and Lin Yueru were both deeply unsettled, Chen Chen's icy voice shattered the silence.
"The more he protects