They arrived at the sect's forbidden grounds without anyone stopping them.
They landed smoothly on Sect Master Peak.
Inside the hall, Li Daxiu stared at the dozen-plus people who had suddenly appeared beneath the moonlight, a sharp gleam blazing in his eyes.
With a flip of his hand, Lin Xiaosu sent the Chief Inspector's Official Seal sweeping across the sky, illuminating the main hall atop Sect Master Peak.
Li Daxiu slowly rose. "Lord Su, you have finally arrived!"
Lin Xiaosu said, "Sect Master Li knew I was coming?"
"Three days ago, Lord Su swept through Mystic Insight Sect and set the wheels of pacifying Jiangnan in motion. My Eight-Disk Sect is close at hand—how could Lord Su not come?" Li Daxiu said.
Lin Xiaosu smiled faintly. "When I faced Mystic Insight Sect that day, I also offered terms. Unfortunately, He Yue was too foolish, unable to tell when to advance or retreat, and that led to Mystic Insight Sect's destruction. Since Sect Master Li knows why I have come, I wonder what choice you will make when faced with the same terms?"
Li Daxiu said in a deep voice, "Hand over the thirty-seven people in this sect with criminal records at the Ministry of Justice, correct?"
"Not just that!" Lin Xiaosu said. "You must also return the Linjiang properties and farmland you have illegally occupied over the years. Furthermore, hand over all your liquid assets as compensation for the people of Linjiang."
"Heh!" Li Daxiu sneered. "This sect's foundation spans thousands of years. Does Lord Su think he can take it away so easily with a single sentence?"
"Sect Master Li is wrong! Wrong on two counts!" Lin Xiaosu said. "First, you call this your sect's millennia-old foundation, but it is not. It is merely the people's flesh and blood