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What made Jiang Xuan raise a brow was that halfway there, Chu Mu suddenly smacked his forehead hard.

"Damn it, how hadn't I thought of that? Who would have expected Zhu Yang, that thick-browed, big-eyed fellow, to be so sinister and cunning?"

"???"

Jiang Xuan was stunned by those words. Only after quite a while did he grasp their meaning.

"You mean... Zhu Yang had been acting just now?"

"Very likely." Chu Mu nodded, sweeping his gaze toward Lü Tian and Qin Wang ahead before speaking bluntly. "With those two households here, the Zhu Household could never recruit the Cloud Marsh Snakefolk Lineage. Rather than drawing water with a bamboo basket and ending up empty-handed, they might as well smash the cauldrons and sink the boats on one gamble."

"The Zhu Household's direct heir suffered grave injuries because of spirit wine—yet precisely how severe those injuries are is entirely for the Zhu Household to say, and no one else can refute it. In that case, the Cloudmarsh Serpentfolk will certainly have to bleed heavily. The Zhu Household could take this chance to demand that the Cloudmarsh Serpentfolk assist their branch. It is not impossible."

"..." This unraveling analysis left Jiang Xuan completely speechless. At the same time, he finally understood one thing—the children of Aristocratic Clans truly had too many schemes in their hearts.

Amid Jiang Xuan's silence, the Cultivators entered the inner courtyard. Yet because of the earlier disturbance, an inescapable shadow ultimately hung over the atmosphere between them.

Fortunately, this had little to do with Jiang Xuan.

Chu Mu had brought Jiang Xuan along merely as a display of strength. As for the actual task of persuasion, Chu Mu would personally take the field.

Thus, after entering the inner courtyard, Jiang Xuan became completely free.

With nothing better