"Guides?" Sha Tongtian looked at Gu Yuanqing and said evenly, "Since Your Excellency has no great entanglement with these two, then Sha will offer a word of advice. These two harbor crooked hearts; I fear Your Excellency has been deceived by them. Sha has grievances with them, so Your Excellency would do best not to interfere. That would be good for everyone!"
Although Sha Tongtian felt he did not need to fear Gu Yuanqing, he likewise did not wish to offend him. After all, he did not know Gu Yuanqing's background. Seeing how respectfully Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping treated him, he surmised that his cultivation was no weak matter. Since there was no conflict of interest between them, he naturally did not wish to make an enemy of him. Yet neither did he want to let Song and Gu go after finally finding them.
In his view, this also gave Gu Yuanqing a way to step down.
Song Tianrui and Gu Chengping both looked toward Gu Yuanqing. Gritting his teeth, Song Tianrui said, "Senior, this is a grievance between the two of us. We would not dare..."
Gu Yuanqing's gaze fell upon him, and Song Tianrui's words came to an abrupt halt.
Gu Yuanqing looked back at Sha Tongtian and said evenly, "If this were a blood feud of life and death, then Gu would say nothing today. Since it is not, why not consider what I have said?"
Sha Tongtian's eyes narrowed slightly. The calmer Gu Yuanqing was, the more wary he became. Still, before so many watching eyes, he remained unwilling to simply let Song and Gu go. Yet before he could speak, the young man who had emerged from the stone hall let out a cold laugh, his words dripping with contempt. "Who are you? How