Hiss!
Everyone's scalp prickled as they sucked in a breath of cold air.
Chief Steward Wang was shaken to his core, then overwhelmed by a sense of helpless bewilderment.
Evidence?
What a joke!
They had made everything so obvious. Did they really think they could hide it from the Azure Cloud Sect, hide it from the world?
Had they deceived themselves for so long that they truly believed, as long as they had not openly rebelled and joined the Demonic Path, everyone else had to pretend not to know?
Only now was Chief Steward Wang forced to admit that everyone had long understood the truth. It was just that no one had torn away that hypocritical veneer before, so no one had pursued the matter.
If someone truly meant to pursue it, what need was there for evidence?
All of Proud City, the Long Family's ancestral grounds, their businesses great and small, their servants and disciples everywhere-which of these was not evidence?
Involvement with demons was an enterprise, a Dao Path, not some unspeakable private secret or hidden personal choice.
Demanding evidence from Fang Qianyuan was simply inviting humiliation!
Only then did everyone realize that Fang Qianyuan's earlier declaration, "I am the knife and chopping block; you are the fish and meat," had been no empty threat. He truly intended to seize these Lineages' envoys while they were gathered to discuss matters at the Demon-Slaying Assembly!
"Long Five!" Long Xiyun's heart jolted violently, and he snapped to his senses.
"Let's go!"
This was nothing less than a Hongmen Banquet. Had he known, he would never have come!
He began to regret it.
Long Xiyun's decision was certainly bold and decisive. Yet just as he prepared to leave, he suddenly noticed that several experts from the Warrior Administration had appeared at