Wearing a mask in the middle of this crowd was outrageous enough. With so many people around him, he had actually dared to pull it off and show his face to him. Wasn't he afraid someone else would see? Did he think everyone else was blind?
Yuan Yao naturally knew what Gu Liani was thinking. As an elite disciple of Summer Path Mountain, he too had to act in its interests.
He did not want Shi Chun captured either. He was equally eager for Summer Path Mountain alone to possess the Divine Fire Secret Art once they got out. As an elite disciple, he should know what to do in a matter like this without seeking the sect's opinion.
If he did not even understand that, why had the sect selected him out of all its disciples to come here?
There was also Elder Jin's illegal intervention at the exit. If that came to light, Summer Path Mountain would lose its right to enter under the next Divine Fire Pact.
Yet silencing Shi Chun was hardly an option. If Shi Chun died, what would become of the Divine Fire Secret Art?
Bringing the Divine Fire Secret Art back would be a monumental achievement!
Every nerve in his body instantly went taut. He was far more nervous than Shi Chun, the man actually involved, and instinctively checked everyone else's reactions.
After looking, he breathed a little easier. No one was paying any attention to that fellow. Amid the brief confusion, everyone was watching the streaks of light fly away, their attention captured as they chattered about what those things were. Only that masked man was showing off to him from within the crowd.
Realization suddenly struck Yuan Yao. He looked in the direction the lights had flown, then at the masked