"...This disciple once obtained a Buddhist Path finger technique at Little Hidden Temple and reported it to Lord Du."
Jiang Che began with a fact that had already been verified.
Du Yongchang nodded slightly upon hearing it, confirming that Jiang Che had spoken the truth.
"This disciple wondered whether there might be anything else to gain, so I later visited Little Hidden Temple again and obtained another secret Buddhist Path art..."
As he spoke, Jiang Che handed over the copy he had made of [Bodhi Heart Lamp].
Everything Jiang Che said was true. It was just that whether the "Little Hidden Temple" he spoke of was the one from fourteen years ago or the present-day temple was another matter.
The Qi Refining officials naturally all took him to mean the present-day Little Hidden Temple.
And no one could disprove his account. The patrol he had accompanied four days earlier had been wiped out. Jiang Che had left the few soldiers who survived at the time to their own devices, and none had returned alive afterward. Without a cultivator leading them, ordinary soldiers could hardly escape Ailin Old City.
"You were that lucky?" County Commandant Li continued pressing him. "We didn't find anything in that Little Hidden Temple back then."
Old Du spoke up. "Enough. Weren't you completely preoccupied with that sword? Old Wei wanted it, and you were busy fighting him for it. How could you spare a thought for anything else? The disciples handled all the cleanup. What could you have discovered?"
His words were far from polite. Besides shutting County Commandant Li down, they also served as a warning.
Don't push your luck.
Jiang Che breathed a small sigh of relief. He had cleared this hurdle.
He did feel somewhat guilty toward Master Chunji. The master had taught