After an unknown length of time, Yun Huanling heard Su Jiu say calmly, "That man is your Heavenly Secret Sect's Eighth Elder, isn't he?"
It was a statement, not a question.
Yun Huanling was surprised. He had never expected Su Jiu to know Meng En.
"If it really is Meng En, what do you intend to do?"
Yun Huanling gave a self-deprecating smile. "Ask him why. If he truly has betrayed us, capture him if possible. If not, kill him on the spot." For many cultivators, capturing someone was indeed far harder than killing them.
The cultivation world held countless magic treasures. You could never predict what means your enemy might use to escape.
A trace of surprise appeared on Su Jiu's face.
Then he continued, "Those are our Heavenly Secret Sect's sect rules."
The Heavenly Secret Sect's Eighth Elder presided over Jade Light Peak. If Su Jiu remembered correctly, he and the Seventh Elder were jointly responsible for the sect's secret mechanical arts.
Su Jiu could not understand what spell the Zheng Household had cast over him to make him betray a first-rate sect. Rather than remain a perfectly respectable sect elder, he insisted on coming here to engage in this sort of dirty business.
From the looks of it, the Zheng Household was becoming more and more interesting.
"When I first heard A-Yu describe that man's appearance, I actually checked with the sect. The Eighth Elder really wasn't on his peak."
"He's an elder I deeply respect, and one of those who watched me grow up. If he really has done something wrong, A Jiu, could you leave him to me?"
Yun Huanling lowered his eyes slightly, his long lashes casting shadows beneath them. He looked utterly helpless.
Su Jiu, however, raised a very practical concern. "However weak