At that moment, Lu Qingshan stood amid the crowd with his hands tucked into his sleeves, watching with great relish as though none of this concerned him. The smile on his face abruptly froze.
That Elder Lu... that Heavenly Artifact...
Elder Lu... Heavenly Artifact?!
His heart jolted, and realization struck him in an instant.
"Chun Xiaobai?!"
So that was it!
The little bastard was behind this outrageous business of draining the Sect's spiritual qi, turning everything upside down, and incurring the wrath of gods and men!
"I knew this lawless way of doing things felt familiar!"
"Chun Xiaobai? Pah! Pure, my ass!"
You even dared to suck the Sect's blood dry!
And now you dare use this to threaten me?!
Lu Qingshan's aged face instantly turned liver-purple with rage.
But furious as he was, he dared not delay.
Since Chun Xiaobai had dared to have Bai Yutang shout those words to threaten him, he was clearly counting on Lu Qingshan to intervene and help him through this crisis.
If he did nothing, that fellow would immediately expose his misappropriation of the Heavenly Artifact to everyone!
Once word spread, not only would he lose the Heavenly Artifact, but his reputation would plummet, and the Sect would punish him severely!
Most importantly, his Junior Sister, the Sect Master, had clearly been in a foul temper lately.
Even his standing as her Senior Brother would be absolutely useless!
Seeing that his first incantation had produced no response, and that the deadly spear tip was about to pierce his forehead, Bai Yutang completely panicked.
He raised his voice and shouted again.
"That Elder Lu! That Heavenly Artifact-!"
"You little brat, stop shouting!"
Terrified that someone would catch the meaning behind those words, Lu Qingshan immediately moved, his figure vanishing from the spot.
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