"Looks like the news hasn't spread yet."
Seeing that Lu Qingshan and the others looked perfectly normal and had said nothing to make trouble for the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect, Wang Luan finally felt some of the weight lift from his heart.
But immediately afterward, he noticed something amiss.
There had clearly been only four Emperor Pavilion Envoys entering the city yesterday.
How had there become five when they left today?
Wang Luan's gaze swept past Lu Qingshan and the others to the rear of the group, particularly the fellow with a face swollen like a pig's head...
Why did those eyes look more familiar the longer he studied them?
"What are you looking at?" Bai Jin'er noticed his gaze, immediately stepped forward, and snapped at him.
Her shout made Wang Luan's heart tremble. He hurriedly looked away and lowered his head.
"Forgive my disrespect."
"We respectfully bid you farewell, my lords!"
"Hmph!" Bai Jin'er snorted before catching up with Lu Qingshan.
With their heads held high, the five swaggered out of Ten Thousand Flowers City under the gazes of everyone from the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect.
Chun Xiaobai trailed behind. Watching Bai Jin'er's fierce retreating figure, he couldn't help clicking his tongue in wonder.
"Why is this little wench getting fiercer and fiercer?"
"If she keeps this up, who'll dare marry her?"
Wang Luan and the elders of the Ten Thousand Flowers Sect stood outside the gates, watching the five figures gradually disappear.
By rights, they should have breathed a sigh of relief after seeing off these "Emperor Pavilion Envoys," yet somehow, the doubts in their hearts only grew.
Hall Master Liu stared into the distance and couldn't help muttering, "Did any of you feel... there was something off about those people?"
Silence immediately fell around her.
Everyone