The moment Little Bad King saw the Treasure Bag in Lu Wei's hand, the principles and bottom line he had clung to vanished without a trace.
What decent person could withstand a test like this?
He had intended to wait and see before deciding which seat to submit his apprenticeship petition to. After all, his first choice of master would directly affect his subsequent growth. If he chose wrong, he would suffer a demotion penalty that halved his merit points...
But after hearing Lu Wei's introduction, his thoughts immediately wavered. He instinctively thought of how An Mountain Master had carried on at Medicine Peak for so many years without getting caught. Aside from his admittedly cunning and cautious methods of "committing crimes," could there be no other reason?
Long ago, Little Bad King had already concluded that An Mountain Master was not the mastermind behind the Bizarre Disappearance Case. With his ability and standing, he clearly could not have recruited so many elders, or even Dao-Touching Realm Ancestors, into the operation.
There had to be someone behind him!
Looking at it now, the only person whose authority could make things vastly easier for An Mountain Master, and who could clean up his messes in secret, seemed to be the Second Seat in charge of the Internal Affairs Office. Or rather... he was currently the prime suspect.
Little Bad King had distilled an extremely seasoned lesson from his experiences in numerous top-tier Secret Realms. In the mundane world, the best way to protect yourself was to stay away from danger. But inside a Secret Realm, there was only one fastest route to victory... approaching danger.
The closer you were to danger, the closer you were to the finish line of the trial set by the Heavenly Dao.
Little Bad King felt