Jiang Xiaoyu was certain his identity had been exposed.
But he could not understand how Lin Lang could possibly know about a nobody like him.
"Right Envoy, I wasn't trying to deceive you. I sincerely wanted to join the Sun Moon Holy Cult. I can go anywhere except the Moving Flower Palace. How about I infiltrate Wudang Mountain? Northern Shaolin would work too."
Those two sects had deep foundations. Even Yaoyue would not dare act recklessly there.
"Jiang Xiaoyu, did you really think nobody knew who you were?" Lin Lang stared into Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes. "The Moving Flower Palace has been searching the whole world for you. To think you hid at my Blackwood Cliff. Were you hoping I'd shield you from disaster?"
He was always the one setting others up. This time, Jiang Xiaoyu had nearly set him up.
Jiang Xiaoyu darted away, trying to escape while Lin Lang was distracted by speaking.
But he discovered that Lin Lang was even faster and had blocked the doorway outright.
Moreover, Lin Lang had pressed something, and iron plates had dropped over all the windows. If he wanted to leave, he could only use the sole entrance.
When the others saw the Right Envoy stop someone, they hurried outside.
Anyone who warranted the Right Envoy's personal intervention was certainly beyond their ability to get involved with. They had better not stay and die for nothing.
"Right Envoy Li, if we fight, all the manuals here will be destroyed," Jiang Xiaoyu threatened. "Why not let me go? I promise never to come to Blackwood Cliff again, and I'll send over a few top-tier martial arts manuals later as an apology."
Lin Lang stood blocking the stairway with his hands behind his back. "It doesn't matter if you destroy everything here. These manuals