"I never imagined you would be the one staying with me to the very end."
Seeing that Wang Zheng looked entirely unsurprised, Xue Fuyao thought of a possibility. "You knew all along?"
Wang Zheng did not hide it now. "My father explored the entire ruins long ago. He already knew where the inheritance was."
Hearing this, it was Xue Fuyao's turn to be surprised. "If he already knew, why join forces with the others?"
Wouldn't it have been better to keep it all for yourselves?
"To get rid of those who wouldn't obey, of course. Besides, my father said that inheritance was rather special. To receive it, I need someone else there to help me. I thought that person would be Gu Nian."
"You didn't expect it, and neither did I. I always thought I was just here to make up the numbers."
Judging by Wang Zheng's account, they had apparently made a deal with the Yuanji Sect long ago. This was nothing less than a feast concealing murderous intent, aimed specifically at the other lineages of Delusion City.
"Wait, aren't the Water Spirit Sect and the Medical Sect your friends? When the city lord was injured, they traveled thousands of miles to bring him medicine."
According to her memories of her previous life, the Water Spirit Sect and the Medical Sect had always enjoyed a good relationship with Delusion City.
But there had been no such deadly banquet in her previous life, either. Sure enough, it was still because of her.
"They were the ones who leaked the news of my father's injury. We're merely collecting a little interest now."
From Wang Zheng, Xue Fuyao learned the broad outline of what had happened.
This expedition to the Emperor’s Tomb was a deadly banquet the Wang Family father and son