After burning down the Laughing Gold Pavilion, Mu Bai flew straight back to the Spirit Taming Sect. He reckoned Zhou Dechen would not dare do anything to him beyond hating him bitterly and wanting to kill him. He had already made Zhou Dechen want to kill him countless times anyway. With enough lice, one stopped itching; with enough debts, one stopped worrying.
Although burning down the Spirit Taming Sect's property also warranted punishment, the problem was the filthy business Zhou Dechen had been conducting there. He could barely keep that fire under wraps, so how would he dare complain to the sect's Enforcement Hall?
Back in his cave abode, Mu Bai sat cross-legged in thought. He was thinking of nothing else but how to kill Zhou Dechen without inviting retaliation from the Spirit Taming Sect. After all, anyone would have to weigh things carefully before angering such a great sect, let alone Mu Bai, who was still an insignificant nobody.
While he was pondering this, Zuo Lin announced from outside that the Third Sect Heir, Zhou Deqi, and the Thirteenth Sect Heir, Zhou Dekai, had come to visit.
Sure enough, after Mu Bai displayed his strength at Zeng Yuan's wedding and stood imperiously against Zhou Dechen, then burned down his Laughing Gold Pavilion, he quickly drew the sect heirs' attention. When Zhou Deqi arranged for Mu Bai to enter the Spirit Command ruins, his desire to recruit him had already been obvious. With the Eldest Sect Heir having made his move as well, Zhou Deqi no longer hesitated.
Mu Bai did not dare put on airs. He walked out of his cave abode and welcomed the two sect heirs inside with a cupped-fist salute. Zhou Deqi focused on Body Refining, making his current cultivation difficult to discern, but presumably he