Mu Bai could not help wondering. Under such circumstances, it truly had been no easy feat for Zhou Dekai to escape alive!
Time was pressing. Mu Bai put away the corpses and hurried back to the Spirit Taming Sect.
Fewer than half the elders had returned to the sect, so the Elder Council meeting could not yet convene. Mu Bai immediately went to the Third Sect Heir's residence.
With such a major incident occurring in the sect, Zhou Detai and Zhou Deqi had also rushed back to the Spirit Taming Sect overnight.
Seeing Mu Bai enter the residence, Zhou Deqi hurried to greet him.
Mu Bai stated his purpose outright, hoping Zhou Deqi would share Zhou Dekai's guilt at the elders' meeting. Not only could this spare Zhou Dekai's life, but it could also earn Zhou Deqi a reputation for brotherly righteousness, which would surely win Zhou Qichang's great admiration.
Zhou Deqi pondered for a long while but refused to agree, declaring that escaping blame himself had already been difficult enough. How could he take such a grave crime upon himself now?
Seeing Zhou Deqi's stance, Mu Bai was deeply disappointed. He felt Zhou Dekai's years of following Zhou Deqi had been wasted, just as Zeng Yuan had followed Zhou Dechen back then, only to be abandoned. At the same time, Mu Bai had finally seen the true faces of the Spirit Taming Sect's three Sect Heirs. Like Zhou Dechen, they were all equally blackhearted and ruthless, turning their backs without a shred of feeling!
The only option now was to act with force. Leaving the Third Sect Heir's residence, Mu Bai went straight to Spirit Command City, intending to draw on the Mu Lan Pavilion's strength.
"What has you in such a hurry?"
Mu Bai strode hurriedly into the