"Why would he be fooled?" Zhao Layue asked.
"Because he's too suspicious," Jing Jiu said.
Thinking of how his senior brother would fall for his deception, the corners of his lips lifted into a smile, a little pleased with himself.
Zhao Layue was somewhat surprised, because he rarely showed this sort of emotion.
At the Sword Inheritance by the Brook, the Green Mountain Sword Trial, and even the later Plum Gathering, no matter how much glory he enjoyed, he had always been so calm and indifferent.
Zhao Layue did not know what he wanted to deceive that man about, and Jing Jiu did not know what significance this matter had either. It was merely a habit of several hundred years: keeping a few cards hidden.
This, too, was something he had learned from his senior brother.
Just as he had known there was a traitor in Green Mountain, yet had never expected it to be Fang Jingtian-after so many years, Little Four had still not forgotten his master.
"Did Fang Jingtian try to kill you twice because he suspected you had uncovered something?" Zhao Layue asked.
"Back on Sword Peak, Zuo Yi wanted to kill you because he learned through the Curtain Rollers that you were investigating Jade Lake Peak," Jing Jiu said. "Fang Jingtian didn't know what I had uncovered, but he knew I was investigating. That reason alone was enough."
At these words, Zhao Layue raised her ink-dark brows slightly but said nothing.
This matter had enormous implications. If she and Jing Jiu drove the other side into a corner and they struck with thunderous force, how would they respond?
Divine End Peak might seem glorious now, but in truth, it was the weakest of the Green Mountain Nine Peaks. Even she, whose cultivation was the highest, had