When he was far enough away that no one could see him, Wu Jianwu shivered. His face went pale, and his eyes flickered with astonishment. Sweat pouring down his forehead, he took a very deep breath.

What happened? Two flames?? That fiendish killer was terrible enough before. Now that he has two life flames, he’d definitely be able to kill me if I ran into him outside the sect!!

Heart pounding, he came to the conclusion that he definitely couldn’t leave the sect for the next few months.

Thanks to my quick wits, I managed to give him a lot of face. I even paid the fine for him. He’s a reasonable person, right? Next time we run into each other he won’t try to kill me. Will he? Ah, what a headache.... No. I’m not going out of my mansion grotto until I have two life flames!

Meanwhile, back outside Dreamsense Mansion, Xu Qing stood in the rain, a strange look on his face.

The Mute was completely taken aback, and Xu Xiaohui looked dumbfounded.

Ling’er blinked suspiciously, and the old innkeeper seemed speechless.

These people were right at the epicenter of the event, and all of them knew that Xu Qing hadn’t said a single thing. He had only taken a ready stance, and then Wu Jianwu had suddenly started spouting all sorts of balderdash. Combined with his...