Mochou Mountain that Xing Heng hailed from was the closest mountain to Shenzuo Mountain; the two mountains were on good terms.

After Xing Wuliang returned from his trip, Xing Heng called him over and obliquely asked him a significant amount of questions. Given Xing Wuliang’s deep trust in the other, he wasn’t on his guard and told him everything he’d learned. He also asked Xing Heng to take good care of Lu Yun.

Xing Heng was a true grandmaster and the head disciple of Mochou Mountain. Given Lu Yun’s lack of patronage in the sect, he could avoid wasting effort in futile endeavors if Xing Heng took the young man under his wing.

Hence, Xing Wuliang never imagined that Xing Heng would come to capture Lu Yun as soon as the former entered...