Xu Sheng’s hidden fears had turned into reality. He didn’t know why, but the sect’s investigations into Grandmaster Yao’s whereabouts suddenly turned intense and the interrogations occurring within the dungeon became drastically more brutal. As one of the stewards, even though he was the youngest, he still had the right to participate in the interrogations. As it happened, Xu Sheng’s heart grew increasingly heavy.

Although he knew that secretly obstructing the interrogation process and deliberately misinterpreting the interrogation information were extremely dangerous actions, he had no other choice.

While he didn’t know the reason why, it seemed that the sect held Grandmaster Yao in high regard. Once they found out he had disappeared without a trace, there was no way he would escape the anger that would crash down upon him.

If one walked down the riverside for long enough, there would eventually be a time when one’s shoes got wet. Xu Sheng was incredibly discreet and his actions were clean and quiet, but half a month later, his dungeon chamber...