“Who knows?” Yuan Shuo answered calmly. “Either Sun Yifei is so dominating that none of the three great organizations or Night Watchers can stop him, or he’s probing for someone else. Or perhaps his mission is to injure me so gravely that I have no choice but to obey orders once we’re inside the ruins. That prevents me from giving them trouble with the amount of strength I have.”2

Liu Long’s brows were tightly knitted together. He looked at Li Hao, then at Yuan Shuo. “If we answer the letter and Elder Yuan’s strength is exposed… Will it adversely impact the expedition to come?”0

Their capabilities would be revealed ahead of time. Everyone would be on guard if the professor was stronger than Sun Yifei. At the same time, he might very well be beaten into severe injuries if he was weaker than the Qimei Staff King. It wasn’t likely that Yuan Shuo would die, because the excavation hadn’t happened yet.0

No matter how they looked at it, it seemed a losing proposition.0

“Then we’re exposed!” Yuan Shuo snorted. “We keep a low profile only when we lack sufficient strength. It’s fine to stand...0