Zu An was disappointed. “I saved you and your sect master, and yet you want me to agree to something else? Isn’t that going a bit too far?”

Qiu Honglei was extremely apologetic. “I don’t want this either, but I don’t dare tell anyone that you saved the sect master. If anyone else found out, there’s a high chance that information will leak out. I’m worried about your safety in the palace.”

Zu An knew that he had misunderstood her intentions. “You’ve thought things out in more detail than I have.”

The less people who knew about a secret, the better. Besides, the Devil Sect also had its own factions, and these factions may decide to sell him out. The best decision would be to keep this under wraps.

Qiu Honglei continued, “I don’t know if my master told you about this yet, but she rose to her position by purging many factions from the sect. Now that she is seriously injured and...