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Alongside the wagon trails were countless smaller footprints, many of which clearly belonged to mountain folk in rough-soled shoes.
Pei Xinyong and Lu Yao rode side by side, each nursing their own schemes. For a long while, neither of them spoke.
At last, Pei Xinyong broke the silence and asked, “So, according to you, General Wu fell for official surnamed He’s ruse and ended up getting killed by you?”
It wasn’t just Wu Shaoyi who fell for the ruse, but you too! The thought burned on Lu Yao’s tongue, but he swallowed it. Pei Xinyong commanded twice his numbers. For now, the priority was pursuing the official forces.
“I didn’t kill him. The Crocodile God bit him down personally.”
“Speaking of which, why was the Crocodile God at your side in the first place?” Pei Xinyong’s suspicion ran deep. Wu Shaoyi had been formidable, yet still fell into Lu Yao’s ambush. That meant Pei Xinyong himself was hardly safe.
What had Lu Yao brought the Crocodile God to Immortal Spirit Lake for?
“I invited it to be our witness,” Lu Yao sighed. “After the Divine Master’s death, it was seeking a new lair. When I told it that Immortal Spirit Lake was rich with fish and boundless waterways,...
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