Chapter 201: Plans and Ploys
Teng Wuying was equal parts pleased and anxious. By benefit of his brother’s not so untimely death, he was now the sole inheritor of his family’s resources. And he was still alive, which would have been a much more difficult feat to pull off had he remained in Sixth Flawless Flowing City.
On the other hand, he was standing in front of his sect leader, Duan Dandan, who did not look pleased to see him in the least.
Not daring to meet her eyes, he cupped his hands. “Greetings, Sect Leader.”
“The reports I’m getting indicate our branch in Sixth Flawless Flowing City, the one which you are the appointed leader of, was completely destroyed,” the icy-eyed, white-haired woman said. “Why are you here?”
“To inform you of a likely incoming attack, Sect Leader,” he said meekly, keeping his face pointed toward the ground.
“You’re a little bit late, aren’t you?” Her tone was biting.
“Apologies, Sect Leader. Your…” Flunky. “…assistant kept me waiting for days. If not for him, you would have received the warning in plenty of time.”
She pursed her lips. “Explain.”
“My dear nephew, Teng Chun, got himself killed while accosting a higher realmed cultivator—”
“Why would he do such a thing? He was a brute, but he wasn’t an idiot.”
“The higher realmed cultivator did not behave like a higher realmed cultivator, Sect Leader, at least in the eyes of my dear nephew. Or that’s what we believe was going through his head at the time. He disobeyed my direct orders to observe only and approached the cultivator.”
“I see. Continue your report. You will provide a written version with the detail explaining how that conclusion was derived.”