Chapter 280: Appeal
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“We should kill her.”
“Lu Mei!”
“I am serious,” Lu Mei says, pacing around his room with a blank look on her face. Dog, demonstrating his increased intelligence, has chosen to hide in the corner. “My parents are merely Heaven Realm cultivators. My grandfather might be an Elder, but that is unimportant. No one involved in this matter is an Emperor except the Sect Master of the Red Sky Pavilion. I am sure he would be willing to overlook a few indiscretions if it pleases the Eternal Flame Clan.”
Merely Heaven Realm cultivators.
What an outrageous thing to say. It is a good thing that Liu Jin’s room is lined with protective talismans. Who knows what people would think otherwise?
And yet, there is some truth to Lu Mei’s words. Certainly, Liu Jin and Lu Mei are nowhere near the might of a Heaven Realm cultivator, but that does not matter as much as it once did. They have connections and, in Liu Jin’s case, the loyalty of one Emperor Realm cultivator. The threat of a Heaven Realm cultivator and the possible machinations of a decently-sized Sect are not as intimidating as they once were.
However, feasible or not, Lu Mei being so quick to suggest such a brutish solution is a sign of how rattled she is.
“Lu Mei,” Liu Jin repeats, his voice gentle and soothing as he can make it. It seems to work because Lu Mei stops pacing. “What exactly did your mother write?”