They wanted to run out, but they knew they couldn't outrun Elder Mu even if they tried, and it would just prove their guilt. All they could do was stick to their lie and claim that they didn't do anything wrong. The only way they could escape was by pretending to be the victims and prove that Mu Lin was lying after he started blaming them in the future.
"What about him? Did he finally manage to achieve a breakthrough after a year and passed his bottleneck that had been troubling him?" Ruan Yi asked Mu Yun. "I somehow doubt that it would be the case."
Mu Yun looked towards Long Chen and sighed.
She shook her head. "Not yet."
