"Good!" Li Mubai nodded and said, "Then we have formed an alliance."
"Commanding thousands of sects and attacking the Holy Ruins Palace, slaying the Saintess!" Tang Ru's eyes blazed with flames as she said, "Only by doing this can I win back my Master's heart. As long as Mu Zhiruo is gone, I, Tang Ru, will be the only woman Master cares for!"
"That's right!" Li Mubai nodded.
"But you must not harm my Master in the slightest," Tang Ru warned, her eyes burning with rage.
"That is the grudge between Guo Yi and me!" Li Mubai sneered, his gaze drifting toward the man-made lake outside the window, where the willows were leafless, leaving only their black branches to sway chaotically in the air. Birds flew over the water's surface, quickly vanishing without a trace.
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Wuyi State.
Majestic mountains, known as the nine thousand great mountains, one hundred thousand steep ridges.
