“Staying is for your own good!” He Lingchuan’s thoughts raced. “How did Xi Yunhe arrange your route?”

“I’ll ride the snail toad out of the city with them.” Dong Rui found the question baffling. “What other arrangement could there be?”

“Are you sure they’ll let you leave?” He Lingchuan said coldly. “Wouldn’t killing you to silence you be the safest choice?”

Dong Rui’s heart jolted.

“You ride the snail toad out of Lingxu City, and they turn around, kill you, and dump your body.” He Lingchuan gave a dark chuckle. “They don’t even have to transport your corpse out of the city. You walked yourself out. Perfect.”

“You…” Dong Rui wanted to say he was just being alarmist, but his mind was already in chaos.

“Do you seriously think that neither Xi Yunhe nor State Preceptor Shuang Ye would be easily willing to go through with something like that?” He Lingchuan continued whispering like a devil in his ear. “Let me tell you this, since State Preceptor Qing Yang accused you, that means she has already seen that you and State Preceptor Shuang Ye are in the same camp. In front of the gods, that is an extremely serious accusation. So to protect himself, State Preceptor Shuang Ye absolutely cannot afford to stumble over you!”

Otherwise,...