“So you’re saying that in the middle of the night, you were so bored you got up just to listen to ghostly noises in the cold wind,” Old Ma said irritably, glaring at Lu Chen. “And that’s when you happened to see a Kunlun Sect disciple drowning in that pool, so you saved her?”
Morning sunlight streamed through the tavern window, falling across Lu Chen’s face. He thought for a moment, then nodded. “More or less.”
Old Ma spat and sneered. “Do you even know your own limits?”
“Especially when we’ve just discovered that someone carved a Demonic Sect secret mark in this village, damn it!”
“Can’t you behave yourself for once?”
He suddenly paused, then looked Lu Chen up and down with a suspicious expression. “Don’t tell me… you were reminded of True Monarch Tianlan, so you—”
“No,” Lu Chen int
