Impatient, Sun Ding asked, “What about that lass Purple Danger?”

Lao Meng shook his head again, and only asked, “Do you think Xue Fang is doing this for the Lapis Armour this time round too?”

When he mentioned the two words “Lapis Armour”, the light in Sun Ding’s eyes swiftly flickered once. Then he looked elsewhere, and said, “Xue Fang is very ambitious. I advise that you...and that Valley Master of yours, best operate cautiously. Otherwise...hmph.”

Lao Meng was silent for a while, then he suddenly asked, “Were you the one who killed Shen Zhen?”

Hearing this, Sun Ding paused, raised an eyebrow, and asked in a drawl, “What, are you probing me for information?”

Lao Meng smiled ambiguously, and extended a finger to poke him in the chest. Lowering his voice, he said, “Sun-xiong, let us, as honest men, talk openly. Who doesn’t want the Lapis Armour? It’s not only the Hanged Ghost--the minor ghosts at the bottom are scheming to get in on the action as well. Even Long-Tongued Ghost, that thing, dared to set up the underground cave trap, putting his life on the line to do the Valley Master in...the person who acquires the Lapis Armour will be the next master of Fengya Mountain. If you don’t want it, why are you keeping your eye on that little thing surnamed Zhang?”

Sun Ding choked. After a long while, he finally managed to say, “That’s because I want to make that Zhang lad point Xue Fang out as the culprit!”

Lao Meng looked at him and merely smiled without comment. Sun Ding had always hated Lao Meng’s smile, as he felt that this person smiled as though he was hiding numerous important secrets; like that demented master of his, Wen Kexing, it was impossible for others to tell what he was thinking. Impatient, he asked, “Ghost of Impermanence, what do you mean by this?”

Lao Meng shook his head, and said with a smile, “This, Sun-xiong does not have to worry about. That Zhang kid is with the Valley Master now. As long as he recalls it, he can point out the culprit any time--since Shen Zhen is dead, and the two pieces of Lapis Armour in the Gao Family Manor have disappeared without a trace, I say it’s best if we apprehend Xue Fang first, then make a decision. What do you say?”

Sun Ding narrowed his eyes. His fierce gaze regarded that peaceful face for a while, then he humphed coldly, turned, and left.

At this moment, within the Puppet Manor enclosed by the thousands of great mountains in Shuzhong, the Valley Master Wen they spoke of was currently fighting Zhou Zishu for a blanket.