Of course, he knew that Xuandu Mountain had searched tirelessly for Shen Qiao after he fell from the cliff, and that they’d come up empty-handed because he himself had rescued Shen Qiao. But Yan Wushi had no reason to speak up on their behalf—he was more than happy to see Shen Qiao become despondent, to watch him go from a softhearted, downtrodden sect leader to a man who hated and resented all the world.
