142: If we join forces, we should be able to win!

His tall figure slowly stood up, his hand on his blade, and a dense, mountain-like, sharp, blade-like Aura naturally emanated, enveloping the entire small pavilion.

"You... are actually Lu Jiuyuan?" Bai Tianyu's voice deepened, no longer as forthright as before, but with a sharpness like a blade.

"The Lu Jiuyuan who killed Long Xiaoyun, and... Long Xiaoyun?"

"It is I."

Lu Jiuyuan remained seated, not even looking at Bai Tianyu's hand on the hilt of his blade, his tone calm and unperturbed:

"The Plum Blossom Bandit deserved to die. Long Xiaoyun's heart was already twisted, exceedingly malicious, and he sought his own demise."

Bai Tianyu's brows furrowed tightly, his eyes changing with a complex expression.

He respected Li Xunhuan, regarding him as an elder brother and close friend, and Long Xiaoyun was, after all, Li Xunhuan's sworn brother.

Both emotionally and logically, he seemed to have to do something.

He was the type of person who viewed women as clothing and brothers as limbs; he would go through fire and water for his brothers. Now it seemed Li Xunhuan and Lu Jiuyuan were not friends, but enemies.

And he had just happened to arrive.

Under these circumstances, it was impossible for him to avenge Long Xiaoyun, but to kill Lu Jiuyuan for Detective Li...

He would absolutely be willing to act, because he had felt the other party's Killing Intent.

He knew that even his most revered Detective Li might not have a complete grasp on such a figure.

"Brother Li, this person is formidable. If the two of us join forces, we should be able to win steadily!" Bai Tianyu was already standing beside Li Xunhuan.

Li Xunhuan finally looked up, his face pale, his eyes weary. He gently patted Bai Tianyu's arm, interrupting him:

"Brother Bai, please sit down. Brother Lu is not an enemy."

"I have just spoken with Brother Lu. My elder brother's matter was his own doing. The grievances are settled, no need to mention them again.

This Xingyun Manor is still worth some silver. Shiyin has left, unwilling to see me, and I have already had Tie Chuanjia arrange its sale.

The money obtained will be used to compensate those victims!"

Li Xunhuan coughed a few times: "Although it cannot alleviate the hatred in their hearts, this is what I can do."

Li Xunhuan picked up the wine pot, poured himself a full cup, and drained it in one gulp. The fiery wine burned his throat and lungs, bringing on a violent fit of coughing.

After coughing, a flush spread across his pale face, and he said in a hoarse voice: "The grievances of the Jianghu, right and wrong, are sometimes inherently difficult to discern.

That you two can sit in my pavilion today is fate."

"But you can do more, and you should do more," Lu Jiuyuan said calmly.

"It is true that Long Xiaoyun was the Plum Blossom Bandit. But the Plum Blossom Bandit was not just Long Xiaoyun."

"What have you found out?" Li Xunhuan looked at Lu Jiuyuan, his heart full of apologies for the victims.

If he could do something for them, he would be very willing.

If he knew the remaining members of the Plum Blossom Bandit, he wouldn't mind capturing them and delivering them to those victims, to commemorate those poor souls who had died.

"Long Xiaoyun was the Plum Blossom Bandit, and Lin Xianer is also the Plum Blossom Bandit.

Her spider web is both evil and powerful. There are many nodes on the web, and she is the mother spider moving back and forth on it."

"Xian'er? She's just the number one beauty in the Martial Forest. Is her power really that great?"

Bai Tianyu was a little surprised. He was very familiar with the name, but a beauty was merely an adornment for Jianghu heroes.

He couldn't imagine how much power this could represent.

"As vast as the Jianghu is, so widespread is her influence. And so numerous are her paramours.

Whether they are eminent monks, famous heroes, powerful underworld figures, or the lowest of the low, wherever there are people of the Jianghu, there are those she has slept with."

"What?" Bai Tianyu's eyes widened: "There is such a vile woman in this world? She would simply defile my body."

As soon as these words were spoken, the gazes of both Lu Jiuyuan and Li Xunhuan fell upon him.

Bai Tianyu quickly said: "Don't worry, both of you. Although I have slept with this woman, it was not a deep relationship, and I am certainly not one of them."

At this point, Bai Tianyu's brows furrowed tightly, his eyes shooting cold light. He slammed the stone table with a "bang," making the wine pot and cups jump, and furiously shouted:

"That Lin Xianer... I originally thought she was just a pitiful weak woman, and I was soft-hearted and indulged her wish. I never expected her to be such a venomous woman!

The Plum Blossom Bandit committed countless evil deeds, rape, abduction, and all sorts of wickedness, and she is actually one of the masterminds!"

He was of a fierce and unyielding nature, hating evil as if it were his personal enemy. Thinking that he had once had intimate relations with such a woman, even if it was just a fleeting affair,

He now felt a surge of nausea, as if he had touched something utterly filthy, and his face turned ashen.

"Her web is far larger and more secretive than you imagine," Lu Jiuyuan continued.

"Long Xiaoyun was a blade in her hand, used for concealment and accumulating wealth, and also a very good shield."

"Lin Xianer..." He slowly uttered the name, like a sigh, and like finally pushing aside the last layer of mist before his eyes:

"So it was her. No wonder... no wonder so many things always happened at just the right time, and there were always people who would follow her lead."

Bai Tianyu suddenly stood up, his face full of disgust and rage: "What a beautiful viper! I, Bai Tianyu, have roamed the Jianghu, acting as I pleased, yet I was deceived by such a vile woman, almost becoming a bug in her web!

Such humiliation can only be washed away with blood!"

He turned to Lu Jiuyuan, cupped his fists, his voice like the clang of metal: "Brother Lu, since this is the case, what are we waiting for?

With you and me joining forces, plus Brother Li, where in the world can we not go? Even if she gathers all the scoundrels under heaven, we can cut them down with one blade! I'll go drag her out right now!"

"Brother Bai, calm down."

Li Xunhuan gently pressed his hand, signaling him to sit down, "If she truly is as Brother Lu says, with such a vast network and deep influence, then she will never expose herself easily.

Acting rashly will only alert the snake, making her hide even deeper."