"Lin Mu... no, Master Lin, please spare my life! I failed to recognize your greatness and often opposed you. I hope you can be magnanimous and, for Ye Tong's sake, let me off this time."
It was Jiang Xia, and he was sick with regret. He had believed himself to be from a superior background than Lin Mu, with a more powerful network of support. Leveraging the Xia family's connection to Daoist Master Yunxu, he had targeted Lin Mu repeatedly. If he'd known Lin Mu was *that* Master Lin, a man far more formidable than Daoist Master Yunxu, he wouldn't have dared to oppose him even if he had ten times the courage.
As he knelt, Li Ping and the others immediately followed suit.
Gu Can even began slapping himself as he cried out, "Master Lin, I was blind for looking down on you! I shouldn't have mocked you. I deserve to die! Please, just treat me like I'm nothing and let me go."
