The silent smile carried more weight than any words.
The atmosphere in the hall grew tense.
Xu Yunfan met True Monarch Pu Du's gaze, which seemed to pierce right through a person's heart, and his thoughts raced.
He understood that before a veteran Old Demon like True Monarch Pu Du, any attempt to explain himself would be futile.
The man didn't need evidence; he trusted only his own judgment and deductions.
Besides, his ascension in the Eastern Wilderness had been a world-shaking event. Xu Yunfan certainly hadn't forgotten that True Monarch Pu Du had intervened to block a Great Bodhisattva from the Puchen Pure Land on his behalf.
True Monarch Pu Du was clearly holding him accountable for True Monarch Qingyuan's death.
