One sentence.
Not only did the temperature in the entire room drop to freezing point, but Lin Xiao's grip also tightened slightly.
Killing intent filled the entire room.
This was Lin Xiao truly releasing his killing intent.
Not the Nangong family?
All the information he had obtained through every channel, both domestic and international, had pointed to the Nangong family.
But now, Nangong Wushuang had come, telling him that the incident back then was not done by the Nangong family. How could he believe her?
Therefore, he had developed a murderous intent towards Nangong Wushuang.
He could forget about that incident and move forward. However... if someone wanted to use it as a pretext for something else, he wouldn't stand for it.
He stared at Nangong Wushuang, his killing intent, controlled by his last shred of reason, did not engulf her.
"I'm not lying to you," Nangong Wushuang tried to relax her body as much as possible, even suppressing her most basic human reactions.
Her sincerity was palpable as she said with all her might, "My Nangong family... did indeed want your ancestor's belongings, but... it wasn't for our own ancestor."
"It seems I need to call him over," Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, unwilling to make a decision based on a few words.
The people of the Nangong family had indeed been involved in this matter, and they had met their just deserts: the deserving of death were dead, and those deserving a fate worse than death were living a life worse than death.
"Please..."
Nangong Wushuang finally spoke, and felt as though she could finally breathe freely. At this moment, she no longer cared about speaking and collapsed onto the floor, gasping for air.
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, staring at Nangong Wushuang, "Before I call your great-grandfather over, tell me, since your Nangong family wasn't the mastermind, then who was it?"
If someone could make him use all his domestic and international connections without finding any clues, he had only a few possible answers.
The Nangong family was such a behemoth; to make its members willing to die for it... there weren't many people who could achieve that.
Globally, there were only a handful of individuals.
Therefore, if what Nangong Wushuang said was true, then this matter would be quite interesting.
He would not let anyone who deserved punishment escape scot-free.
But...
Did the Dragon Lord know about this?
Lin Xiao suddenly recalled that not long ago, the Dragon Lord had risked his life and given him a document, forbidding him from going to the imperial capital from the Northern Territory...
At that time, if the Dragon Lord had died, according to Elder Zhou and the Dragon Lord's attitude, it was highly probable that he would have been forced to ascend to power.
Honestly, he couldn't understand what was going on at all.
But now, after hearing Nangong Wushuang's words, he had a thought.
Suppose Nangong Wushuang was not lying.
Did the Dragon Lord not want to interfere in this matter? He used his health problems as an excuse to retreat to the second line, allowing Lin Xiao to ascend and witness these events firsthand?
Perhaps that explained it.
But.
He didn't want it to be explained.
If that were the case, it would mean one of the elders of Long Country wanted his family's legacy.
He closed his eyes, waiting for Nangong Wushuang to reveal the information he needed.