The Culprit!

The woman was stunned and instinctively said, "He's gone."

"Gone?" Li Ping frowned. "Why did he disappear?"

The woman's gaze was a little evasive and a little pleased as she said, "Old Master has been in seclusion these past few days. I… I discussed it with the Miao and Zhou families. After that, he disappeared."

"Nonsense!" Li Ping's expression darkened as he shouted, "You actually let those two families silence such an important witness?!"

"But isn't the matter obvious?" the woman asked curiously. "Moreover, although that little bastard, Pei Ling, was vicious, if that disciple had not had bad intentions and arranged for such a bastard to go to Siguang and the others, would such a thing have happened?"