Brief battle for leadership

Once Zhu Lian said that, Max looked at her and said "Yea, I know that."

"So, we have to move together if we want to avoid these guys. I know a lot of things and can tell you a lot of things that you didn't know and won't ever know. Besides, the maps that I sold to you are very limited. They are vastly incomparable to the knowledge that I possess." Zhu Lian said proudly.

Max looked at her and produced a smirk expression in his face. 

Then with a curious gaze appearing in his eyes, he asked "Why were those guys after you? Or were they sent by someone to come after you?"

Once Max asked that, Zhu Lian's face became filled with both anger and sadness. 

She then looked at him and said "Yea, they were sent by someone to come after me. And that person is my Elder Sister from the Blue Phoenix sect."

Max heard what she mentioned and became puzzled