"You... you... bastard..." Yun Hao, gasping for breath, pushed the lid of the box open and tried to climb out with difficulty.
He looked like a zombie rising from a coffin.
I was utterly exasperated; if it weren't for rescuing him, I wouldn't have done this...
And yet he still acted as if he had been wronged!
Xiao Li, full of dilemma, asked me, "Yun Hao coming out, won't that be discovered by someone with the surname Zhang?"
"It doesn't matter; that person probably knows Yun Hao is here anyway." I had imagined the worst outcome and didn't care about Yun Hao getting out of the Pagoda Tree Box.
If Xuanjing had any connection with that person from the Zhang family, he would certainly inform him of this restaurant's location.
His arrival here was nearly a certainty...
There was a "crack" noise.
Yun Hao lost his balance and fell back into the Pagoda Tree Box.
Seeing the looks from me and Xiao Li, his face was so dark it seemed water could drip from it.
He gritted his teeth, willing to burn his last Life Lamp just to regain some strength.
I quickly bent down, pressed on his shoulder to stop him, "Please think thrice, once the Life Lamp is lit, you will be completely obliterated, both body and soul."
"Let go... Su Wan... I don't need your... pity..." Yun Hao, after all, was a master of his time, with a very strong pride.
At the moment, his dignity completely destroyed, he only sought death...
I was so anxious I could burst into flames, but still, I made an effort to soft my tone in front of him, afraid to agitate him further, "Senior Yun, everything will be better once you reincarnate; I won't tell anyone about helping you hatch, including Yu Longting."
Of course, I couldn't tell Yu Longting; if he found out, I would be totally doomed.
Yun Hao cast his eyes down in silence, giving no response for a long time.
I was getting anxious, fearing he was still thinking of death.
Just as I was about to speak, Yun Hao opened his lips and said coldly, "Call me by my name."
"Eh...??" I was taken aback, and after a moment of confusion, I said hesitantly, "Yun... Yun Hao?"
At that moment, there came a flurry of disordered footsteps from outside the attic.
Chen Decheng was out of breath as he tried to persuade someone, "Esteemed Taoist... What are you doing? The upper level is a private area of our establishment, and we can't allow outsiders in!! Tying up someone, that's illegal detention... and that's not right..."
A young man in a bamboo-patterned long shirt was carrying a seductive woman roped around the waist by a golden whip, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, "Oh, look what we have here, a defeated foe, beaten into such a sorry state yet still has time to flirt with a young lady."
"Isn't that... Immortal Liu?" Xiao Li's pupils widened as she looked at the woman bound by the whip.
"Don't concern yourself with these matters, step back."
I quietly pulled Xiao Li behind me and said to the young man, "Are you a member of the Zhang family?" ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel fire.net
Immortal Liu was at the Ying Long level of cultivation, yet she was captured by this young man, which was indeed alarming.
Yun Hao, upon seeing the young man, was furiously envious.
"My name is Zhang Shuying, oh, you're a Spiritual Eye Sister, from the Su family?"
The young man was incredibly handsome, his entire being seemed shrouded in a thick layer of demon Qi.
He chewed on his gum and slowly blew a bubble.
I nodded in acknowledgment, uncertain of his background due to his age, "My name is Su Wan, the heir of the Su Family's Yin Yang Life and Death Embroidery. You have the Remnant Soul of the Ancestor of Foxes, do you? But... your age seems..."
"What Remnant Soul of the Ancestor of Foxes? Never heard of it." Zhang Shuying sat down on a dusty chair, not minding the dust on it at all.
He casually tossed Immortal Liu on the floor and stepped on her as if she were a footstool.
Seeing Zhang Shuying's denial, I thought hard.
This person was at most in his early twenties; it was unlikely he knew my father. I hadn't expected the person from the Zhang family to show up to be at least middle-aged.
Seeing Immortal Liu's hollow eyes from being tormented, I couldn't just stand by and watch, "Immortal Liu had not had it easy cultivating; she hasn't provoked you. Can't you treat her a bit more humanely, leaving her some dignity?"