"How about it? Will you agree?"
Gu Xingzhi stared intently at the conflicted Jin Chi.
"Th-this... could you change the condition?"
He looked up at Gu Xingzhi again, unable to part with his left arm.
That was only natural.
If he lost his left arm, Jin Chi would be giving up everything, forced to start all over again.
His bitter cultivation through endless years would be rendered futile. How could he bear to accept that?
Gu Xingzhi shook his head with a smile. "Other than your left arm, you have nothing This Seat needs."
Hearing this, Jin Chi fell into thought again.
After quite a while, he spoke once more.
"Can you truly help me recover completely?"
Gu Xingzhi immediately nodded. "This Seat never speaks falsely. My word is my bond."
Jin Chi furrowed his brow and gritted his teeth, but ultimately decided to take the gamble and accepted Gu Xingzhi's condition.
"I agree to offer up my left arm!"
Gu Xingzhi nodded with a smile. "Mm. You will not regret your choice."
With that, he raised a hand and waved. A streak of Azure Light shot forth, falling upon Jin Chi's left arm like a sharp blade.
With a miserable scream, his left arm fell away, blood spraying wildly.
Jin Chi clutched his wound and collapsed to the ground, his face pale.
Not only that, his cultivation plummeted rapidly, and his body gradually turned illusory.
Before long, he dissolved into Void and vanished.
Gu Xingzhi waved a hand and collected the arm, merging it into his own body. The golden fragment within him burst forth, radiating brilliant Golden Light.
Then, it completely fused with him.
When the left arm and golden fragment fully merged, he obtained all Authority over the metals of this world and instantly gained Control over