"You could have said so earlier. Why suffer all that extra pain?"
Seeing the other party yield, Lin Xuan's face showed little surprise.
Everyone only had one life. How could True Person Leikong possibly not fear death?
"Speak. Where exactly is Venerable Qingyan?"
Lin Xuan spoke with an indifferent expression.
"This..."
With the matter right before him, a trace of hesitation appeared on True Person Leikong's face, and he seemed to want to speak but stopped.
"What? Has Fellow Daoist perhaps regretted it? Or were the words you just said nothing but a trick to toy with me?"
A bit of impatience appeared on Lin Xuan's face. He hated people who went back on their word most of all.
"Senior misunderstands. Even if you lent me another dose of courage, I would never dare toy with you. The reason this junior hesitated is because I wish to obtain a promise from Senior." A trace of resolve flashed through True Person Leikong's eyes, and he gathered his courage to speak.
"Little Fellow, you do have some nerve. At a time like this, you still dare bargain with Lin?" Lin Xuan's brows furrowed, and he laughed from sheer anger as he spoke.
"Senior, please calm your anger. This junior is not a cultivator who doesn't know what's good for him, nor do I dare bargain with Senior over anything. It is just that Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life. If this junior tells you my master's whereabouts, I ask Senior to spare us people." True Person Leikong stammered. Facing a Tribulation Transcendence-level cultivator and bargaining with him—now that required enormous courage!
"So it turns out Your Excellency is worried that when the cunning hare is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked. Rest assured, Lin is not the sort of cultivator who