"No."
Third Sister shook her head. "I've returned to Heavenly Secrets City many times."
Third Sister wanted to say something more, but forcibly stopped herself.
She could only say, "Whether I knew of the circumstances or not."
"A scheme is still a scheme."
"Now that I know all this, I should have drawn a clear line long ago. I was greedy for this moment of joy, and instead delayed your time."
Tu Shan Jun looked straight into Third Sister's eyes.
He smiled. "Do you want to die?"
"No."
"Good."
"What's good about it?"
"It's good that you don't want to die."
"After hearing you talk for so long, I thought you were going to die."
"Why would you say that?"
"As the banner master, so long as your cultivation is not higher than mine, your life and death rest on a single thought of mine."
"To put it more plainly, the banner master's life and death are tied to mine. So long as I do not die, the banner master has no way to break free from the Soul Banner alive."
"I trust there is no need for the two of us to say much more about the reason behind that."
"If you don't want to die, then do you want me to die?"
"Even less so!"
Third Sister answered with absolute certainty.
"Then there's no disagreement. So long as one of us doesn't die, the other cannot leave the other behind."
"You don't want to die, and I want you to live too."
"Just because your father laid such deep schemes, I should kill you?"
"You think far too little of me, Tu Shan Jun!"
Tu Shan Jun worked the bellows with his foot.
The flames in the furnace roared to life, scorching the iron ingot within until