"Your subordinate would not dare!" Dugu Bo immediately said upon hearing Lu Yuan's words.
"Would not dare, rather than have not, correct?"
Lu Yuan looked at Dugu Bo and asked calmly.
"Your subordinate has not. Hall Master's kindness toward me is akin to giving me a new life, and the Poison Pill Method completely resolved the life-and-death danger facing my Jade Phosphor Lineage. Your subordinate has always borne this gratitude in my heart. How could I dare harbor any resentment toward Hall Master?"
Dugu Bo bent slightly at the waist, his expression utterly sincere.
At this, Lu Yuan fixed Dugu Bo with a blade-like gaze. Yet Dugu Bo fearlessly met his scrutiny without the slightest attempt to evade it.
After a moment, Lu Yuan sighed, and his gaze softened.
"Do you still remember the agreement I made with Elder Dugu?"
With his hands clasped behind his back, Lu Yuan asked softly.
"Your subordinate remembers. Hall Master cured the poison in Yan Yan and me, and your subordinate would devote the rest of his life to Hall Master's service."
Dugu Bo replied.
"So Elder Dugu still remembers. Then how have I treated you over these years? Have I ever slighted you in the slightest?"
Lu Yuan asked.
"Hall Master has treated us extremely well and has never slighted us in any way," Dugu Bo said.
"Then why have you been so downcast these past few days? Are you still brooding over the matter of your imprisonment?"
"I have already said that this matter had nothing to do with Bright Phoenix Douluo. It was entirely my order. Because Elder Dugu, you were too close to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Spirit Hall's grand plan was at stake, I had no choice but to be cautious."
"I was wrong in this matter,