"Brother Qing, Sima Zhao's heart is known to every passerby!"
"Kill him first. There's absolutely no problem with that!"
"If you don't kill him, he'll definitely rebel against you and stab you in the back someday!"
Inside the room:
Chu Qing sat upright.
Zuo Qianqiu, Zuo Yan, and the others stood to one side, earnestly trying to persuade him.
Meanwhile, Sima Zhao knelt on the floor, utterly lifeless.
After Chu Qing had taken out those cleaners, he had been brought here.
Zuo Qianqiu and the others spoke of nothing but killing him.
It left him frightened and uneasy.
After all, if Chu Qing killed him, he would truly be dead.
"Brother Qing, Master Qing, I, Sima Zhao, am your friend on the same front!"
"Can you not kill me?"
"We can join forces against the Unique Association, against Young Master Heaven, against the other God-Serving Followers."
Chu Qing remained silent.
Zuo Qianqiu sneered. "Friends?"
"Heh... you deliberately brought the Unique Association's lackeys here to storm the Martial Academy and kill Brother Qing."
"You had it all planned out—if you succeeded, you could seize control of the Martial Academy!"
"If you failed, you'd have an excuse to lurk under Brother Qing's command as a traitor!"
"I stopped playing with petty schemes like yours when I was eight!"
"Tell me. How do you want to die?"
Sima Zhao's heart raced, but his expression remained calm.
"Master Qing, I, Sima Zhao, did want to kill you before."
"But ever since you completely killed Zhuge Hei, I no longer dared to kill you."
"I even wanted to join you back then!"
"Because you were too formidable. In such a short time, you actually found a way to destroy God-Serving Followers!"
"Such wisdom is unmatched beneath the heavens!"
"Only by following you is there a