Po Da Er, dangling those scraps of flesh in the air, flashed forward and planted himself directly onto the neck of a burly man watching the spectacle.
Then he raised his right hand and casually pulled off the burly man's screaming head. The man's body became his.
With a new body, Po Da Er said to Li Huowang, "Immortal Master Li, don't rush. They sent me to have a proper talk with you—a truly sincere talk."
"Everything can be discussed. There is no need to make things so stiff."
Li Huowang stopped, frowning deeply at the old man before him. It seemed that, seeing force would not work, they had finally come with softer methods.
Li Huowang did not refuse. The old man could be killed whenever he wished; what mattered now was figuring out what exactly was going on.
He had clearly been dragged into this affair, yet he was still muddleheaded about the whole thing.
"Fine, talk. Make everything clear today. I've always been a reasonable man. I truly don't know how I offended you people, enough for you to strike to kill without even saying a word."
As Li Huowang spoke, the Great Qi imperial court had already received the news. This street had been surrounded by the Great Qi Celestial Surveillance Division.
Facing the covetous stares from every direction, Po Da Er showed no fear. Neither servile nor overbearing, he looked calmly at Li Huowang. "Does Immortal Master Li truly not know, or are you pretending not to know?"
"That's right, I know. But what does saving Great Qi have to do with you? Can't you just live your little lives in peace?" Li Huowang tried to draw more information out of Po Da Er.
"Of course not. One flower, one world; one tree, one fleeting