Lin Su's eyes widened. "You knew all along?"
"This is common knowledge among Cultivators!"
Lin Su slammed his head heavily against the locust tree behind him. "Then hurry up and tell the aquatic folk that you forcibly shoved this Demon Core into my body. I'm innocent through ignorance. If they want revenge, they should come after you."
"The aquatic folk have always been stubbornly literal. They can only sense that the Flood Dragon Core is inside you. Even if I wanted to take the blame, I simply couldn't." Zhang Yiyu lightly spread her hands. "So, you're in big trouble."
What did she mean, take the blame?
The black flood dragon had been killed by her—that was a fact, wasn't it?
The Flood Dragon Core had been forcibly stuffed into his stomach by her—that was a fact too, wasn't it?
Why was it that she had done all those things, yet he was the one in deep trouble?
He hopped around for quite a while while Zhang Yiyu rested her chin on one hand and drank tea. Once he was done hopping, she spoke. "That's right. Why is that?"
Seeing her pure and innocent little face, Lin Su felt like cursing her a hundred times over.
Zhang Yiyu added:
"Could it be because your character is bad?"
...Lin Su cursed wildly inwardly.
"I'm guessing... you've actually already found something in the Heavenly Book, but you simply refuse to tell me, right?"
Lin Su merely glared at her without speaking.
"If you keep doing this, then your character really is a little bad." Zhang Yiyu said, "Let's lay our cards on the table! You tell me what you deciphered, and I'll tell you the rules for staying alive."
Lin Su sighed toward the sky. "Yiyu, oh Yiyu, why do you have to