Deng Zuo was far from the only one beside himself with rage.
Everyone in the Grand Unity Daoist School looked as though they had swallowed dead flies.
They had seen ruthless slaughter before, but never anything this ruthless!
Su Yi smiled and said leisurely, "No more negotiations?"
Deng Zuo stared at Su Yi for a long while, then gritted his teeth. "You say it!"
Su Yi could not help but be surprised.
This old bastard had actually held it in?
Su Yi pondered for a moment. "Judging by your expression, does this mean you'll agree to any outrageous demand I make today?"
Deng Zuo laughed from sheer anger. "Temple Master, Temple Master! If you never intended to negotiate, just say so! I, Deng Zuo, have no wish to drag the junior members of our sect into the grudges between us. But if you insist on tearing all civility apart, I can no longer concern myself with that!"
His voice no longer concealed his anger.
Su Yi sneered. "Fine. I'll give you, old Daoist priest, some face. Answer one question, and today's matter will end here."
Deng Zuo was visibly stunned. Only after a long while did he say, "Ask away."
Su Yi said, "Why are you enduring this?"
It was an extremely simple question.
Yet Deng Zuo's eyes subtly narrowed.
In truth, everyone in the Grand Unity Daoist School was equally puzzled. They did not understand why Old Ancestor Deng Zuo had chosen to "spend money to avert disaster."
Deng Zuo fell silent for a moment. "Two reasons."
"My main body went to the Feathered Ascension Forbidden Zone to seek adventure. Whether fortune or calamity awaits is uncertain, and I cannot even be sure whether he will return alive."
"The incarnation before you is the one thread of life I