Only after watching Su Yi and Feng Wuji disappear from sight did the Confucian Robe Youth withdraw his gaze.
He slowly sat back down and fell into thought.
"Your Excellency, why didn't you kill him? All it would have taken was one command from you, and I would have been absolutely certain of killing him!"
Suddenly, a voice came from the Black Earthen Jar atop the Dao Platform.
"We cannot gamble."
The Confucian Robe Youth shook his head slightly. "The one who wields reincarnation is far too extraordinary. If he lost, at worst he would die. But if we failed... none of us would ever be able to descend into this world again. Such a price... is too great!"
With that, he sighed.
"But Your Excellency suffered such unparalleled humiliation. This absolutely cannot be allowed to pass like this!!"
The voice inside the Black Earthen Jar brimmed with killing intent. "During the Five Emperors Epoch, who would have dared show such disrespect toward Your Excellency?"
"Enough."
The Confucian Robe Youth interrupted. "It was merely some humiliation, not a trial of life and death. What is there to speak of?"
At once, the voice in the Black Earthen Jar fell silent.
The Confucian Robe Youth's eyes quietly deepened as he murmured, "If I can forge a thread of good karma with that Su Yi, it may not be a bad thing for me!"
Though he said so, the teacup between his fingers suddenly exploded with a bang, turning into powder that drifted through his fingers and scattered across the floor.
That sound made the creature inside the Black Earthen Jar keenly realize that its master's heart was far less tranquil than he appeared!
Outside the Dao Transformation Blood Cave.
Feng Wuji let out a long breath. Having left that terrifying