The Auspicious Cloud Pavilion Owner could not remain calm as he looked at the smiling youth across from him.
His chest heaved, as though he were suppressing the surging emotions within.
Only after a long while did he plop back into his chair, lift the wine jar, and take several huge gulps.
Then he let out a long breath of turbid air and muttered, "That's right. In this world, only you, Su Old Freak, know that my Dao heart has a cage within it, trapping me for so long that I cannot break free..."
As he spoke, his eyes returned to Su Yi, his expression complicated. "Five hundred years ago, news of your death spread through the world. I was overjoyed then and drank myself into a stupor. Who would have thought that you, Su Old Freak, simply refused to die..."
Su Yi smiled faintly. "Even if I had died, with your talent, you still wouldn't have been able to shatter the barrier in your Dao heart. In the end, you would still have had to come begging to me."
The old man before him was named Shang Tianque. He came from the Magic Ape Race and bore the title of Blood Butcher Spirit Emperor.
But Su Yi was more accustomed to calling him Old Butcher.
Tens of thousands of years ago, Shang Tianque had already been one of the old guys who had roamed the depths of the Bitter Sea for many years. Cruel and violent by nature, he was ranked among the Seven Demons of the Bitter Sea.
It was only when he encountered Su Yi, who had ventured into the depths of the Bitter Sea in those days, that Shang Tianque suffered a devastating setback.
Back then, Shang Tianque had regarded Su Yi as a fat sheep.