Bang! Blood and flesh splattered across the ground.
The Eighth Elder and Ninth Elder of the Sole Supremacy Society looked grim.
After countless hardships, after kneeling and acting like dogs, the target they had finally found had exploded? The youth they had brought back from the Cultivation World had just reread "Return to One." This time, he had only turned one page. The moment he finished reading it, he exploded.
Innocent, tragic, and pitiful.
"How could this happen?" The Grand Elder flew into a rare rage, flames appearing in his eye sockets.
"W-we didn't deceive you! He really did finish that book!" Ninth Elder hurriedly defended himself.
"That's right. When we found him, we specifically verified it several times!" Eighth Elder stressed as well.
He could not understand it no matter how much he thought about it. How had this happened? "Hmph, you fools. Have you never heard of fortune?" Shi Niansheng's voice suddenly rang in the elders' ears.
Then his entire body slowly emerged from the air.
"It's you!" Ninth Elder was greatly shocked.
To be honest, when he had discovered that the other party had not followed them and the Blood Contract had not acted up, he had secretly rejoiced for a while. Getting something for free felt great.
Unfortunately, the old fellow had still come.
"How did you get here?" Eighth Elder was equally surprised, but then understood. "That person must have brought you here."
"Correct, but there's no reward. You failed to fulfill the agreement. You will pay the price." Shi Niansheng spoke indifferently.
"Wait, we did fulfill the agreement. The only reason you could follow that person here was because of us." Eighth Elder hurriedly argued.
As he spoke, he searched for a place to flee.
Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, Shi Niansheng actually fell