After I finished speaking, Xiao Qianjian's expression also froze, while Xiao Mengtong looked coldly at Yan Haoyun. Neither of them had known that there were so many things going on behind the scenes.
I had not intended to expose his shortcomings here, but when he chased after us, he still planned to use me once more instead of thinking of a way to escape by relying on his own abilities. It was truly irritating. If not for Zheng Xiao, I really would not have bothered with him.
With a thud, Yan Haoyun dropped to his knees at the mountain gate and kowtowed to Xiao Qianjian and me, saying, "Fellow Daoist Xia! I was born and raised here. It's true that I always think only of myself when I act, often forgetting and neglecting gratitude toward others, but that was never my true intention... You and I hit it off at first sight. I sincerely wanted to treat you as a brother, but I was driven into a corner, which was why I promised you those empty benefits. I never thought that now..."
Xiao Qianjian shook his head, and I sighed as well. Who among us wasn't in a difficult position? Seeing that we no longer intended to believe Yan Haoyun, Zheng Xiao also knelt down. "Fellow Daoist Xia, you saved the Third Young Sect Master before. At the time, I thought you might be able to save him a second time, so I recklessly promised you those conditions. I planned to repay you together with the Third Young Sect Master later, so I must have been the one who prompted many of these things. I'm just a useless extra person... Sob, sob. Why don't you kill me? As long as you don't blame the Third Young Sect Master, and save