"Letting you leave is already an extraordinary act of mercy on my part. Did I kill your son? Or destroy your new lover!? How dare you still ask me to plead for them?" Dongfang Kui was also blazing with rage. As for Li Zhier, she truly had no right to demand that I release her.
Dongfang Shengtian hurriedly said, "A-Kui... We were husband and wife for so many years. I know I owe you a great deal, and I admit it. After all these years of grudges, everyone said we should sever them and be done with it. But Li Zhier is connected to my journey to the Heavenly Sword Immortal Sect..."
Dongfang Kui flicked her sleeve, making him shut up. She hesitated for a moment before saying to me, "City Lord of Sky City, can Li Zhier be returned? Whatever conditions you require, just name them to me!"
"Heh, the matters concerning Dongfang Shengtian, his two sons, and Senior Li haven't even been settled, yet you started negotiating over Li Zhier first. Isn't your greed a little too great, Senior? I wonder why you were bent on killing or punishing them before, yet are protecting them so fiercely now. What is the reason? Did you perhaps take some greater benefit for yourself and expect me to shoulder the burden instead?" I had no favorable impression of Dongfang Shengtian whatsoever. He had wanted to kill me before, and now he wanted to flee south. Who would willingly release a tiger back into the mountains?
"City Lord of Sky City!" When Dongfang Kui saw that I was refusing, her expression immediately turned cold. Little Ling'er, who had been sitting on my shoulder with her head bowed as she counted her fingers, raised her head gloomily at those words. Her formidable pressure,