"Let's speak frankly. You're a scheming little fellow, aren't you? Have you considered coming to the inner sect with me to cultivate?" Ma Ruohong continued through voice transmission.
"Senior Aunt Ma, by your own account, I'm the one who got Senior Uncle Tie killed. If I go to the inner sect with you, will you really let me live in peace? Surely you'll try every possible way to harm me?" I stopped watching my tongue, too. At a time like this, the more fear you showed, the more the other party would bully you.
"Heh, interesting. A mere Flying Immortal cultivator, daring to speak to me like that? But do you think I can't do anything to you just because you refuse to come to the inner sect with me?" Ma Ruohong gave a faint laugh, her voice utterly chilling.
I said nothing more, while countless possibilities began turning over in my mind.
This was certainly no good, but a crisis could also be an opportunity. Before Ma Ruohong made her next move, though, I had to think of another way to respond. Besides, Disciple Residence 732 had done me a kindness, and I had grown attached to everyone here. Even if I had a chance to enter the inner sect, how could I simply abandon them?
And even if I had the ability to kill her, once I was in the inner sect, I would inevitably face beings more powerful than me. I was still struggling in the outer sect, yet I would suddenly become the lowest link in the inner sect's food chain. That was absolutely terrifying.
As soon as Ma Ruohong left, I turned and returned to the main hall, where I told Chen Yifeng about it directly.
Chen Yifeng's eyes widened. "Senior Sister Ma really said