"Hey, are you sure this is okay? That's your senior fellow disciple..." I said with a wry smile. Even Song Ruo felt Yuan Ci was being far too casual.
However, the great monk said, "Don't let appearances fool you. This fellow is usually greedy as hell, and when has he ever lacked underhanded schemes? I'm merely helping him fulfill his wish. Besides, look at his face. Dao Yun used up all his luck the moment he accepted the medicines you gave him. If we let him stay, wouldn't that be sending us to our deaths?"
"You can even tell that?" I asked in surprise. Yuan Ci grinned and said, "That's my line of work. You tell me whether I can tell or not."
Song Ruo wore a look of worship, but I snorted. "When it comes to swindling people, no one can beat you. But this twin-core Dao Tribulation has to be dealt with. It actually came for me. Even if I ignore it and make it back to the Falling Sword Immortal Sect, won't it still come looking for me? It's better to kill it now, while it hasn't fully grown."
Times have changed. Although we had the protection of the Grand Array, we still had to remain vigilant in times of peace. I doubted this Grand Array could necessarily stop the Dao Tribulation. The great elders had already worn down a good deal of its power, so if I added a little fuel to the fire, perhaps I could even claim some credit.
Yuan Ci stared at me in astonishment. "What can you do? You need to be in the Dao Tribulation Realm to deal with a Dao Tribulation!"
"I can't kill it, but that doesn't mean the Eight Great Sects can't. I still have to make a