"Youngster, don't get so full of yourself just because you won one or two rounds.
Do you know that, to those old fogeys, you're ultimately nothing but a disposable pawn?"
Ma Liang stared at Luo Hong with a vicious expression.
After both Huo Xuzi and Mo Guang had failed to achieve anything, Ma Liang knew that if he wanted to break this deadlock by force, he would have to unseal himself once.
Yet judging from his current experiences alone, this realm was far more unfathomable than he had imagined.
He also had to save one unsealing for dealing with that traitor.
That made each chance to unseal himself extraordinarily precious!
"What do you mean by that, Senior?!"
Although Luo Hong knew that Ma Liang had not fared very well in Nine Yuan Temple, he had not expected him to imagine that he had been sent by the temple's elders to kill him.
However, though this was an unexpected development, it did not prevent him from putting it to good use.
Thus, Luo Hong immediately furrowed his brow and put on a doubtful expression.
"Hehe, given my standing in the temple, do you think an ordinary mission would warrant sending me down to the lower realm?
Those old fogeys probably don't even know that the important task I bear this time is closely related to the Temple Master himself.
If you cause my mission to fail, do you think those old fogeys will come forward to protect you?"
At this moment, Ma Liang was betting that Luo Hong had merely been bought off by benefits, rather than truly being willing to die for one of the old fogeys in the temple.
At the same time, he was considering who exactly had plotted against him.
Unfortunately, over the years in the temple,