"Kneel and kowtow three times to Senior Brother Li Lingtian, and I'll spare your life."
"The dead deserve respect. Making you kowtow three times isn't excessive, is it?"
Lin Bai removed his foot from Ke Ling's body, allowing Ke Ling to move again.
When he heard that he had to kneel and kowtow, a flame of humiliation and fury blazed across Ke Ling's face.
Ke Ling was the Holy Son of the Heaven and Earth Gate. If he knelt and kowtowed, it would be tantamount to representing the Heaven and Earth Gate in kneeling and kowtowing.
Ke Ling absolutely could not do that.
If Ke Ling really did it, he would never be able to hold his head up when he returned to the Heaven and Earth Gate.
Even if the sect intended to groom him, even if his compatibility with the Earth Demon was extremely high, the sect would never again allow a martial artist who had brought shame upon it to serve as its Holy Son.
"No... I can't kneel..."
Although Ke Ling's desire to survive was strong, he still retained a sliver of reason.
"Then you're choosing death?"
Lin Bai demanded.
Ke Ling raised his head. The instant his gaze collided with Lin Bai's, he immediately felt a sword intent surge from Lin Bai's eyes like colossal waves across the sea, as though it were about to burst free and swallow him whole.
"No, I don't want to die..."
Ke Ling trembled all over and shook his head repeatedly.
"I'll give you the time it takes for three breaths. Choose for yourself."
Lin Bai spoke calmly.
When Lin Bai made Ke Ling kneel and kowtow to Li Lingtian, it instantly stirred the spirits of many Tianshui Sect disciples.
"That's right! The Heaven and Earth Gate should kneel