"You're still alive?"
Hu Yongchang sounded astonished. Clearly, he hadn't expected Jiang Qiao to still be standing there, alive and well, even continuing to question and mock him.
And from the look of things...
The young man hadn't merely scraped by. He was completely unscathed.
What was going on?
That shouldn't have been possible!
"What? Surprised?" Jiang Qiao laughed. "You can't kill me, so why not tell me what's going on with all this Hu Family crap? What did you encounter on that island?"
"And one more thing."
"How do I get to that island?"
However...
Hu Yongchang still ignored Jiang Qiao's questions and sneered instead:
"I misjudged you."
"You must be one of those monsters living in seclusion."
"I thought you'd all died off. I never expected any of you to still be alive, much less with such a youthful aura. You even fooled me."
"It seems you've found a new way to prolong your life."
Monsters living in seclusion?
They really existed?
Jiang Qiao had previously suspected that some terrifying humans must exist in this world.
He simply hadn't been able to confirm it.
Curiosity crossed his face. "You've seen monsters living in seclusion? Where? How strong were they? Why did they all go into hiding?"
Hu Yongchang remained silent.
He didn't answer at all.
From the start, the fellow had just been talking to himself.
He paid Jiang Qiao no attention whatsoever.
"Even if you are a monster living in seclusion, you're dreaming if you think you can ruin my Hu Family's grand plan to become immortals."
"Hmph."
"Your era is over."
"Time to send you on your way!"
The trunk of the great tree Hu Yongchang had become began to tremble violently. The roots entwined around it writhed madly, like countless giant pythons rolling over at