"How could I possibly trust you?"
Frost Lord actually put on airs again, his gaze full of wariness and suspicion. "What if you picked up that token..."
With a smack, Xu Xiaoshou swung a slap straight at him. Frost Lord barely dodged it.
"I call you stupid, and you really go full stupid? If Ba Zunan's token could be picked up by some outsider, would he still be Ba Zunan?"
"You have a point, but what if..."
Frost Lord's concern was not without reason.
He could reveal a little of his identity because of the Eight-Character Order, but when it came to matters concerning the plan, if anything went wrong in the future because of what he revealed today, he would bear full responsibility.
By then, even dying might become a problem! Xu Xiaoshou was so irritated he nearly exploded. This fellow really was stupid.
But at least he had principles. He would not spill everything just because someone threatened him.
Looking at it from another angle, perhaps that was a tiny virtue?
"You recognize this, right?" Xu Xiaoshou revealed the Ten-Stage Sword Finger.
"I do."
"And this?" Xu Xiaoshou revealed Sword Thought again.
Sword Thought belonged to the second generation of Divine Mind Penetration and had been created solely by Ba Zunan.
If there was anything in this world that could prove one's close connection with Ba Zunan, then the moment Sword Thought appeared, anyone with eyes would naturally understand.
"I'll talk, I'll talk!"
Frost Lord had clearly suffered at the hands of this Sword Thought before. Just one glance made his scalp tingle, and he no longer dared question Chen Tan's identity.
The two ancient sword cultivators outside were Ba Zunan's martial nephews.
Could this person be Ba Zunan's direct disciple? Very likely! Otherwise, why would they be