I'm very tempting...
Xu Xiaoshou could not close his mouth for a long while.
This was too crazy. He was merely a puny Grandmaster—how could he be worth such an enormous price?
"Senior, you wouldn't go so far as to kill me over this, would you? I'm guessing even the Saint-Sealing Essence Source couldn't hire someone of your standing?" Xu Xiaoshou was truly a little panicked.
Water Ghost stared at the young man before him with a half-smile, half-teasing look for more than a dozen breaths before finally smiling. "Of course I wouldn't kill you over this. After all, I'm a good person. But you must understand—the greatest purpose of a bounty notice is 'sowing discord'!"
Xu Xiaoshou fell into thought.
Water Ghost continued, "According to unknown statistics, around seventy percent of high-level wanted criminals across the continent do not die at assassins' hands, but at the hands of their friends and family. You're smart. You should understand what I mean."
Where did those statistics even come from... Xu Xiaoshou instinctively wanted to retort, but he heard the warning in Water Ghost's words. He did not take it lightly and asked, "Senior means I should watch out for my own people?"
"A cautious sailor sails for ten thousand years." Water Ghost chuckled and paced about. "I have my own path to sainthood, but some people have been trapped at the Void Level for far too long. Sometimes, driven by inner demons, they may risk everything. You must guard against that."
"Who should I guard against?" Xu Xiaoshou suddenly felt killing intent everywhere. This bounty notice was far too intimidating. He felt that Storyteller, Cen Qiaofu, and the others might all "risk everything."
"Who you should guard against—you know that perfectly well yourself."
Water Ghost did not answer directly. Changing the