The room was utterly silent.
Mountain and Sea Qixia stared intently at Gu Qingshan, as though trying to judge the truth of his words from his expression.
"Are you really willing to stand on our side?"
She couldn't help asking again.
"That's easy to decide. They nearly killed me, after all," Gu Qingshan said.
Mountain and Sea Qixia recalled how hard it had been to kill the monster back then. Unable to hold back, she asked, "We spent years planning, and did everything we could to prepare a secret art. Only then did we finally manage to kill that monster in one strike. How did you kill the priest?"
Gu Qingshan gestured twice at his chest and said nonchalantly, "I stabbed myself twice. When it tried to replace me, it got stabbed to death."
Mountain and Sea Qixia was stunned.
It was—
That simple?
She reached out to grab Gu Qingshan's clothes.
"Hey—what are you doing?" Gu Qingshan clutched his clothes with both hands and warned her.
Mountain and Sea Qixia said, "Your Earth Sword is the Abyss's strongest Soul Artifact. If you really stabbed yourself with it, your wounds couldn't have healed so quickly. I need proof that you're not lying before I can believe you!"
Gu Qingshan refused, clutching his clothes. "Get this straight: you're the one who asked me to help. How can you just pull at my clothes?"
Mountain and Sea Qixia insisted, "I'm too afraid of being deceived. Give me a reason to believe you. If you let me tear your clothes, I'll follow your lead in battle from now on!"
"No way—"
There came a loud RIP!
Mountain and Sea Qixia tore Gu Qingshan's clothes open, revealing the bloodstains and wounds on his chest.
Mountain and Sea Qixia took out a Purple Bell. As