"Master Xu, I can't understand a word you're saying. If you want to kill me, then kill me, but don't forget: you swore an oath with the blood taboo, promising to remove the Life-Death Gu from our bodies. Could it be you're not even afraid of the blood taboo?"
Long Beard Old Man said coldly, his heart already churning like a raging sea.
Xu Yi smiled. "If you hadn't said that, I might have forgotten."
As he spoke, a bottle containing a Life-Death Gu appeared in Xu Yi's palm. He held it to Long Beard Old Man's lips and gave a light whistle. A fat, slick worm leaped out from between the old man's lips.
"You don't have any objections now, do you?"
Xu Yi smiled. "Let's continue where I left off. Elder Zhou, you went to great lengths to infiltrate our group, so you must have someone waiting to meet you. Tell me where they're hiding. And that blood of yours—the strange gesture of sucking it up—what was that for? I truly can't make sense of it."
Long Beard Old Man said coldly, "Sect Leader Xu, if you want to kill me, then kill me. Why spin this whole jumble of nonsense? As for the blood you mentioned, I hadn't wanted to talk about it, but since things have come to this, I won't hide it. I'm from the Bai Yue tribe. It's a ritual of my people, an expression of reverence for a deity."
Xu Yi scoffed. "You really won't give up until you reach the Yellow River. Do you remember when I used the Immortal Slaying Spear to dig the mine shaft? You recognized the spear and let slip that you'd once served as a retainer of the Zhou Family. I'd been curious about your strange gesture