After restraining the two men, Xu Yi snatched the transparent bottle containing the Heart-Devouring Worms. He patted Yue Ziling on the shoulder and smiled. "Heart-Devouring Worms? You've got quite the treasure. Let me see how many you prepared. You'd better pray there's only one, so only the esteemed Young Master Yun gets to enjoy it."
Yue Ziling was instantly overcome with terror. He struggled with all his might, but couldn't move or even open his mouth.
Xu Yi snatched the Sumeru Ring from Yue Ziling and sent his divine sense inside. He was astonished to find more than a dozen bottles of Heart-Devouring Worms within.
"Tsk, tsk. Who'd have thought that a disciple of the mighty Purple Extreme Pavilion would be so sinister and underhanded, carrying so many Heart-Devouring Worms? I wonder what you were really planning."
As he spoke, Xu Yi sent out his divine sense to pry Yue Ziling's mouth open. He broke the seal on the bottle, then wrapped a Heart-Devouring Worm in his divine sense and sent it straight into Yue Ziling's mouth.
Yue Ziling was so terrified that his soul nearly fled his body. His eyes bulged, but he was restrained and couldn't utter a word.
Once Yue Ziling had swallowed the Heart-Devouring Worm, Xu Yi put away the empty bottle and released him.
Then he drew another bottle of Heart-Devouring Worms from Yue Ziling's Sumeru Ring and tossed it into Yue Ziling's palm. "Go on. Make your good friend swallow one too."
Yue Ziling's head buzzed. His face turned by turns green and white, and his expression was a study in contrasts. He wanted to rage, then beg for mercy; his lips trembled without stopping, but in the end, he couldn't say a thing.
He had never imagined that one day he would fall