Dongfang Tuo said, "Immortal Lord Song and Xu Nian deserved their deaths. I don't pity them; I only feel that the sect has suffered a loss. In the end, it's the strength of my Donghua Immortal Sect that's been depleted. Raising an Immortal Lord is no easy feat."
Xu Yi said, "Brother Dongfang, you're looking at it the wrong way. As the saying goes, cut away the rot to make room for new growth. Men like Immortal Lord Song and Xu Nian are like festering, poisonous sores on the giant that is the Donghua Immortal Sect. The bigger they grow, the more harm they do to the sect."
Dongfang Tuo was silent for a long while. Then he let out a long breath. "Those words ring true. I was overthinking it."
With that, he took the Sabertooth Tiger's corpse out of his Sumeru Ring and held it out to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi accepted it and put it into his Sumeru Ring. Then he took out three Golden Soul Fruits and held two out to Dongfang Tuo.
Dongfang Tuo looked at Xu Yi in surprise, accepted one, and said, "Brother Wang, there's no need to be so generous. I've already received more than I deserve by accepting this one. You've saved my life several times, and I've done nothing to repay you. To accept even one Golden Soul Fruit is shameless of me."
Xu Yi said, "I know you want these Golden Soul Fruits to present to your honored master, Brother Dongfang. Your filial devotion is admirable. Consider this second Golden Soul Fruit a gift from me. Though Brother Dongfang and I haven't known each other long, we took to each other at once and faced life and death together. We're comrades who've shared hardship. So please don't refuse a