Lord Lu was utterly stunned. He had never imagined things would turn out this way.
After Xu Yi entered the Heavenly God Hall, even his communication pearl could no longer connect with the outside world. He might as well have been cut off from everyone.
Lord Lu had been the most worried.
At last, he had heard from Xu Yi again.
Lord Lu steeled himself and decided to settle things with Xu Yi once and for all.
He could no longer endure the torment of hovering on the brink of life and death day after day.
He feared that one day Xu Yi might die out there, leaving him without even a word of warning. Then, when the Heart-Devouring Worm burst forth, both his soul and spirit would perish.
Today, when he came to find Xu Yi, he had planned to lay all his cards on the table.
Either Xu Yi would remove the Heart-Devouring Worm, or Lord Lu would leave and report to the Holy Lord. Even if he had to endure the Holy Lord's punishment, he would still ask the Holy Lord to use his divine powers to remove the worm.
Even if it couldn't be removed, he would rather let his yin soul leave his body again and use a secret method to reincarnate than keep muddling along like this.
Of course, after laying his cards on the table, the odds that Xu Yi would agree to remove the Heart-Devouring Worm were slim. After all, no one would willingly give up such a powerful hold over another.
What was more, Lord Lu held a lofty position, making it even less likely that Xu Yi would relinquish that leverage.
But Lord Lu had never dreamed that before he could lay his cards on the table, Xu Yi would