"Brother Wang, Master Wang, why hold a grudge against a nobody like me? I'm just trying to scrape by under someone else's roof. You—you know what I'm like..."
The man was slippery, too. When acting the hero didn't work, he turned around and put on a different face.
As it happened, this man was an old acquaintance of Xu Yi's: Tu Ling.
Back when Xu Yi had first entered the Donghua Immortal Sect, he had joined the gathering place for trial disciples, Azure Dragon Island, as a trial disciple himself.
Tu Ling had been the eldest brother among those trial disciples.
When Xu Yi first arrived, he and Tu Ling had clashed.
As a newcomer, Xu Yi hadn't wanted to make a big fuss, so he had left Tu Ling some room to maneuver.
Unexpectedly, Tu Ling had then been ordered by Immortal Lord He to keep an eye on Xu Yi. But Xu Yi, cautious by nature, saw through him first, captured him without a word, and fed him a Heart-Devouring Worm, forcing him to work as a double agent beside Immortal Lord He.
Later, the messages Tu Ling passed along helped Xu Yi anticipate Immortal Lord He's moves and seize the initiative, allowing him to subdue Immortal Lord He.
After that, Tu Ling saw even the great demon himself submit to Xu Yi. He lost all will to resist, changed his tune, and spent every day currying favor with Xu Yi.
Later still, Xu Yi found the Heart-Devouring Worms in short supply, so he removed the one inside Tu Ling.
Twenty years had passed in a flash. Xu Yi hadn't expected that the nobody who once barely dared breathe in Elder Bai's presence would now be throwing his weight around in front of him.
Even without any cultivation,