Xu Yi continued pleading, "Mr. Su, spare me! They—they were harboring ulterior motives and brought their deaths upon themselves. It had nothing to do with me!"
In truth, Cai Xiongqi and Xiang Shui had met their doom entirely because Xu Yi had misled them.
Back then, when he had pretended to beg Su Xingchun for his life, he had offered information in exchange for being spared. What he had actually done was send Su Xingchun a message: the treasures in this cave abode weren't in Wu Xiu Yi's possession, but in Cai Xiongqi and Xiang Shui's.
According to his story, Cai Xiongqi and Xiang Shui had entered first, followed by Wu Xiu Yi.
Su Xingchun had naturally grown suspicious.
After all, Cai Xiongqi and Xiang Shui had named Wu Xiu Yi as their target. She had killed him and taken his treasure, which she had already drawn into her Sumeru Ring. She had secretly inspected her haul, but hadn't found any ancient treasures among it—just ordinary goods.
Yet Xu Yi insisted that Cai Xiongqi and Xiang Shui had obtained the treasure. He had even sworn a vicious oath, declaring that if he was lying, he was willing to suffer the harshest punishment.
Su Xingchun's gaze toward the two men had changed at once.
Cai Xiongqi had reacted the fastest. He immediately guessed how Xu Yi had misled Su Xingchun and began to explain.
By then, Xiang Shui had also caught on and joined in the explanation.
Before the two could finish, Xu Yi sent them a message, saying he had already sworn a vicious oath to Su Xingchun, promising to endure the agony of soul-refining if he was lying. He told them to stop wasting their breath explaining and instead release him so the three of them could attack Su