"Senior, you intend to control my life and death. Are you saying I'm not even allowed to resist?" Lu Xiaotian replied coldly.
"Senior, since that's the case, why waste words on him? Just leave him to me. I'll beat him into submission, then hand him over to you," Ao Zhan said, barely able to contain himself.
At this point, Lu Xiaotian understood somewhat why Ao Zhan had not brought Ao Yuan along. This fellow carried no small number of secrets, especially regarding his connection to Luo Hu—and perhaps even the Great Emperor Qinling. He presumably did not want Ao Yuan to learn too much. Even Xiang Qingcheng and Luo Ping'er had not known all of Lu Xiaotian's secrets back then. They had only learned them one by one after enduring countless trials and tribulations in many perilous situations.
Luo Hu's clone looked somewhat gloomy and uncertain. After a moment, his gaze grew even colder. "Very well. You can test Little Friend Lu's depth."
"Good. I've disliked this fellow before me for a long time. Or rather, I dislike everyone from the Honghao Celestial Court. Dealing with a mere third-grade Pill Saint will naturally be as easy as turning over my hand." Ao Zhan, whose strength had recently increased greatly, was more confident than ever. Upon receiving Luo Hu's approval, he advanced menacingly toward Lu Xiaotian with a vicious grin. Although he did not know why Luo Hu addressed the Eastern Pill Saint before him as Little Friend Lu, it seemed they had known each other for quite some time.
In Ao Zhan's eyes, if not for the unfathomably profound cultivation of that old monster Luo Hu's true body—even the Four Sea Dragon Kings were far from being his match—a mere clone would not have been worthy of his attention.
"Eastern