"Damn it... Damn it..."
Xiao Jidu tightened his grip on the longsword in his hand, then looked at Nanshan True Man again. He still didn't dare make a move.
What the other party had just instructed him to do would seriously damage Li Rubi's fortune, but he didn't dare disobey.
After all, compared to failing the mission, refusing the order now would mean certain death. He had no confidence that he could escape from Nanshan True Man, let alone...
He glanced at Yu Shaojun, who stood calmly beside him, and gritted his teeth in secret. You'd better not be fooling me, kid... Or else...
With Li Rubi's fate and bearing, he truly isn't qualified to call himself a king. Unless he keeps his foundations hidden, quietly builds his strength for twenty years, and waits for changes in Heaven's secrets, he might have a chance to soar like a hidden dragon...
Xie Xiao Di pondered quietly. Let's not even consider whether the court would give him that much time. We can't wait that long ourselves. A great victory is out of the question. It really seems that a crushing defeat is the only road left...
Having reached this thought, she no longer hesitated. She stepped forward three paces, stopped three feet from the tombstone, and began to dig in silence.
The soil was reddish-yellow. She had dug just three feet when she uncovered a talisman wrapped around a long needle. Her heart stirred.
"This is the Dragon Piercing Method! Dragons are fierce by nature, and this is the spot beneath their scales. To bury a needle here and pierce the blood will surely stir the hidden dragon. But the method is too violent—it'll damage the foundations!"
"Still... perhaps that was precisely this Daoist's intention!"
With a bitter smile, she silently took