Dao Lord Taichu had not given up. He called into the room:
"Clan Leader, you may not trust me in other matters, but this time, you must trust me. Bai Ling'er is the woman I love most. I have no reason to harm her. I know this happened because of me, but please believe me! I have the recipe for Bone-Mending Marrow-Restoring Soup."
The Old Clan Leader fell silent. After a while, the door opened. The Old Clan Leader stood there with a stern expression, his deep eyes fixed tightly on the man who had stood in the rain for so long.
The old clan leader said softly:
"Is everything you said true? Are you sure you know the long-lost Bone-Mending Marrow-Restoring Soup?"
Rainwater streamed down Dao Lord Taichu's face as he answered with certainty:
"Old Clan Leader, I am sure. I am only missing one crucial ingredient now: Thousand-year Ginseng!"
Hearing this, the Old Clan Leader looked at the young man before him and fell into deep thought.
After hearing Dao Lord Taichu's words, the Old Clan Leader stroked his white beard with one hand and sank into thought.
"It was all because of him that my daughter ended up like this. Now he claims to know the long-lost Bone-Mending Marrow-Restoring Soup. Should I trust him?"
Seeing the Old Clan Leader hesitate, Dao Lord Taichu, desperate to save her, took out the God-tier Secret Technique he had traded his life for from his Storage Ring and said:
"If you are willing to give it to me, I am willing to exchange this God-tier Secret Technique, which I obtained at the cost of my life."
Seeing how sincere and eager to save someone Dao Lord Taichu was, the old clan leader said to him:
"I will trust you this once.