At that, the other four nodded.
Senior Sister Li picked up the thread. "Junior Brother Pei, blood, fear, hatred, resentment... Last night, we only collected fear."
"If we had all four, the effect would surely be better, and we would recover even more of our strength."
Before she could finish, Yan Minghua immediately retorted, "Collecting the fear of mortals is enough! How could slaughtering innocent living beings at will be the mindset of a cultivator? Fellow Daoist Pei is kindhearted, with the heart of a child. He's nothing like a wicked woman like you!"
Innocent?
Li Lieyue glanced at her impassively, then said, "This world has always been one where the strong prey on the weak."
"Even if they're treated as cultivation materials, they can only blame themselves for being too weak!"
"Just like you are now."
"You're weaker than Junior Brother Pei, so becoming his cauldron is only right and proper!"
Yan Minghua was slightly taken aback, then immediately said, "When I cultivated with Fellow Daoist Pei back then, my cultivation was higher than his. It wasn't as you say, you wicked woman."
"Could it be that you became Fellow Daoist Pei's Dao Companion because you were attracted to his strength?"
Li Lieyue gave a cold snort and replied icily, "The first time I dual-cultivated with Junior Brother Pei, I was at the Core Formation stage, while he was merely at Qi Refining."
"When I speak of strength and weakness, I'm not referring only to cultivation."
"Junior Brother Pei dared to make a move against me back then. That alone made him the stronger one!"
At that moment, seeing the atmosphere grow increasingly tense as Senior Sister Li and Yan Minghua talked, Pei Ling felt his scalp go numb. He hurried forward to interrupt them. "Wait! Listen to me