Back then, the Five Elements Cult Master had taken the initiative to seek out the East Divine Venerable, offering his entire life in exchange for Grandmother Qu's freedom. Grandmother Qu had originally been the one imprisoned in the Dragon Locking Tower!
The East Divine Venerable had had no choice. He couldn't capture the Five Elements Cult Master alive, and to prevent the latter from going mad, he had agreed. Ling Yun had learned more or less about this matter after becoming the Divine Lord.
"Five Elements, you can't move her." Ling Yun sighed, lowering the finger he had pointed at the Five Elements Cult Master.
The Five Elements Cult Master turned to look at Grandmother Qu in the pit. She was aging rapidly. Though both of them were already in their fifties or sixties, she was still barely clinging to life.
"She merely fell prey to a heart demon and sold her soul. She wasn't like this before. For the sake of her life, I'm willing to exchange my freedom again."
"It's more than a heart demon. She was afflicted with a blood curse. She used to be the Little White Dragon, but now she's a bloodthirsty demonic dragon. If the dragon clan learns of this, she'll surely die anyway." Ling Yun answered truthfully.
Since the outcome was already set, why try to change it... Ling Yun shook his head and laughed, yet he was helpless before such stubborn devotion.
"Then I'll exchange my life for hers. Blood for blood—let me trade my freedom again!" A look of resolve flashed through the Five Elements Cult Master's eyes.
"That's enough, Five Elements. You no longer have the qualifications. The East Divine Venerable didn't pursue the matter because he didn't know what you were doing, and I'm no longer the Divine Lord