"I risked my entire family's destruction to assassinate you. Who gave me what guarantee? A guarantee that would let the Xun Family survive unscathed and reach heights we'd never have attained otherwise. Who gave me that guarantee?" Lu Yin barked, staring at Xun Baitao.
"If you don't tell me, I'll wipe out the entire Xun Family right now."
Xun Baitao gave a bitter laugh. "If I tell you, will you spare the Xun Family? Lu Yin, I know you well. Once the Inner and Outer Universes were connected and word of Xun Qianye's affair reached my family, I knew you'd come for us sooner or later. You held back only because you weren't ready. The moment you are, my family will have nowhere to run."
"Now that your assassination attempt has failed, you'll destroy my family. There's no other way."
Lu Yin said coolly, "If you tell me who ordered you to kill me, I can leave your family a single surviving bloodline, enough to carry on."
Xun Baitao laughed loudly. "I don't need you to leave one! The moment I decided to move against you, I made every possible preparation. I didn't survive this long through luck."
Lu Yin frowned. "You don't want to live?"
Xun Baitao shook his head helplessly. "Everyone wants to live, but I was never going to make it out alive."
"You sided with the Technology Starfield so your family could climb even higher, didn't you?" Lu Yin asked.
Xun Baitao closed his eyes. "So that was why you said that at the banquet. You were testing me. Lu Yin, you're meticulous. I didn't even realize you'd found a way to avoid being poisoned. You truly deserve to be the Outer Universe's ruler. But remember this: the more dazzling you are, the more people will