"Rou Shi Zong Xun saw me make my move," Lu Yin reminded him.
Ji spoke again. "The corpse will do, too."
Lu Yin looked at Toad Sixth Brother. "Use Rou Shi Zong Xun to claim credit. But you're badly injured as well, so there's no need to join the Unknown right away. Just keep your status."
"I'm fine. I'm barely hurt," Toad Sixth Brother said.
Lu Yin stressed, "I have the Three-colored Divine Power Lines in my hands. If you join the Unknown, they'll definitely make you choose a Divine Power Line. That would force me to join the Unknown, and I can't do that."
"Then why don't I just say I don't want to choose one yet?" Toad Sixth Brother asked.
"Someone from the Unknown has already done that," Lu Yin said.
Toad Sixth Brother was speechless. He stared deeply at Lu Yin. Humans really were just as his father had said: each and every one ruthless and vicious, deeply attached to their own kind yet sometimes utterly merciless. And yet they were blessed with extraordinary opportunities and talent, and were unfathomably shrewd.
The Unknown, a colossus of an organization, already had one of Lu Yin's people in its ranks.
Would he be the second?
Then he pointed at Ji. "You seem especially polite to him. Do you know him?"
Lu Yin shook his head. "Never met him."
"Then why—"
"That's my business. If you want revenge for Ancestor Mountain, you'll have to let me help you. Of course, I won't do it for free. The Seven Treasures Heavenly Toads allied with Humanity under Ancestor Mountain's orders, so you'll have to do something for me, too," Lu Yin said.
Toad Sixth Brother didn't object. Setting aside what had happened before, Lu Yin had saved him this time.
"One more