"I have nothing to say to a bastard like you. Hand my little sister over right now, or don't blame me for getting nasty!" Zhan Zuixin had long since been beside himself with rage.
"Hand her over? I can't."
Chu Huan spread his hands helplessly, and Zhan Zuixin's eyes instantly reddened.
City Lord Du was so frightened that he hurriedly hugged his daughter, Du Yue'er.
"You—you actually killed my little sister! She was only eleven!"
Tears rolled from Zhan Zuixin's eyes without his realizing it.
"Who killed your little sister? Don't spout nonsense, will you?"
Chu Huan shouted, "Brother-in-law, you've really misunderstood. Aside from... uh, my darlings are all cultivating in my secret cave abode right now. Once my cultivation reaches the Sovereign Realm, they'll fight the ghost corpses alongside me. How could you let your imagination run wild like this?"
Zhan Zuixin had been unwilling to believe Chu Huan.
But when Chu Huan mentioned "aside from," then glanced at the two Endless Mountain disciples before swallowing the rest of his words, Zhan Zuixin came to believe that his little sister had not died.
Even if that was true, he still could not endure it!
His little sister had only been eleven when she disappeared!
"I don't care about any of that! If you don't return my little sister today, I'll never let this go!" Zhan Zuixin roared.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Chu Huan coughed repeatedly. "Brother-in-law, don't you just think your sister has no proper status with me?"
"How about this? I'll definitely help you hold onto your position in the contest for Chongming Pool this time. Then, I'll use that merit to ask His Majesty the Northern Heaven Great Emperor to grant us a marriage."
"Who the hell said anything about status? My little sister was only eleven—eleven! You