Xiong Yijun stated outright that he had never intended to leave alive, yet no one on the other side reacted.
In the end, Feng Jun was the one who spoke. "With two Great Venerables here, dying won't be so easy for you either."
"Of course, it would be best if I didn't have to die." Xiong Yijun smiled. He had more or less regained some control over the rhythm of the conversation, so he could continue the topic. "Now, I'd like to ask Feng Mountain Lord to tell me what you want."
"A life for a life, debts must be repaid," Feng Jun answered without hesitation. "Xiong Nantì's Nascent Soul must die as well."
This demand carried some suspicion of kicking a man when he was down. Generally speaking, once a Nascent Soul cultivator's physical body was destroyed, even if their Nascent Soul's true spirit remained and they possessed all sorts of means to save themselves, they could only preserve their lives. There was no guarantee of how long they could live, and the odds of continuing to advance were less than one in ten thousand.
That was precisely why Wanqing's body being destroyed had enraged the entire Golden Crow Sect. If simply possessing another body or reviving through a corpse could solve the problem, why would True Venerable Luan Xiong have remained so bitter over it?
However, Xiong Yijun had already considered this. He nodded. "This matter humiliated my... I understand. It should not be a major problem."
Instinctively, he had wanted to say, "humiliated my Xiong Clan," but in the end, he restrained himself.
"It is not a matter of whether it is a major problem. He must die," Feng Jun replied without hesitation. "Or you can hand over his Remnant Soul."
"Fine, but handing over his Remnant