Before long, Yan Chihuo entered, bowed to Xie Bao, and said, "Gui Shu greets Elder Xie."
Xie Bao said, "You came to see me in the dead of night. What is it?"
Yan Chihuo said, "Please take a look at this first, Elder Xie." With that, he handed over a round mirror.
"A projection technique," Xie Bao said as he took it. A surge of spiritual power flowed into it, and the images of Long Qing and Gui Xing immediately appeared before him.
After watching it, Xie Bao's face darkened. He said to Yan Chihuo, "What do you mean by giving me this? Are you planning to betray the Mystic Tortoise clan?"
Yan Chihuo said, "Didn't Elder Xie see it? Gui Xing has already decided to sacrifice me. Even if I don't betray them, I'll be forced to."
Xie Bao said, "Then what will you do afterward? Join our Diamond Crab clan?"
Yan Chihuo said, "Even if your clan were willing to take me in, I wouldn't dare stay. Now that I've turned against them, the East Sea Dragon Palace hates me to the bone. How could the Diamond Crab clan dare bear the Dragon Palace's wrath? From this day on, I'll leave the Mystic Tortoise clan and wander everywhere."
Xie Bao said, "Then what was your purpose in showing me this projection?"
Yan Chihuo said, "Because I want revenge. I want to borrow your clan's strength to kill Gui Xing in return."
A vicious gleam flickered in Xie Bao's tiny eyes as he stared fixedly at Yan Chihuo. Yan Chihuo showed no fear and met his gaze head-on.
After a long while, a voice suddenly rang out. "Gui Shu, how did you create this projection?" Sha Dao'an stepped out.
Gui Shu said, "The last time Gui Xing rashly advanced