"If anything goes wrong, sorry for the trouble, but you must end it immediately, my disciple."
Dugu Bo dropped his usual joking manner. He looked Xiao Qing straight in the eye, his earnest voice carrying a hint of pleading.
"Come on, Master, you still don't trust me? Your disciple knows his limits!"
Xiao Qing's teasing broke the heavy mood at once.
"I'm making too much of this. Dugu Yan, go and say your final goodbye to your father."
Dugu Bo helped Dugu Yan up, wiped the tears from her eyes, and led her over to Xiao Qing.
Snap!
At the sound of Xiao Qing's fingers, Dugu Yan entered the illusion. Dugu Bo supported her as she lay down on the bed inside the stone cave.
"Master, would you like to enter the illusion too? Buy now and I'll give you twenty percent off!"
When Dugu Bo came out, Xiao Qing sidled up to him with a money-hungry grin.
"Get lost! Trying to make money off your own master!"
Dugu Bo waved him away as though he had seen something filthy.
"Master, what's happening to Tang San?"
Turning serious, Xiao Qing and Dugu Bo approached Tang San, whose condition had finally changed—though not in any way they had expected.
Blue Silver Grass had wrapped Tang San into a human-sized bundle.
If Xiao Qing and Dugu Bo hadn't been able to sense Tang San's aura, Xiao Qing would already have asked Xiao Feng to cut away the Blue Silver Grass.
"I'm not sure, but from my years of experience, this should be a stroke of fortune for the boy. Let's leave him be for now."
Despite saying that, Dugu Bo took out a small knife and cut off a short length of Blue Silver Grass to keep.
Sensing a surge in Tang