"Consider it a gift from me, Tang San."
Gu Linyuan spoke calmly, as though he were casually bestowing a mere trinket.
"After all, given my current relationship with Lan'er, it would indeed be improper not to give you something."
"Whatever grudges Lan'er may have with Tang Hao, they should not, in the end, implicate you."
His voice was deep, and he assumed the manner of an elder, patiently guiding him.
Tang San clenched his teeth hard and said nothing.
He knew that the more he said, the more powerless he would appear.
Gu Linyuan had phrased it tactfully, but Tang San understood his meaning perfectly.
He was merely implying that he could be considered Tang San's "other father."
Gu Linyuan was utterly shameless!
"Enough. Get lost. I'll spare your lives for now."
"But I said it before, Tang San. Since you came, you must leave behind a price. You refuse to hand over the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, so let that trash Yu Xiaogang pay with his life instead."
Gu Linyuan curled his lip, his expression full of contempt.
Back then, Yu Xiaogang had made Flender go die while he himself clung to life.
Now, it was his turn.
That old fool had been hopping around for far too long.
Tang San and Tang Hao could at least still provide Gu Linyuan with some amusement, but Yu Xiaogang did not even qualify to be a joke.
"No!"
"Little San, you can't abandon me! I'm your teacher!"
Yu Xiaogang went ice-cold from head to toe. He desperately clung to Tang San's legs, crying out hoarsely.
He had finally realized something—
Gu Linyuan was truly terrifying.
If Gu Linyuan had been a woman, perhaps he could have found a weakness to exploit.
But he was a man!
Yu Xiaogang had an