The young man's voice had not sounded in his mind for a long time.
Dai Yunze's heart was pounding fiercely—after all, he was negotiating with an entity suspected of being the "cosmic will." How could a mere Soul Elder deserve to deal with such an existence? Yet his mind was surprisingly calm, even though the young man might appear before him the very next instant, erase him with ease, and calmly take that finger bone from him.
He knew all of this, yet he had still done it without hesitation.
"I'd like to hear why." The young man's voice sounded in his mind again, his tone intrigued.
His thoughts were connected to Dai Yunze's, so he could read what Dai Yunze was thinking. Naturally, he already knew why Dai Yunze had made this choice. He simply wanted to hear Dai Yunze say it himself.
Dai Yunze followed unhurriedly behind Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, keeping within a single Teleportation's reach. At the same time, he concealed his movements among the bustling crowds around him, ensuring that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ahead would not discover him.
Meanwhile, he said in his mind, "Ever since the moment I met you for the second time, I've been thinking about how to get free of you."
Whether it concerned him, Long Xiaoyao, the duchess... or anyone else caught in that web, the guidance and arrangements made under the guise of transactions filled Dai Yunze with fear from the bottom of his heart, however lightly the young man spoke of them.
Especially everything that had happened afterward.
The young man's arrangements for him had been laid out openly.
Yet even so, the young man had secretly planted threads he knew nothing about.
For example, Tang Qing, who had been sent to approach him from