Li Yunjing's eyes flickered. Suddenly, he struck the young man between the shoulders, driving a mysterious restriction into his body.
"You!"
The young man's expression changed drastically, but he discovered that his magical power had been completely sealed.
"Relax. I've only sealed your cultivation temporarily."
"Now we can have a proper talk," Li Yunjing said mildly.
"Why go to all this trouble?"
Ye Wuhen snorted. "Just kill him!"
"You... you wouldn't dare!"
The young man went deathly pale at those words. "My master is the lord of the Rain-Listening Pavilion, a mighty Spirit Transformation cultivator!"
"So what if he's at Spirit Transformation?"
Ye Wuhen grinned savagely. "If we let you go, won't you just tell your master to come kill me? I might as well get one kill in first and finish you off."
"Enough!"
Li Yunjing interrupted him and turned to the young man. "I can let you leave, but you must swear a heavenly dao oath not to reveal what happened tonight."
"And if I refuse?" the young man asked through gritted teeth.
Being captured alive and then threatened had clearly filled the young man with fury.
"Then the fish dies and the net tears."
A cold gleam flashed in Li Yunjing's eyes. "Let me make this clear: we're only passing through the Tianlan Continent. We have no schemes here! We might leave in a few days and never return for the rest of our lives."
"Choose whether you want to live or die!"
Playing along, Ye Wuhen extended a palm wreathed in sinister demonic energy and waved it before the young man's face.
"I... I agree!"
The young man finally yielded.
"Remember, if you break your oath, heavenly tribulation will descend upon you, and your soul will scatter into oblivion!"
After the young man swore the heavenly