"Y-You're someone at Xia Wuju's side?"
Chu Yunxiao, who had been walking with his head lowered, suddenly looked up. The sight of Ye Lin appearing before him out of nowhere gave him quite a fright. Every hair on his body stood on end as he pointed at Ye Lin, trembling all over.
"Don't be afraid. I'm not here to kill you. If my guess is correct, you should possess something called One Breath Becomes Three Purities, right? Hand it over, and you may leave safely today."
Ye Lin smiled and held out his hand, looking utterly harmless and honest.
"How do you know I have One Breath Becomes Three Purities?"
Chu Yunxiao immediately retreated several steps, his face full of wariness. One Breath Becomes Three Purities was his fundamental cultivation technique, the greatest aid to his rise. He usually treasured it dearly.
No one knew of it, and he had told no one.
Whenever he displayed it before outsiders, he only claimed it was an exceptionally profound clone technique. In truth, only he knew just how monstrous his One Breath Becomes Three Purities was.
Therefore, he would never casually reveal such a technique.
But how had the man before him discovered it? Where had he learned of it?
"There's no need to ask that. You've already cultivated One Breath Becomes Three Purities, so keeping it is useless. Give it to me now, and I can have the Great Xia Dynasty withdraw its pursuit of you."
"Then, you'll still be you. You'll still be able to travel safely throughout this Northern Frontier, and no one will trouble you."
"If you refuse to give it to me..."
Halfway through his words, Ye Lin gradually revealed a strange smile.
Then he slowly spoke...
"I will be your greatest trouble."
The moment he finished