"Young Master, are you really going to do this?"
After Ye Lin and his group had completely departed, the old man who had been following beside Xuan Tian reappeared. Standing at Xuan Tian's side, he asked softly.
"What else could I do? From beginning to end, I've been trapped inside the scheme Ye Lin laid out. Ye Lin has been guiding me all along, making me say exactly what he wanted to hear. Now Xuan Yong utterly hates me."
"Xuan Yong has always been close to Big Brother since childhood. The two of them have been birds of a feather, wallowing in the mire together since they were young. If Ye Lin truly lets Xuan Yong go, the consequences will be unimaginable. Rather than that, it would be better to slaughter both of them completely."
"When the time comes, he'll bear all the infamy, while I'll be able to take the position of clan head without a hitch."
"But that condition..."
At the thought of that condition, Xuan Tian's heart ached. Fulfilling it would cost him dearly as well. Ye Lin truly did not know the price of firewood, rice, oil, and salt when he was not the one running the household—he actually dared to ask for such a price.
"Young Master, what if he goes back on his word after we give him the things?"
The old man beside Xuan Tian asked again, his face full of vigilance.
"Don't worry. Even if he had three times the courage, he wouldn't dare do that. If he truly goes back on his word, I'll make sure he can neither ascend to heaven nor enter the earth, with no door open to him anywhere."
A glint of killing intent flashed through Xuan Tian's eyes.
Seeing that his young master had already made