In Principle, I'm a Good Person

This time, she truly had lost—lost completely, without even a chance to escape. But that did not mean Ye Hongchen would simply let herself be handled at another's whim, especially by someone like Bai Yu, who had defeated her by relying on his attendant!

For cultivators of the Esoteric Sect, death was not frightening. At their level, generally speaking, a fragment of their natal soul would remain within the sect. Though this natal soul was, to a great extent, a safeguard the Esoteric Sect had established to control Body Integration Realm cultivators like them.

Yet that safeguard was also Ye Hongchen's chance to turn the tables. Even if Bai Yu killed her now, so long as that soul fragment remained, she would have a chance to be reborn through the Esoteric Sect Tile-Breaking Method!

Thus, she wished Bai Yu would kill her right now. Ye Hongchen was different from Ning Zhirou—she was a true core member of the Esoteric Sect, and the sect would not abandon her just like that.

Hearing Ye Hongchen's words, Bai Yu smiled faintly. He had far too many ways to deal with stubborn fools, so her words could not even be called resolute in his eyes.

"I like clever people, but I'm also very tolerant toward fools—especially in the beginning. As the reincarnation of a great good man for nine lifetimes, I'll persuade you with the gentlest methods."

Bai Yu shook his head and casually flipped his hand. The Ksitigarbha Gu appeared in his palm.

"Your defeat this time was, to a large extent, because of it."

"Your origins are the same, both stemming from hell. Thus, in terms of attainment in Buddhist teachings, you are inferior to it."

"But put another way, there is also a bond between you and the Ksitigarbha Gu. It