He looked up at the man and saw that Zhao Ziyue still wore that smiling face. "Immortal Yu, you may enter this garden, but I may not. Before going in, we'd best settle matters satisfactorily." Yu Ci fixed his gaze on him for a long while before smiling. "I thought you'd lay out the terms the moment we met." "..."
"Or are you still clinging to some other hope? Is Pan Huang Sect putting quite a bit of pressure on you?"
At the mention of "Pan Huang Sect," Zhao Ziyue's gaze turned cold. Seeing his expression, Yu Ci no longer intended to beat around the bush. He stepped two paces aside so as not to block the door. "After all, I came out of Sword Garden. I've been to Guixu and the Boundary River, and I can be said to have met Brother Zhao's masters. These are all plain facts. If Brother Zhao still wants me to spell them out, that is rather too suspicious of you."
Zhao Ziyue said grimly, "Since you know of the two Longevity True Men of Pan Huang Sect, Immortal Yu should also understand that if you drive things to the bitter end, there is no way you'll escape..."
Yu Ci shook his head. "Your masters presumably do not think highly of me. That pet of yours wanted my life from the very beginning. As for Pan Huang Sect or whatever else, what difference is there?"
As he spoke, he recalled something else and smiled. "Oh, right. Have those two go back. You've searched so hard these past two days—still haven't found an opportunity, have you?"
Zhao Ziyue fell silent. Just as Yu Ci had said, Pan Huang Sect had never abandoned the idea of wiping them all out in one stroke and uprooting the