Yu Ci looked at Shadow Ghost for a long time, then shook his head. "You really burned your brain. You didn't say how you could help me, nor what I could accomplish. Empty words alone, and you want me to swear an oath?"
Pausing briefly, he looked at Shadow Ghost's overly agitated expression and felt that this fellow's brain needed a thorough sobering up. "In the current situation, if you truly want to help me, you would naturally just do it. If you have other requests and want me to help—me helping you is helping you, and you helping me is helping me, isn't that right?"
Such tongue-twisting words were actually not hard to understand, yet the current Shadow Ghost would not waste even a shred of mental energy on them. Any information that contradicted his preconceived notions was automatically blocked out by him.
Seeing his expression, Yu Ci knew that all his previous words had been spoken in vain. Helplessly, he had no choice but to try something more direct. "Fine, what kind of oath do you want me to swear? What do you want me to do?"
Ignoring everything, Shadow Ghost went straight to the point. "Help me, I want to become the Karmaless Sword Immortal!"
"..."
Amidst an absurdly heavy silence, Shadow Ghost spoke for a second time. "I want to replace him!"
Silence reigned once more, until Yu Ci could no longer bear Shadow Ghost's searing gaze and finally broke free from the long silence—or rather, dull stupor. "Right, I thought you always looked down on him."
"Looked down on" was truly a rather bizarre way to put it; hatred and jealousy were much more exact. Using this method, Yu Ci barely managed to control his own emotions within a rational range, and then he felt