A wave of pressure descended upon Wang Tishen, forcing his head to bow even lower.
He was practically groveling on the ground, his body trembling as he hurriedly said again, "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare!"
Wang Tishen gasped for breath, then said, "Brother Hu, if you two elder brothers save me, I will be endlessly grateful and certainly repay you handsomely!"
Before Fang Shu could speak, Wu Tong beside him sneered. "You're a kept man who hasn't even married in yet. What kind of handsome repayment could you offer?"
"Yes, I can!"
Wang Tishen immediately said, "Though I have no silver or money on me and am not native to Vast Sea Immortal City, I was born into the Wangze Tribe outside the city.
An ancestor of my clan once became a Golden Core True Immortal—if you two elder brothers are willing to save me, I am willing to offer you all the cultivation manuals, records, and notes left behind by my ancestors."
Wu Tong's sneer faded at those words, replaced by contemplation. "Your family is also a fallen True Immortal household?"
Fang Shu, however, narrowed his eyes again and said calmly, "Let me make this clear, Fellow Daoist Hu is currently cultivating within an immortal estate. Leaving aside how much genuine inheritance your Wang Family's True Immortal legacy still retains—
Even if it has all been preserved, could it surpass the inheritances within the immortal estate?"
He flicked his sleeve and shook his head. "I have already met more living True Immortal seniors than I can count.
You should use such bait to tempt someone else."
With that, Fang Shu made as if to leave.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
Seeing this, Wang Tishen hurriedly scrambled up from the ground and cried, "If the manuals are not enough, then