He took a deep breath and slightly adjusted his state of mind.
A moment later, Su Shi'er finally spoke softly. "Su has two close friends who were abducted by Heavenly Capital. Fellow Daoist Yin, you must find a way to let them leave."
As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature inside the invisible barrier of qi instantly dropped to freezing point.
A chill flashed through Yin Qingxue's eyes. He did not attack directly, but his sharp gaze carried killing intent as tangible as matter, hammering into Su Shi'er like a heavy punch.
"Pfft!"
Su Shi'er's already feeble body shuddered violently, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
"Su Shi'er, I believe I just said that you must never... challenge my patience."
"It is true that I need your strength to help me break the array. But do you really think one little matter is worth me agreeing to so many conditions of yours—even exchanging three lives for it?"
Yin Qingxue glared viciously at Su Shi'er, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart.
Vast true essence gathered in his palm. He wished he could kill Su Shi'er with a single strike on the spot.
But after circulating his true essence and seeing the blood spilling from Su Shi'er's mouth, as well as his incomparably weakened aura, he ultimately still did not attack.
"As far as Su knows, throughout the past thousand years, Heavenly Capital has secretly been abducting cultivators from Muyun Prefecture and the East Sea Islands who had only just succeeded in Tribulation Transcendence."
"Over the course of a thousand years, the number of abducted cultivators is beyond counting."
"Given Heavenly Capital's size, Su's two friends are insignificant, and should be dispensable to Heavenly Capital. My request is far from excessive, and certainly should not have