"Bold?"
"Marquis, you went to such great lengths to lure Su here. If Su had not come, would that not have let the Marquis's painstaking efforts go to waste?"
Su Shi'er replied evenly.
Facing Xuan Shi, he understood better than anyone that there could be no peaceful resolution to today's matter.
Yet trapped within the other's formation, the more hastily he acted, the more likely he was to expose a flaw.
"Good! Very good!"
Xuan Shi lightly clapped his hands.
"Several hundred years have passed, yet Fellow Daoist Su's composure has not diminished in the slightest."
"Only, your current condition... does not seem very good."
As he spoke the last words, a faint glimmer flashed through Xuan Shi's eyes.
Within Su Shi'er's chest, the Original Heart seemed to be stimulated by some force and suddenly gave a heavy thump.
Thump!
The sound of a heartbeat rang out.
Su Shi'er's body swayed slightly, and the color drained from his face by another measure.
A streak of crimson quietly trickled from the corner of his lips.
"Fellow Daoist Su!"
At the sight, Hu Meier's face immediately filled with anxiety.
She knew Su Shi'er might be injured.
But she had not expected his injuries to be this severe.
This scene alone showed that even maintaining the most basic stability of his internal aura was difficult.
"Heh heh, it seems this Marquis guessed correctly."
"That astonishing fluctuation of vital energy and blood from deep within the immortal mansion earlier truly was connected to you."
"With your current condition, you still dared come here to save someone. Should this Marquis call you loyal and righteous, or... hopelessly foolish?"
Xuan Shi continued with a soft laugh.
Ever since Su Shi'er had appeared, he had been observing him in secret.
Now that Su Shi'er's vital energy and