Suddenly, a voice reached the clan lord's ears. "Clan Lord, you never truly intended to cooperate with the Heart Sect. You have your difficulties and were forced into it. But you should believe that the Heart Sect's methods are not beyond undoing. If you trust me, how about I resolve this difficulty for you?"
No one else could hear that voice.
Only the clan lord heard it.
His gaze snapped toward Lin Xiaosu. "What are you trying to say?"
His voice was cold to the bone.
Lin Xiaosu said calmly, "The Heart Chain, correct?"
Two words were all it took.
Heart Chain!
The clan lord shuddered.
This was a secret no one knew!
No one except him and his wife.
Three thousand years ago, an expert from the Heart Sect had come to Qingqiu. His methods overturned everything they knew, and he possessed extraordinary strategic vision. He and the clan lord had become close friends.
Yet his masterful methods and vast knowledge were merely a cloak he wore.
In secret, he had done something.
He had placed an exceptionally vicious restriction upon the clan lord and his wife.
The Heart Chain.
Once the Heart Chain was established, he and his wife had to obey the other man's orders.
Otherwise, they could die at any moment, their Dao extinguished.
The Heart Chain was the noose hanging over their heads.
There was no way to undo it, no recourse to take.
Yet today, at the very moment he faced a momentous choice, this young official had uttered those heart-stopping words.
"You... what do you know?" The clan lord's voice was no longer icy.
Lin Xiaosu said, "Far too many Heart Pavilion experts have died at my hands, and I have refined far too many of their primordial spirits. What you know, I