"Do you still not understand?"
Lin Wai, standing beside them, could not help but sigh.
"The moment you opened your mouth and cursed the Lord, this stopped being merely your own affair. Nor is it merely the Lord's affair."
Looking at the three of them with their muddled expressions, he knew he was playing the lute to a cow and wasting his breath.
"The dignity of the Lord of Netherworld City cannot be profaned. Even if the Lord does not care about what you did, the Celestial Venerables and Earth Immortals beneath him will secretly move to eliminate you in order to uphold the Netherworld's standing.
"Otherwise, if word gets out that you cursed the entire Lord of the Netherworld and still remained safe and sound—
"Then anyone from Netherworld City who meets you in the future will have to lower their head.
"How are those cultivators, experts, and geniuses, whose hearts are higher than the heavens, supposed to bear that? This is a grave blow to the dignity of all Netherworld City."
Having heard this much, the three of them finally understood the trouble involved. Their expressions immediately changed.
Lin Xin slowly sighed, his gaze fixed on Xu Ling.
"I am very grateful that you reminded me of Yao Yang's difficulties and suffering."
"Uh... n-no need to thank me..."
His sudden politeness instead left Xu Ling embarrassed and at a loss.
"After you die, I will only kill relatives within three generations of you.
"Do not worry. I will deal leniently with everyone beyond three generations."
Lin Xin's following words plunged the three of them into an icy abyss.
"You!?" Xu Ling pointed at Lin Xin, suddenly unable to speak. Her entire body went cold and prickled, countless chaotic thoughts flashing through her mind, yet she could never have