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By the time Ji Yuan heard those words, he had already withdrawn his spiritual energy from the talisman.

There was no other reason. He could not bear to listen anymore.

He had been standing in front of the house. Now he tipped straight backward and lay on the ground, staring absently at the white clouds drifting east across the sky.

A long while passed before he finally slammed a fist into the ground.

"You old man, why the hell were you so stupid!"

"Didn't you promise you wouldn't go?"

"Damn it, if I'd known, I never would've given you those Foundation Establishment Pills! You got them, didn't cultivate properly, and ran off to get yourself killed!"

Ji Yuan cursed and cursed, but the more he cursed, the sharper the ache in his heart grew.

It had taken him so long to come to terms with Xu Fugui's death. Now, in the blink of an eye, he had received news of the Iron Hammer Island Lord's death too.

For Ji Yuan, this year had truly been hard to bear.

He took a long time to steady himself. Several times he picked up the talisman before finally pouring spiritual energy into it.

The Iron Hammer Island Lord's chuckling voice sounded again.

"Heh, don't tell me you're cursing me, kid. Cursing me for going when I shouldn't have—fair enough. If I really died, I deserved it."

"Before I set out, I'd already made up my mind: I absolutely wasn't going to avenge that old bastard. I only wanted to find where it happened and see if his body was still there. If it wasn't, even bringing back a little of his ashes would do."

"Don't blame me for being useless. That was all I could do."

"Who'd have thought I'd still die out