Lü Boxing lowered his head, but a storm was already raging in his heart!
When the other party finished speaking, he hesitated. In the end, he asked nothing more, merely turning over in his mind how to explain his true purpose in coming.
The voice spoke again. "Tell me, what do you want?" After a pause, clear amusement entered his tone. "You brought True Dragon Blood from ten thousand miles away, and even carried it in a Mystic Ice jade box. What you seek must be no small thing."
Lü Boxing breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said with his head bowed, "I came to ask the Supreme Venerable to deal with someone."
"You think a mere drop of True Dragon Blood is enough to make me act?"
Lü Boxing grew anxious at once. "Your Excellency, this True Dragon Blood is only the beginning. There will be more..."
"Empty words are no guarantee. Besides, in this time of upheaval and Great Calamity, one careless move could bring disaster upon me. You know that well enough. Forget one drop of Dragon Blood—even if you brought me the emperor of the Qi Kingdom, it would not be worth my leaving seclusion..."
Lü Boxing was thoroughly alarmed. "But Your Excellency has already accepted the introductory gift..."
"No hurry, no hurry," the voice said unhurriedly. "Since I accepted it, I will naturally give you an answer. Only by exchanging cause and effect can we owe each other nothing. And as it happens, I have something of a grievance with the person you want dealt with. So..."
At that moment, Lü Boxing felt a chill against his neck, followed by a faint hiss. A slender snake, crimson from head to tail, was climbing over his neck. He had no idea when it had gotten