No. Don't bring this up again!
His junior brother might be muddleheaded, but Dongmen Shu understood the situation perfectly.
Although merging their bodies with sword light would let them escape at tremendous speed, perhaps too fast for the others to stop them, it would also consume an enormous amount of magic power. They could not sustain it for long, so it was no viable means of escape.
Besides, they must not forget that they were inside a Blessed Land, amid these pavilions and covered corridors. Where could they possibly run? If they failed to shake their pursuers and exhausted their magic power, would they not be left at their mercy?
Dongmen Shu hesitated. If it meant getting away, he would not begrudge them another Spirit Fruit. What truly worried him was that their greed was a bottomless ravine.
Giving them whatever they demanded would only make him seem weak, undoubtedly encouraging them to take a mile when offered an inch.
At this thought, Dongmen Shu sighed softly and reflected:
The vicious schemes of these little bitches from the Threefold Way truly are despicable. If my fellow disciples were here, we could form a sword array and cut through their ranks a few times. Why would I have to be so bound hand and foot?
Now Junior Brother Jin has suffered internal injuries, too. Even breaking out would be difficult. These people are vicious and cunning, and they won't take the bait. Must I abandon him?
Four pairs of eyes watched him like hungry tigers. Dongmen Shu dared not delay too long, so he slowly took a Peach from his Storage Bag and put it back on the tray while frantically thinking of a way out.
Where, exactly, is my escape route?
Four Peaches lay piled on the tray, their sweet