Lü Tao, who had only just signed a blood contract and had his body seized by Chen Nanxuan, panicked the instant he heard those words.
"What do you mean? Are you going to break our agreement? Or was this your scheme all along?" Lü Tao asked meekly.
All he had left was a wisp of consciousness. Though it still existed, he could do nothing.
His connection to this body had long since been severed completely, with nothing left.
"I consider myself a businessman. Naturally, I work with whoever offers me the greatest benefit."
Yet that single remark from Chen Nanxuan utterly shattered Lü Tao's last shred of hope.
"Y-you can't do this! Don't forget, we signed a blood contract! The Heavenly Dao bore witness!"
"Aren't you afraid of heavenly punishment for breaking the agreement?" Lü Tao demanded, invoking the Heavenly Dao.
He tried to force Chen Nanxuan to change his mind rather than follow this road all the way into darkness.
Otherwise, jade and stone would burn together, the fish would die and the net would tear. Neither of them would benefit.
"Heh..."
Hearing Chen Nanxuan's laughter, Lü Tao felt a sense of foreboding.
He forced himself to calm down and asked, "What are you laughing at? Don't tell me you think you're powerful enough to defy the Heavenly Dao?"
"I certainly don't believe I have the ability to defy the Heavenly Dao. But can you read Primordial Script?"
Primordial Script?
At first, Lü Tao failed to understand. A moment later, his eyes widened abruptly as he realized he had been tricked and trapped.
"You deliberately wrote the blood contract in a script I couldn't read!" Lü Tao demanded.
"You call yourself the foremost of gifted scholars, yet you lack even this little bit of cunning. Laughable. Truly laughable." Chen