"This..."
"Why has the River Demon stopped moving again?"
"Damn you, are you toying with us? You got our hopes up for nothing!"
The Hall Master flew into a rage, but Ye Qianfan poked his head out and said, "Don't get impatient. I was just testing whether the River Demon could still be revived. The fact that it moved proves there's a chance, but actually bringing it back to life isn't that simple. I'll have to set up an altar and perform a ritual!"
"Really?"
The Hall Master was skeptical, but that movement from the River Demon had indeed left him eighty percent convinced.
If the River Demon's corpse hadn't moved just now, the Hall Master would never have believed Ye Qianfan.
But after seeing it with their own eyes, they naturally had a little more hope!
"How long could I fool you, anyway?"
Ye Qianfan looked scornful. "You only gave me an hour, after all. If I can't do it, won't you kill me anyway?"
"True!"
The Hall Master felt that Ye Qianfan had a point and decided to give him this chance.
Just then, however, Ye Qianfan made a new demand. "But performing the ritual will involve certain secrets of our sect that mustn't be revealed to outsiders, so I need you all to leave!"
"Absolutely not." The Hall Master immediately rejected the request. "If you run away, where are we supposed to find you?"
"Then forget it. Kill me now."
Ye Qianfan spread his hands, looking utterly unconcerned.
He was doing this because, while he had been putting on his River Demon revival act, the Daoist had discovered that there was golden bone inside the River Demon's belly too.
To retrieve the golden bone, Ye Qianfan would have to cut the River Demon open.
He hardly believed