"Master, I'm telling the truth. I didn't mean to do it." A Qi was on the verge of breaking down.
Terror engulfed him now, leaving him unable to think of anything else.
He only wanted to explain that he had not meant to kill his senior brother.
Why was Master so utterly ruthless toward him?
He still wanted to stay by Master's side.
Liu Wan stepped forward, took out Xie Jinqian's Thumb Ring, and handed it to Lie Ming.
"Before A Qian... died, he asked me to pass a message to you."
"What message?"
Lie Ming received it carefully in his trembling palm, tears slipping down his face without his realizing it.
Only A Qian himself could remove this Thumb Ring. It seemed he had lost his life protecting Liu Wan.
My foolish disciple...
"He said that after he died, you should take him to Southern Mei and tell the King of Southern Yue that he died there," Liu Wan said, choking back tears.
Even at death's door, A Qian had been making plans for those close to him.
Lie Ming immediately understood A Qian's intent. He fell to his knees, sobbing too hard to speak.
Hearing this, A Qi broke down completely.
So this was the difference between him and Xie Jinqian!
"Yes, I'm not as good as him!"
For the first time, he admitted that he was inferior to his senior brother.
But things had already come to this. No amount of talking would help.
Looking at his grief-stricken Master, he suddenly sprang to his feet and hurled himself at the stone wall!
"A Qi!" Lie Ming cried out.
But it was already too late.
Blood trickled down A Qi's forehead. With his eyes open, he said to Master,
"Master... I'll give my life back to my senior