Quan Dean understood his intentions, and a faint smile touched his lips. "I can raise him into the clouds, and I can just as easily dash him into the dust." His words brimmed with confidence.
You old eunuch, there you go boasting again, Hu Xiaotian thought. With the favor Ji Feihua enjoys and the position he holds today, bringing him back down to earth won't be that easy. Aloud, however, he said, "If you wish to deal with him, Eunuch Quan, I'm willing to serve you like a faithful hound or horse." In truth, saying it made no difference. Hu Xiaotian was certain Quan Dean would send him against Ji Feihua sooner or later. Rather than wait to be assigned the task, he might as well appear eager.
"You?" Quan Dean's words carried a trace of contempt.
All the better if you don't want me to act, Hu Xiaotian thought. I can't be bothered risking my neck for you anyway.
"Was the Bone-Dissolving Water useful?" Quan Dean asked. That single question drenched Hu Xiaotian's back in cold sweat. He just had to lift the lid on the one pot that had not boiled. Everyone knew perfectly well that Hu Xiaotian had killed Wei Hualin. As far as Hu Xiaotian was concerned, spelling it out spoiled the understanding, yet Quan Dean had brought it up right to his face.
"Very useful, though there wasn't much of it," Hu Xiaotian said. "Once I've used it up, I hope you'll give me some more."
Quan Dean inwardly admired the boy's shamelessness. Even with this matter brought up, his expression did not change and his heart did not flutter. He truly had remarkable composure. Quan Dean said quietly, "Wei Hualin's martial arts were quite respectable, yet he still fell at your hands. So martial