"You-!"
Taiyuan's expression darkened as he stared fixedly at the two points of light in Chu Mo's palm.
The River and Rain Sources should have been as clear as water from a spring, but now, beneath that translucent surface, their interiors were murky and yellow. They seemed laden with countless sediment-like obsessions, enough to weigh down the heart and cloud the mind at a glance.
"What have you done to the River and Rain Sources?!"
Taiyuan's temper flared, and he demanded an answer in a harsh voice.
Chu Mo glanced down at the Root Origins in his palm, a trace of shame appearing on his face. "Alas, to open up the Yellow Springs, I had no choice but to borrow them briefly. This Venerable only wished to give Fuli's living beings somewhere to return to. Fellow Daoist Taiyuan, surely you can understand my predicament."
"Somewhere for Fuli's living beings to return to?"
Taiyuan laughed in his fury. "For those lowborn ants, you dared to defile our Great Evolution's Root Origins? On the strength of such an absurd excuse, you dared to withhold the Root Origins and trample over me?!"
Chu Mo: "..."
Was he angrier about my excuse than about the Root Origins being defiled?
This fellow's logic was something else!
He shook his head helplessly, his expression utterly sincere. "Fellow Daoist, you mustn't make reckless accusations. These Root Origins have merely picked up a tiny bit of Netherworld aura. It's nothing serious." As he spoke, Chu Mo held up his thumb and forefinger, leaving the tiniest of gaps between them.
At the sight, Taiyuan's anger burned even hotter. He finally understood: Nether Crossing, Nether Command had come today with discussing the Dao as a mere afterthought. He had clearly come just to provoke him!
Drawing a deep breath, he