"": 200, "": "", "": "The purpose of persuasive words was often to goad someone into doing something.
Zhang Yunxi was using precisely that sort of provocation to bring Bai Su back to his senses, if only a little!
The method seemed crude, but it actually worked well on anyone, especially when it touched on what they cared about most.
Bai Su's eyes reddened further, and even his face trembled.
"Let go!"
Luo Bin barked the command.
Yet Bai Su still clutched Luo Bin tightly, refusing to release him.
"Orthodoxy! Righteousness Endures!"
Veins bulged on Hu Jin's forehead as he roared.
Bai Su shuddered.
Luo Bin's pupils abruptly contracted. That movement had revealed something unusual.
He reached out with his free hand and grabbed at Bai Su's chest!
Bai Su tried to block him, but a pink tongue suddenly shot out. His hand stopped short, barely avoiding the Black-Gold Toad's tongue!
They were too close together. Luo Bin caught hold of a rod-shaped object beneath Bai Su's clothes.
He yanked it out!
The fabric did not tear, but the Lightning-Struck Chestnut Heartwood came free!
The Tree Heart was about as long as a forearm and not particularly thick. Hidden against his chest, it was hard to notice!
"Give me back my thunderstruck wood!" Bai Su glared furiously.
"Your thunderstruck wood?" Luo Bin's eyelids twitched violently, and an uncontrollable chill crept into his voice.
He had few ritual artifacts to begin with, and the Lightning-Struck Chestnut Heartwood was one of his most important.
He had genuinely thought the Corpse King had destroyed this treasure.
He had never imagined it had ended up in Bai Su's hands!
What had happened was obvious. Bai Guanli had driven off the Corpse King while Luo Bin lay unconscious. As the place where the