All four of the others turned their eyes toward Su Jiu.
"I agreed to help him rescue someone from Black Dragon Prison, and he agreed to help us kill the Black Dragon King and take us to the Teleportation Array."
Qiao Zirong was somewhat opposed. He had already heard the villagers speak of the Black Dragon King's power. Could a Dragon Jiao that had lived for tens of thousands of years really be so easy to kill? "Have you considered negotiating with the Black Dragon King?" He still felt that killing the Black Dragon King was unrealistic.
Mo Qi added, "With such a disparity in strength, negotiations would probably be difficult."
Qiao Zirong continued, "But when you first met Jiao Chen, didn't he say that the Black Dragon King had tried to win over the humans who went to Black Dragon Prison?"
Su Jiu glanced at Yun Huanling. "You told them?"
Yun Huanling stammered, "Wh-why does it have to be me? Couldn't it have been my brother?"
"Yun Chao wouldn't do something like that," Su Jiu said flatly.
The arrow struck Yun Huanling straight in the heart, and he fell silent. He merely muttered indignantly off to the side, "That's discrimination."
Su Jiu ignored him and told Mo Qi and Qiao Zirong, "Most of what Jiao Chen said during our first conversation was probably lies meant to trick us into entering Black Dragon Prison. We can't take it seriously.
"As Mo Qi said, with such a disparity in strength, negotiations are impossible. We might as well let the Merfolk King, who already has a grudge against him, kill him outright."
But Yun Chao remained doubtful of Jiao Chen's strength. "Kill the Black Dragon King? If he really had that kind of strength, why didn't he get rid of him ten