"Swallow these, and I'll let you leave."
The man gave Su Jiu a suspicious look, but this was clearly no time to hesitate. If he refused, he would certainly die. If he swallowed it, he might still have a glimmer of hope.
As long as there was a glimmer of hope, perhaps...
With a grim expression, the man swallowed one pill and handed the other two to his junior brothers. The two exchanged bitter smiles, then swallowed theirs together.
The instant they swallowed the pills, the ice and snow around them melted away, as though they had never existed.
All three of them were still standing where they had been before.
The great distance they had just run was like a cruel joke, telling them that everything they had done within the domain had been futile.
Once he emerged, the man indeed found that the icy chill in his body was gone.
He turned toward his two junior brothers, only to find them circling him in apparent amazement.
"Senior Brother, you're better?"
Ignoring them, the man addressed Su Jiu. "Fellow Daoist Su, can you give me the antidote now?"
Su Jiu's gaze darkened slightly.
"You can have the antidote, but I have another question."
The man was speechless. "Go ahead."
"Who is working with you to profit from spirit-draining stones? And where exactly is the other supply route?"
The man gave Su Jiu an odd look. "The Ghost Market on the Yin River Continent, the Zheng Household on the Spiritflight Continent, the Zhu Household on the Shangyin Continent, and the Enchanting Demon Sect in the Savage Wilderness."
Su Jiu furrowed her brows. "You're even colluding with demonic cultivators?"
The man curled his lip. "Business is business. What difference does it make who we deal with?"
"And the other question?"
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