"I never intended to kill anyone."
The man looked up at Xu Taiping and answered in earnest.
As he spoke, he lowered his head again, holding the girl in his arms with a face full of guilt, and murmured:
"Whether you believe me or not."
"You went straight for the kill, and even used true intent. Who would believe you never meant to kill anyone?"
Bai Yu rolled his eyes at the man.
"Believe whatever you like..."
"Bam!"
The words had barely left the man's mouth when Xu Taiping slapped him across the face with the flat of his blade.
"What is your name, what is your background, and why did you stop us?"
As Xu Taiping spoke, he stepped forward and pressed the tip of his blade against the man's brow.
The man's words and actions felt increasingly wrong to him, so he had to get to the bottom of this.
The man remained stubborn, unwilling to speak.
Xu Taiping wasted no more words on him. He simply turned his blade and pointed its tip at the girl in the man's arms.
"From the moment you tried to kill me, from the moment you hurt my friend, neither you nor the one in your arms was innocent. I don't care how old she is."
As he spoke, a fierce killing intent radiated from Xu Taiping.
Sensing that killing intent, the man shuddered involuntarily. He could feel that Xu Taiping was not threatening him-he truly intended to kill both father and daughter.
"Young uncle, my father isn't a bad man. He was forced into this."
Just as the man hesitated, the girl with the flying-immortal bun suddenly struggled to lift her head from his arms and looked at Xu Taiping.
"Yun'er." The man shook his head at her, seemingly trying