Had they not seen it with their own eyes, the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord would have found it hard to believe that the man before them, clutching his head in both hands, his face full of pain and remorse, was the notoriously fearsome Azure-Eyed Evil Lord.
Xu Taiping even wondered whether the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord was putting on an act.
Because he remained on guard against the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, Xu Taiping actually forgot to continue pouring true essence into the jade slip, so Zhu Songyu's third message was slow to come.
After waiting in vain for his junior sister's third message, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord suddenly lowered his hands and looked at Xu Taiping with a somewhat vacant gaze.
"Young Daoist Priest, didn't my junior sister say... she had one more thing to ask me?"
As he spoke, there was no longer any trace of arrogance in the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's gaze upon Xu Taiping.
In its place was a look that yearned for "redemption."
He seemed to have already guessed that the final thing Zhu Songyu wanted to say to him would surely be a request for him to do something.
And to him, whatever it was, whether he succeeded or not, simply doing it would be a form of redemption.
Roused by those words, Xu Taiping immediately poured a strand of true essence into the jade slip in his hand without betraying anything.
A moment later, the voice of Zhu Songyu of the Thousand Crafts Workshop sounded from the jade slip once more-
"This third question is for myself."
The moment her voice sounded, the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord held his breath and focused, silently straining his ears to listen.
Zhu Songyu said, "Eldest Senior Brother."
That address, “Eldest Senior Brother,” made the