Bai Cao Xuan immediately snorted coldly and said:
"You would rather believe an outsider than me?"
At this, the disciple who had first stepped forward to question Bai Cao Xuan once again retorted:
"Martial Uncle Bai Cao, it is not that Xie Wangyan has stirred us up against you. What you are doing now truly gives us cause for suspicion!"
Qu Chao Ci immediately snorted coldly and said:
"Senior Brother Sun Yu, how forgetful you are! Had Master not single-handedly kept us alive until now, we would long since have perished in the jaws of the Blightbone!"
Sun Yu immediately retorted with a sneer:
"One matter is one matter, and another is another. He did save us before, but that does not mean we must willingly share his grave!"
At these words, many Taisu Valley disciples inside the pavilion revealed expressions of deep agreement.
Just then, Xie Wangyan's voice rang out again:
"Everyone, as long as you agree to bring me Taisu Valley's inheritance, I, Xie Wangyan, will immediately use world-deceiving divine power to make you invisible to these Blightbone!"
Hearing this, the Taisu Valley disciples, whose resolve had already begun to waver, all turned their eyes toward Sun Yu.
Clearly, they had instinctively come to regard Sun Yu as their leader.
Feeling everyone's burning gazes, Sun Yu immediately pressed his hand against the hilt of the saber at his waist, then looked coldly at Qu Chao Ci and said:
"Junior Sister Chao Ci, stop clinging to your delusions. You and I are both bargaining chips this Old Codger will trade for his survival!"
"Kill this old bastard and hand over Taisu Valley's inheritance, and I will take you out of this accursed place with me!"
With a ringing clang, Qu Chao Ci drew her sword, then met Sun Yu's