Lan looked dazed. He opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Xianyu casually raised a hand and loosely closed it around the Aeon's neck.
The smile slowly vanished from Aha's face.
What if his best friend killed Lan, then killed him too while he was at it?
Aha could only clutch the little box in his arms and shrink into a corner, trying his hardest to make himself inconspicuous.
Xianyu knew full well that Lan was different from Aha.
Lan had knocked him unconscious before, so he could not follow Aha's example and earn his trust by coming in his true form. He could only appear before him in a fragile human avatar.
Xianyu quietly met Lan's gaze.
The Aeon remained relaxed, his expression unchanged, as though the place Xianyu was touching was not a vital point where one strike could kill him.
Xianyu instantly lost interest in talking to Lan. He swiftly withdrew his hand and turned to look at Dan Feng.
Dan Feng looked dazed, as though he had yet to recover from his joy.
But... why was Dan Feng staring at him? Shouldn't he be looking at Yingxing?
Xianyu glanced at Yingxing, who lay unconscious on his back on the ground.
Thanks to Dan Feng's Dragon Transformation Technique, this member of a short-life species had transformed into a Vidyadhara.
Xianyu stepped forward, pressed a hand onto Dan Feng's shoulder, and applied a little pressure.
Unsteady on his feet, Dan Feng obediently sat down on the ground.
He stared at Xianyu without blinking.
Xianyu crouched down.
"All right, Dan Feng. Give me your Jade Abacus and Yingxing's."
"I'll alter your location records for you."
"Neither of you came to Scalegorge Waterscape today."
"Next, take Shuhu to the Ten-Lords Commission, and this ends here."
"What happened with you and Yingxing...