Even after hearing the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox say this, Su Mo did not lower his guard in the slightest.
This secret was a matter of life and death. If the Three Pure Ones knew he was still alive, they would do everything they could to kill him.
And the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox before him was on the same side as the Three Pure Ones Grotto-Heaven and the others.
Who knew whether she was bluffing to draw him out?
Su Mo still said nothing, as though he did not understand what she was talking about.
The Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox frowned, visibly impatient. "Indeed, you are still of use to me. That is also why you are still alive."
"But to tell you the truth, before you woke up, I was still considering whether to kill you."
"Since you have not died yet, however, I will refrain from killing you for now."
"You can consider this a trade!"
The Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox's words echoed in Su Mo's ears. Frowning, he shook his head, neither servile nor overbearing. "And if I refuse, Senior?"
The Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox seemed to have expected this answer. She looked at him with a cold sneer. "Have you pinned your hopes on the Immortal Furnace?"
"Very well. Let us follow your line of thought."
"When someone from the Immortal Furnace comes and I hand you back to them, what then?"
The light in the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox's eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything. Staring straight at Su Mo's shattered divine soul, she said, "Do you think they can truly save you in your current state?"
Su Mo's expression instantly grew somewhat despondent. Naturally, he knew his own condition.
With his divine soul shattered, even immortals and gods would struggle to save him.
Although he had pinned his