"I was saving him." A cool, clear laugh spilled from Xie Xiyi's throat. "His bloodline shackled him his whole life, so why keep it? I helped free him. Shouldn't you praise me?"
Chi Yu rolled his eyes. "Sophistry. That's sophistry."
Xie Xiyi said, "The flesh is a shackle. Only by escaping its shackles can one truly become undying and indestructible."
Chi Yu held out his hand. "Give him to me. I'm afraid you'll use him to refine a Ten Thousand Souls Banner."
"Oh~" Xie Xiyi's laughter grew louder, his voice pleasing to the ear. "From what you're saying, it seems I've refined one before."
The black mist abruptly swelled and spat out a great many things.
Phantom Lightning was spat out too. It swayed, bobbing its head, then quickly noticed Chi Yu and bounded over like a puppy to rub against his legs. Chi Yu scooped it up and cradled it in his arms, stroking it as he examined what the black mist had spat out. Aside from a huge pile of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, there were all sorts of miscellaneous things.
That familiar lamp caught his eye too.
Chi Yu's eyes lit up. He reached for the lamp and wheedled to Xie Xiyi, "H-husband~ Could you give me this?"
Xie Xiyi laughed heartily. "Of course. We're husband and wife, and husband and wife are one... after all."
Hearing his loud laughter, Chi Yu vaguely caught the sound of grinding teeth beneath it and couldn't help shuddering.
Like a little animal, he clearly sensed that even as Xie Xiyi smiled, he seemed to harbor a trace of bloodthirsty desire toward him.
He seemed to want to kill him too, but perhaps because they were Dao Companions, he held himself back.
It seemed his lie about them being Dao Companions had