"Feng He, you want to use this to bargain with us?" Huo Lian scoffed. "Actually, we could do without the things in the Ghost Capital. How many good things could someone like you have amassed? It's just that now you've fallen into our hands, even trash has to be put to good use. Besides, even without you, Huang Xiao and I would merely have to spend a little more effort. We should still be able to break through the formations here and enter the Ghost Capital. So you have no right to bargain with us. I know you still harbor some hope about the poison in your body. Go ahead and try. See whether you can neutralize the poison you've been afflicted with."
Huo Lian's words left Feng He silent for a moment.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
"It seems I have no other choice," Feng He said coldly after a long while.
"You have no choice. If you know what's good for you, split off a strand of Divine Sense. Just the tiniest wisp. It won't affect you much," Huo Lian said.
"Hahaha!" Feng He suddenly burst out laughing. "Huo Lian, you're wrong. I don't want to choose. I certainly don't want to be under your control. Your poison may be formidable, but who am I? I'm the Ancestor of the Ghost Spirit Sect. Everyone says we of the Ghost Spirit Sect are neither human nor ghost. What does a little poison amount to? I'm someone who can even discard all the essence blood in his body!"
Huo Lian's expression darkened. He had not expected Feng He to resist.
"Then you could have refused to cooperate on the way here," Huo Lian said grimly.
"I was already poisoned, so I might as well cooperate with you. Perhaps you