Chapter 494: A strange incident
"That fellow just died like that?"
In an old ancestral hall in Hong Kong, White Bone Daoist sat on a bench, holding a horsetail whisk in one hand and forming a seal with the other.
Opposite him sat an elderly woman in training clothes, her frost-white hair tied in a bun. Her expression was as calm as water, and she held a cup of tea.
It was Boss Chen.
The two seemed to be facing off.
Upon hearing of the God of Tai Sui's death, White Bone Daoist showed no unusual reaction. Instead, he said with perfect composure, "Chen Baihu has reappeared in the world, yet you, his younger sister, didn't go north to help."
Boss Chen raised her narrow eyes slightly, glanced at him through the wisps of steam rising from her cup, then lowered her gaze and took a small sip. "If you came here all alone just to say that, those may well be your last words."
White Bone Daoist's expression was rigid. "Your vitality is nearly exhausted too," he said flatly. "If you fight me, you won't escape death."
Their strength was roughly equal. If they fought with everything they had, then regardless of who won or lost, the meager vital essence they had accumulated over the years would inevitably be drained away. They would then be doomed to die as their cultivation dissipated.
Boss Chen's gaze turned cold. Her delicate hand dipped, and with a flick of her fingers, she sent the teacup onto the tea table. Just as she was about to strike, the Daoist abruptly said pointedly, "Wait. You've kept me here all this time because you're afraid I'll settle the score with that boy, haven't you? I'll leave him alone for the next few days, but you