"But I can leave."
"I can tell people about this."
Somewhat puzzled, Yu Sheng spoke as though it were only natural.
Silence fell in the void again.
This time, it remained silent for a full minute before speaking again. "Fine, no oath."
"But this King hopes that once you get the Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit, you'll leave without causing trouble."
"Otherwise, even if I have to sacrifice this body and abandon my advancement to Demon God, I'll take you down with me."
"You should know that there's no way I wouldn't have a fallback."
Though it had agreed to Yu Sheng's demand, taking yet, yet, yet another step back, it still held to its final bottom line and issued a threat.
Even if that threat wasn't particularly effective.
Yu Sheng neither agreed nor disagreed, his gaze sweeping his surroundings.
"Stop looking."
"The Ten Thousand Poisons Fruit won't appear until it ripens."
"It still needs a week..."
"If only you'd come a week later. This King could have eaten you, bite by bite."
It seemed to picture some scene, and even its voice wasn't as angry as before.
Yu Sheng lowered his head slightly, lost in unknown thoughts, looking rather quiet.
In the end, he simply leaned against the wall beneath the cave opening that led outside, took a steamed bun from inside his clothes, and chewed it gently.
Silence fell inside the cave as well.
The other party clearly wasn't in the mood to keep talking to Yu Sheng and made no further sound.
"But you still... haven't told me..."
"Why you approached me back then."
"Surely you weren't really trying to ambush and kill me."
After finishing the steamed bun in his hand, Yu Sheng remained leaning against the wall and slowly closed his eyes.
"I hear you're