"Now he's even claiming he did nothing wrong..."
Ye Li sat upright in the room, gazing at the gloomy night sky reflected in his cup, and found it rather amusing.
He had offered to help them escape their misery out of kindness.
He had even risked exposing himself a little early, explicitly stating that he was confident he could deal with that Beast Venerable, but that still hadn't worked.
The man simply refused to believe him.
He had even sent advance warning, hoping to work with an outside enemy to get Ye Li killed.
Still, Ye Li could understand the man's way of thinking.
He simply believed he was in no danger of being sacrificed.
Rather than take a risk and gamble on a future with an unfamiliar cultivator, he would rather stay here and keep throwing his weight around.
After all, every resident of the ancient stronghold feared being eaten.
By exploiting that fear, the treacherous Third Elder could live more comfortably than anyone else.
"And he was even worried I'd notice..."
The smile on Ye Li's lips grew colder.
If a few formations in some remote backwater could conceal things from his perception,
then all his cultivation to the Creation Realm would truly have been for nothing!
The Third Elder, was it?
You're dead.
Ye Li passed judgment in his heart on the spot.
Traitors who sold out their own race for personal gain always disgusted him to his core.
Understanding was one thing, but it gave him no reason whatsoever to spare the man.
Clack-
He set down his teacup, making the plainly dressed girl kneeling on the floor shudder.
Ye Li ignored her reaction and asked casually,
"From what you've said, that Beast Venerable seems to possess remarkable powers?"
"Just how remarkable? Tell me."
Hearing this,