The moment Li Yan said this, Shuang Wuyan's expression, which had just become resolute, immediately began to shift unpredictably.
What he said was indeed right. Back beneath the sea, when she still knew nothing of Shuang Chongshan's situation, she could gamble with her life.
But now that her relationship with Shuang Chongshan had been exposed, if the other party truly used the lives of Shuang Chongshan's family of four to threaten her, how was she supposed to face it?
Perhaps their branch of the clan truly only had the few people before her left, and their bloodline had already continued on.
After Shuang Wuyan's expression shifted for quite some time, she let out a long breath.
"Fine. We'll do as Fellow Daoist says. I'll remain in Falling Star Valley. After drifting about all these years, I'm rather tired of it anyway."
Only then did a faint smile appear on Li Yan's face. The Fragmented Poison Body began to circulate, and a drop of white liquid formed at his fingertip.
With a flick of his finger, it shot toward Shuang Wuyan. Expressionless, she watched the drop strike the hollow beneath her jade-white neck.
She only felt the little spiritual power remaining in her body stall for an instant, then a small portion of it vanished, disappearing without a trace.
"This poison can devour spiritual power!"
Before she could think further, her body suddenly shuddered. The seal over her dantian crumbled in an instant, and the spiritual power atop her Golden Core surged forth.
The formidable Golden Core aura around her body erupted at once, only to be suppressed by her in the very next moment.
"Since Fellow Daoist is remaining here, would you be willing to serve as an elder of the sect? We—"
Li Yan spoke with a smile, but