82 The Four-Seas Banque (1/2)
”The antidote,” demanded Jing Jiu.
Xiao He knew very well that she shouldn’t play any tricks with him.
Reluctantly, she took out a tablet from the belt around her waist with her left hand, handing it to Jing Jiu.
Jing Jiu took the tablet and gave it to Zhao Layue. ”What is your position in the Old Ones?” he asked.
As Xiao He was a clever girl, she replied without hesitation. ”Middle level, but I have an important position in the organization.”
Jing Jiu was certain that she was the boss of that man in black, judging from her attitude toward the man, but his puzzlement was that her Cultivation state was not as high as that man’s.
”Why are you so important?”
”Because I can fool anybody…except the two of you.”
”I really don’t understand – how you could see through my disguise?” Xiao He asked Jing Jiu sincerely.
”Xiao He of Ying City is a hateful and cruel female practitioner, which is one layer of the disguise; in fact, she is a seductive vixen demon, which is another layer of the disguise. After peeling off these two disguises, one discovers that you are actually a frail and naïve young girl. But who would have thought that this part is actually another layer of the disguise?!”
”If one resists external temptations, how can these disguises fool the transparent Sword Heart?!” declared Zhao Layue after having taken the antidote.
”Who the heck are you?” asked Xiao He, tears welling in her eyes.
”I want you to do me a favor,” said Jing Jiu, not answering her question.
Her slightly shivering eyelashes indicated she was hesitating, but after a brief moment she lifted her head. ”What favor?” she asked with a trembling voice.
”Next year or even later, you will meet a person, and you must help him with whatever he will ask you to do.”
”If you can complete this task,” added Jing Jiu, ”I will help you leave the Old Ones.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao He’ eyes brightened, but soon darkened.
She really wanted to leave the Old Ones, but it was such a horrifying place. How could she leave it?
Though she didn’t quite know the mysterious background of the Old Ones, she knew full well that a swordsman had no chance pitting himself against them.
”I can’t believe you have the ability to do that,” Xiao He said sadly.
”You have no other choice but to believe me,” said Jing Jiu.
”How can you make me believe you?” Xiao He asked.
”Of course, I have the ability to make you believe me,” said Jing Jiu.
Having said that, Jing Jiu lifted her left hand.
The silver bracelet that was on Jing Jiu’s wrist transferred quietly to her wrist, which was impossible for her to take it off.
Zhao Layue fixed her gaze on the bracelet.
She had been curious about this bracelet on Jing Jiu’s wrist.
She herself had a similar bracelet that had been with her for many years.
Before coming to Shenmo Peak, she didn’t know that the bracelet was the Thoughtless Sword, left for her by Senior Grandmaster Jing Yang.
What about Jing Jiu’s bracelet? Was it also a famous sword?
Why did he put this bracelet on the wrist of this vixen demon who he had just met?
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Feeling the chill from her wrist passing through her entire body, Xiao He grew extremely scared.
This bracelet was even more terrifying than the expression in Jing Jiu’s eyes, surpassing her fear of the Old Ones.
She didn’t know what this bracelet was, but she had the unmistakable feeling that if she had even the slightest intent to rescind the agreement, this bracelet would cut her in half—not only cutting her hand in half, but every part of her body, even her soul.
Xiao He was pale. ”How can I find out…who is the person you spoke of?” she asked nervously.