“As for your Eldest Brother, after we finish, you can have him back.” Lan Yao spoke in a calm, light tone, but her words were so shocking that both Feng Lintao and Xu Qing reacted with visible shock.0

And Feng Lintao immediately snapped, “That’s not going to happen!”0

“Oh?” Lan Yao said with a sweet smile. “Could it be that you have other tactics at your disposal, Fellow Daoist Feng, plus the confidence to kill this person without ending up hurting yourself? If so, then I’m on board.”0

Xu Qing said nothing. He just looked down with glittering eyes.0

Feng Lintao hesitated as numerous thoughts ran through his head. But in the end, he had to admit that Lan Yao was right, and her idea seemed the best way to end the impasse. In fact, it was the perfect way to resolve things. They feared Xu Qing’s trump cards, but also couldn’t let him go. It wasn’t a simple situation to deal with, nor something that could be resolved with ordinary tactics. Fighting wasn’t the solution either. Bringing Xu Qing in as an ally seemed the best option.1

As for what would happen further on down the line, that would depend on how everything unfolded.0

The biggest worry Feng...0