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River Ancestor Shen Xiao scanned the crowd. “Relax. I won’t kill you, at least, not until I’ve found the Key to Endless Tribulations.
Everyone fell silent. You say that, but who could possibly believe it?
River Empress Peacock said, “I don’t care who you kill, but I assure you that if you attack Fellow Daoist Su, you’ll never find the Key to Endless Tribulations, not even if you find the Cave to Endless Tribulations.”
River Ancestor Shen Xiao frowned. “Did you set up some sort of countermeasure?”
River Empress Peacock said, “You’re a River Ancestor. You could kill us all with a snap of your fingers. I had no other choice if I wanted to protect myself.”
River Ancestor Shen Xiao nodded. “Understandable.”
Suddenly, he tossed the Writing Brush of Genesis to Lu Shi. “Use this to decipher the stele’s secrets.”
Lu Shi should have been happy to regain his lost treasure, but he couldn’t work up even the slightest bit of enthusiasm.
“Remember: don’t resist, and don’t try any funny business,” River Ancestor Shen Xiao said calmly. “If you do, I won’t spare you. Fellow Daoists Wang and Su won’t give you any chance to escape, either.”
As a River Ancestor, he’d...
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