Chapter 166: The Dispute Over Pills (2)
“Why? Am I not fit to have the other pill form?”
The grey-robed elder looked at Gu Xianglin indifferently. His pitch dropped as he intoned: “It looks like your Gu family’s sincerity only goes so far!”
“My lord, I can swear right now and prove to the heavens that I am utterly devoted to you!” Second Master Gu hurriedly cast another look at Gu Xianglin, “Quickly, give our lord the form for the Beauty Rejuvenation Pill.”
“But...” Gu Xianglin’s heart trembled, “I promised my foster father that I would give him a pill form. If I gave them both away, how am I going to ount for it before my foster father?”
With his foster father’s temper, he would definitely explode out of rage. When that happened, if this great expert wasn’t willing to guide him, then hisst hope would be gone.
“Hmph!” The elder snorted and the temperature of the room plummeted. “Gu Ming, you said that your son used tremendous effort to obtain that pill form all for my sake, but I see that that’s not the case. What do you have to say for it?”
Gu Ming was Second Master Gu’s name. Upon hearing the elder’s words, Second Master Gu trembled where he stood. His heart thumped inside his rib cage, evidence of how deathly afraid he was that the person before him would, in a fit of unhappiness, instantly annihte him.
“My lord, you have to believe me, I’m only loyal to you! Until my death, you’re the only person I’ll ever be loyal to! No one else deserves my fealty!”
Afraid that the elder would not believe his words, Second Master Gu walked up to Gu Xianglin. His gaze hardened. With a threat sown into his tone, he said, “Son, I’m your father. You have to listen to me in all matters. Even if you have been imed by the Cool Breeze Faction’s Faction Master as an adopted son, you’re still my biological son and I’m still your biological father! I order you to hand over the pill form, immediately! This lord is very strong; even several hundred Cool Breeze Factions wouldn’t be enough to match his might. As long as you obey, there’ll be rewards for you.”
In that instant, Gu Xianglin’s gaze turned heavy and he clenched his fists.
To be honest, he really did want to get into the good graces of this expert. However, he had always been conservative in his actions and would never back himself into a corner. If he handed over the pill form now, then he would offend his foster father greatly.
Gu Xianglin was currently regretting his decision.
He was regretting that he had hurriedly reported the good news of the forms to his foster father.
If his foster father didn’t know that he had obtained a pill form, then he wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
However, he also understand that he was just an ant to the expert before him. If the expert wanted to kill him, then he could simply do so. If Gu Xianglin refused to hand over the pill form, then he probably wouldn’t even be able to walk out of this secret room...
Gu Xianglin took in a deep breath and slowly reached into hispel. Under the watchful gaze of the elder, he took out that ancient pill form.
His eyes were filled with reluctance and conflict, but ultimately, he still handed over the pill form to the grey-robed elder.
In the instant that the pill form exchanged hands, his body felt on the verge of copse. Gu Xianglin leaned against the wall behind him, knees weak, and slowly closed his eyes. He didn’t want to look at the pill form that had left his hands...
“Good,” The grey-robed elder stored the pill forms within hispels and nodded in satisfaction. “Seeing as you handed over the pill form in the end, I’ll forgive your earlier mistake in hiding it! Since your contributions are equal to your wrongs, I won’t punish you anymore.”
Contributions equal to wrongs?
What did he mean?
Gu Xianglin’s eyes widened as he stared at the elder, stunned.
“‘My contributions are equal to my wrongs? What wrongs have Imitted? My contributions were cancelled out in the end? What about the rewards? Where are the rewards you promised after I handed the pill forms over?”