Ning Kang's expression shifted erratically. Losing a pair of hands wasn't much for a ghost like her; given time, she could grow them back.

The feud over the severed hands wasn't irreconcilable. Besides, Luan Jingfan had indeed saved Ning Kang's life.

Ning Kang could only forcibly suppress her anger.

My heart sank: the relationship between Luan Jingfan and Ning Kang didn't seem to be what we thought.

To confirm my suspicion, I said in a deep voice, "What's the point of just cutting off your own hands?"

"You couldn't even withstand a wisp of my demon blood flame, how could you block the backlash of the Five Elements Tribulation?"

"Let me tell you the truth, someone outside is already reversing your Five Elements Tribulation."

"Your formations can stop warlocks, but can they stop tribulations?"

"When a tribulation arrives, even a Da Luo Golden Immortal can be reduced to ashes, let alone someone like you who hasn't even cultivated into a Ghost Immortal?"

Ning Kang shrieked, "What grudge do I have with you? What grudge do I have with the warlocks of the world? Why must you stop me from becoming an immortal?"

I sneered, "Don't talk to me about grudges, and don't talk to me about hatred. Because you definitely won't want to hear my answer."

"You just need to tell me now whether you'll hand over the map or not."

While we were talking, earth-shattering roars came frequently from outside the main hall.

I smiled and looked at Ning Kang, "The Five Elements Tribulation has begun."

Before Ning Kang could speak, Luan Jingfan said, "You should go out and deal with the Five Elements Tribulation first, leave this to me!"

Ning Kang looked at Luan Jingfan suspiciously, "Can you handle it?"

Luan Jingfan said, "You and I are one, what's there to handle or not handle?"

Ning Kang hesitated for a moment before flying out.

Luan Jingfan sat down instead, "Now, can we talk?"

"Mr. Li, what do you think of Ning Kang's words?"

"I mean, Ning Kang asked what grievance or hatred you have with her that makes you want to kill her so badly?"

I also sat down, "No grievance, no hatred, just for survival."

"I think Clan Leader Luan knows this better than I do, right?"

Luan Jingfan nodded, "You're right!"

"Ning Chou killed the evil god back then just because he was a God-Slaying Witch."

"Their slaying of ghosts and gods is like hunting for hunters, they never consider whether the prey deserves to die, they only want to maintain the orthodoxy of the Wu Clan."

"Luan family ancestors didn't ask about right or wrong before suppressing Ning Kang."

"When the descendants of the Luan family guarded Ning Kang Temple, the so-called maintenance of peace in the world was just a slogan. We guarded Ning Kang Temple, you could say it was out of fear of death."

"Ning Kang has been imprisoned for countless years, and the hostility on her body is difficult to resolve. Once she breaks free, the Luan family will be left with nothing."

"We are afraid of death, so we can't let her go!"

"The Luan family is doing the same thing as their ancestors, but their hearts have already violated the original intention of their ancestors."

Luan Jingfan smiled helplessly, "Actually, isn't that the case with every warlock?"

"If you put me in your shoes, I wouldn't negotiate with the evil god in the restriction either."

"Even a person who has been imprisoned for countless years will become a crazy person full of resentment, let alone an evil god who can kill countless people with a wave of their hand?"

"Just like you said, you act to survive."

I looked at Luan Jingfan and said, "Clan Leader Luan, I really don't understand what you mean?"

Luan Jingfan smiled, "Men! They're all the same."

"Either they don't understand your words and pretend to understand to please you."

"Or they understand your words but pretend not to understand."

Luan Jingfan said, "Let me put it this way! It's not like we don't have the possibility of reconciliation."

"Your ultimate goal is to get the map leading to the Xianyang River."

"My ultimate goal is to tear Bei Yan Jing Yun into a million pieces."

"I can use the map as a condition to hire you to kill Bei Yan Jing Yun. You just need to bring me his ghost."

I looked at Luan Jingfan squarely and said, "I can tell you that the Luan family's ghosts outside have been wiped out by us, even to the point of having their homes ransacked and their clans exterminated."

"You don't want revenge?"

"Hahaha..." Luan Jingfan laughed, "Do you think I really have any feelings for them?"

"If I didn't hate them, why would I close Ning Kang Temple and trap them here to death?"

"The Xianyang River secret map can only be viewed by the Clan Leader."

"Back then, Bei Yan Jing Yun tried every means to please me, just for that map."

"When I was still hesitating whether to marry Bei Yan Jing Yun, the Luan family all ran over to beg me, asking me to marry him, and that's why I agreed to Bei Yan Jing Yun's proposal."

"You want to ask me why the Luan family did this, right?"

"I have to admit that Bei Yan Jing Yun is a good dancer, he used the wealth of the Bei Yan family to win over the Luan family in a short period of time."

"Making the Luan family feel that as long as I marry Bei Yan Jing Yun, they can live a better life. That alone is enough for them to encourage me to marry."

"Bei Yan Jing Yun poisoned me to achieve his goal as soon as possible."

"Can you imagine that?"