Chapter 18: Half a Man
“Remember when we were young? We used to go to those haunted places! We had a lot of fun, didn’t we? Why are you so scared now?”
“Excuse me? Just run away? You’re carrying that iron lump around! We aren’t getting far with that thing around!”
Sumi joked around while reaching out to touch Acala, the Immovable, but was pushed away mercilessly by Lu Yibei.
“Back off! This is my saviour! I won’t let your filthy hands desecrate it!”
“Woah, okay,” Sumi withdrew his hand, leaning against the edge of the door. “That iron lump—can it ward off evil spirits?”
“Tsk, who knows?”
Yibei turned away and said, ‘I used this to kill a man last night. It does more than ward off evil spirits.’
“Forget it,” Sumi waved his hands. “You can sleep over tonight, but…”
A wretched smile appeared on his face, and his jet-black eyes wandered back and forth on Lu Yibei’s body hungrily.
