Chapter 151: Life 66, Age 36, Martial King 1
I sat on the ground in my cultivation cave. Emperor Li stood above me.
My first instinct was to pull out a poison pill and swallow it as quickly as possible. I was uncertain how he felt about me in this life, but his anger at the end of the last one had been palpable. If his feelings remained the same, there was little I could do in the face of his overwhelming power other than attempt to die.
However, something stopped me. I didn’t consider Emperor Li my enemy. I still remembered him as a kindly old man. He might be mad at me for impersonating his disciple, but I didn’t think he was a terrible person.
Working behind the scenes, he had involved himself in my life on several occasions over the past few years. In all that time, he never did anything to hurt me. He only pushed me to further improve my alchemy ability through the missions I was given from the sect.
The main reason I was afraid of him was the angry and belligerent manner in which he confronted me at the end of my last life. But then, after my death was certain, he appeared more sorrowful than anything else.
Yes, I was in a dangerous situation. However, my experience last time showed me that I had a way to escape from him as long as he wasn’t prepared for it. I could take this opportunity to hear him out.
Emperor Li looked at me with an impassive expression. My ability to read people had been slowly increasing over the years, and I was starting to have a good understanding of people’s moods, but Li appeared to be carved from emotionless stone as he spoke.
“Show them to me.”
It took me a moment to understand what he wanted, and when I did, I didn’t want to give it to him. It had caused me countless problems, but it had also opened a few doors that might have otherwise remained forever closed. Without it, making that deal with the Ning Clan would have been far more difficult.