Chapter 324: The More You Compromise, the More They Take Advantage – Liu Erlong and Lin Yu Part Ways?
"Erlong, stop degrading yourself! This Yu Xiaogang is only making things worse! Why does he keep making you sacrifice for him? You owe him nothing!"
Seeing Liu Erlong sigh and turn as if she was about to kneel, Lin Yu immediately grabbed her arm, his heart aching as he earnestly tried to persuade her.
"Azrael, he's my sworn brother and also my cousin. Right now, he's kneeling in front of me, and if I refuse, what if he threatens suicide? That would make things even harder!"
Despite feeling warm from Lin Yu's concern, Liu Erlong couldn't help but sigh.
"Erlong!"
Hearing her words, Lin Yu felt a pang of frustration.
"Even if he's your sworn brother and cousin, so what? He can use your dignity to get whatever he wants, clearly showing that he doesn't care about you."
"Erlong, please listen to me. Stop degrading yourself. I'm worried about you. Yu Xiaogang is a hypocrite. To save his disciple, he might give up everything, but if his disciple dies, he will care more about his own life than anyone else. To him, even though Tang San is his disciple, he's more of a tool to prove himself."
"This is obvious from what we saw in the previous live broadcast. Erlong, he doesn't deserve you. He's selfish, ungrateful, and manipulative!"
Lin Yu, feeling deeply for Liu Erlong, couldn't hold back his thoughts on Yu Xiaogang, and he finally voiced them. This wasn't just to expose Yu Xiaogang to Liu Erlong but also part of his broader plan.
"Azrael!"
Upon hearing Lin Yu speak ill of Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong frowned.
"Although Xiaogang did deceive Bibi Dong back then, and I know he did it to get rid of the label of being a failure, he had his reasons."
"Xiaogang has his flaws, but he's not as bad as people say in the live broadcast. After all, I've been through the soul master world with him for many years, and he's definitely not selfish or ungrateful."
"Erlong, don't you see? Even now, after all this, can't you see his true nature?!"
Lin Yu, surprised by Liu Erlong's defense of Yu Xiaogang, stepped back, looking pale, and with a hand on his chest, he spoke bitterly.
"I've been trying to help, but I feel like my good intentions are being taken for granted, and my heart is broken."
"Azrael..."
Seeing Lin Yu so hurt, Liu Erlong also felt some guilt and sadness.
Although the man she liked spoke badly about Yu Xiaogang, she knew he was only doing it for her, not wanting her to degrade herself.
"Erlong, I'll say this one last time. If we continue with our original plan, I will stay by your side, even if it means death. But if you choose to listen to this hypocrite, I'll have no choice but to leave."
After a moment of feeling broken, Lin Yu inhaled deeply, his expression turning indifferent, and he addressed Liu Erlong coldly.
Seeing the indifference on Lin Yu's face, Liu Erlong's heart tightened painfully. She realized that her words must have hurt him deeply. She knew that he despised being doubted, especially by someone he cared about.
"Erlong, I..."
Seeing Lin Yu's cold expression, Liu Erlong's beautiful face also turned pale. She wanted to explain, but Lin Yu interrupted her.
"Erlong, just tell me your choice."
"Erlong, please save Tang San. I can't lose him. If you don't save him, I won't blame you, but I'll have no choice but to die with him!"
On the other side, Yu Xiaogang still believed that Lin Yu didn't want to save Tang San.
To make Liu Erlong not give up on Tang San, Yu Xiaogang continued pleading in sorrow, even taking out a dagger and pretending to threaten suicide.
"Xiaogang, think of Uncle Yuan Zhen, think of Tian Heng, don't act rashly!!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang holding the dagger to his neck, the blade cutting into his skin and drawing a little blood, Liu Erlong panicked.
"Alright! I agree! I'll do it!"
Facing Yu Xiaogang's suicide threat, Liu Erlong had no choice but to compromise.
When Liu Erlong finally agreed to Yu Xiaogang, Lin Yu sighed deeply, his eyes full of complexity as he turned and walked away.
"Azrael!"
Seeing Lin Yu leaving with a downcast back, Liu Erlong's heart felt like it was breaking.
She knew that Lin Yu's plan was the best, but with Yu Xiaogang, her sworn brother and cousin, threatening suicide, she had no other choice.
Seeing Lin Yu leave, the Fallen Soul Masters smiled even more brazenly.
When Liu Erlong and Lin Yu were together, even though they were acting recklessly, they knew they could only behave like that because they had the upper hand.
But now that the strongest among them had been angered and walked off, they could act even more recklessly!
After Lin Yu left, Liu Erlong, feeling a sharp pain in her heart, looked emotionless with a cold expression on her beautiful face.
"According to what you just said, you will release him, right?"
Pointing at Tang San in the hook-nosed middle-aged man's hands, Liu Erlong said coldly.
"Of course, if we lie, we'll all die!"
The hook-nosed middle-aged man grinned widely, nodding.
"Right, we'll die if we lie!"
The surrounding Fallen Soul Masters also laughed and echoed him.
Hearing the confirmation from the hook-nosed middle-aged man and his subordinates, Liu Erlong took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then, after turning around, knelt on the ground, shouting three times: "Iron Eagle Lord, Rock Turtle Lord, I was wrong, we meddled!"
"Now you can release him, right?"
After fulfilling the condition set by the hook-nosed middle-aged man earlier, Liu Erlong stood up and coldly said, her expression still emotionless.
"Release him?"
Hearing Liu Erlong's words, the hook-nosed middle-aged man exchanged glances with his subordinates, then laughed loudly at the sky.
"Haha! Release him? We're not releasing anyone. We choose to die with our entire family! Haha!!"
As Fallen Soul Masters, their family had long since been a thing of the past, so dying with their whole family meant nothing to them.
"You!!!"
Hearing the hook-nosed middle-aged man go back on his word, Liu Erlong finally couldn't hold back any longer. Furious, the red dragon flames surged up from her feet.
She had already paid the price of parting ways with the person she liked to save Tang San, and now these disgusting people were going back on their word. She could no longer hold back her rage!
They were despicable! They were downright despicable!!
(END CHAPTER)
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