Xue Tian blinked, then looked up to meet Qin Xuan's gaze.
He hadn't expected Qin Xuan to ask him that question.
"That person? That person is a taboo, the former taboo of Dragon Country martial artists," Xue Tian said with a cold laugh.
"Even if you are a Grandmaster, you are not qualified to know, and I will not tell you."
Within Xue Tian's cold laugh, there was also a hint of self-deprecation.
How could he have learned the secret that even Grandmasters were not qualified to know, if not through personal experience?
If he hadn't gone through that ordeal back then, he might have already touched the threshold of Grandmaster, and how could he have had that lingering nightmare that haunted his mind?
The more Xue Tian said this, the more Qin Xuan wanted to know.
It wasn't that Qin Xuan possessed some idle curiosity, but a voice deep within him told him that the person Xue Tian spoke of might be connected to him.
"I'll ask again, who is that person, or die!" Qin Xuan's gentle smile remained unchanged, but the sudden chilling voice, coupled with his scarlet eyes, sent a shiver down one's spine.
"Ask a few more times, and the answer will be the same." Even though Xue Tian felt a chill in his heart, he did not yield.
"Kid, I will not tell you."
Some things should be said, some things should not be said, and some things cannot and dare not be said.
"Two people."
"What do you mean?" Xue Tian frowned, he didn't quite understand Qin Xuan's abrupt remark.
Qin Xuan held up two fingers.
"What I mean is, if you tell me, I'll let two of them go. How about that?"
"You!"
Hearing this, how could Xue Tian not understand what Qin Xuan intended to do?
As expected.
"Old Tian, why don't you just tell him? It's just a name, what's the big deal?"
Before Xue Tian could speak, he heard Xue Ying's shout.
Looking at the five people, their eyes were all shining.
Go back?
Who didn't want to go back?
Going back meant living.
The few of them knew that if there was only one person, Qin Xuan definitely wouldn't let Xue Tian go, and the one who could return would likely only be Xue Tu.
But now, it was different. With an extra spot, for Xue Ying and the others, it meant an extra chance to survive.
Especially Xue Ying, he was confident that Xue Tian would choose him to take that path to survival.
After all, Xue Ling was half-crippled, and Xue Ci was inferior to him in strength.
Xue Ying shouting out first didn't mean others didn't have the same thought.
Xue Ci also had a hopeful look in his eyes, he felt he wasn't inferior to anyone else.
Xue Tu, seeing the situation, muttered to himself.
Not good, it's a trap.
But he couldn't voice it. If someone among them were to realize it, perhaps things could be salvaged.
But he, alone, could not.
Because, in the eyes of the others, he was already safe.
If he, Xue Tu, were to speak up, it would incur the wrath of the masses and be counterproductive.
Therefore, Qin Xuan's move was an open scheme.
Xue Tu could not openly object, and Xue Ying and the other four, desperate to survive, would force Xue Tian to speak.
Xue Tian, in his current state, was going to die regardless, it only depended on whether he cared about the lives of Xue Ying and the others.
"A dignified Grandmaster," Xue Tian stared at Qin Xuan, his words laced with a hint of sorrow.
"Do you have to resort to such means?"
"Whether it's a means or not, I don't care," Qin Xuan said playfully.
"One should use the appropriate means for the person one is dealing with."
"Heh..." Xue Tian chuckled dejectedly upon hearing this.
"Kid, I truly don't know how someone like you became a Grandmaster."
"I am not a Grandmaster," Qin Xuan said calmly.
Xue Tian's face was filled with disbelief.
"Impossible! If you're not a Grandmaster, how could you defeat me!"
"Grandmasters can't beat me," Qin Xuan said, spreading his hands naturally.
But the expressions of the five people from Yin Ren were extremely unnatural.
Puff.
Xue Tian, agitated by anger, spat out another mouthful of blood.