Lin Xiao cautiously regarded the Sect Master.
His strength should be on par with the Old Heavenly Master? And like the Old Heavenly Master, he possessed an aura detached from the mortal world.
That must be the aura of a terrestrial immortal.
Then, the Sect Master glanced at the disciples who were watching from the mountaintop, his eyes conveying a silent command: "Why have you not retreated yet?"
At his decree, all the disciples vanished back into the sect in the blink of an eye.
"Grand Elder, you should return and recuperate."
With a wave of his hand, the Grand Elder's body reappeared within the sect.
Now, only Lin Xiao and the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect remained.
Lin Xiao stared at the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect. "I cannot accept your apology."
"I understand."
The Sect Master was surprisingly agreeable, nodding his head. "An apology cannot bring back the dead."
Was this truly the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect?
Lin Xiao was surprised. How could this person appear so amiable? And speaking from his perspective.
"Regarding the Lin family's affairs, I will do my utmost to compensate you. I only hope that at this critical juncture, you will not stand in opposition to Kui Tian Sect."
Listening to him speak, Lin Xiao couldn't even feel like this was the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect, but rather some terrestrial immortal.
His tone was as if he were negotiating with Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was never one to take advantage of a situation. Instead, he approached this unusual circumstance with utmost vigilance. Generally, a sect leader would speak from the sect's standpoint.
But this felt more like the person had been speaking from Lin Xiao's perspective all along.
Abnormality implies treachery.
If this Sect Master wasn't mentally unsound, then it was certain that what he desperately needed was far more important than the sect's so-called face.
And what on Lin Xiao's person held such value?
His physical body, which others described as being akin to a Tang Monk's flesh, or perhaps his cultivation technique?
Or was there something else he was unaware of? Fortune? Dragon's Qi?
With this thought, he became even more wary of the Sect Master.
"The compensation I desire, you cannot afford."
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "I want the lives of everyone involved in the extermination of the Lin family."
"Just like the Third Elder."
"No problem."
Such a straightforward reply made Lin Xiao even more vigilant.
This person was definitely hiding something.
"Is there anything else? As the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect, my word is my bond."
As he spoke, his distance from Lin Xiao seemed to grow even shorter.
"What... exactly do you want from me?"
Lin Xiao finally voiced his question.
"As I said before, I only hope that you will not be at odds with Kui Tian Sect in the future."
"Is that all?"
"That is all."
It sounded like a simple request.
Lin Xiao found no hidden meaning or trick in his words.
"Then I require you, and those people from back then, to go to the graves of my Lin family and kneel in repentance."
Lin Xiao stated his demand.
If he couldn't destroy Kui Tian Sect, this was his last resort.
A compromise.
This time, the Sect Master of Kui Tian Sect finally frowned.
"If this cannot be done, I will still choose to fight Kui Tian Sect to the death."
"Even if you were to die at my hands?"