"No!"
Bai Qianzhi shed tears and knelt down, "I beg you, spare my father, Bai Qianhe..."
Ming Zhi Tian shook his head, "Impossible."
Bai Qianzhi said with red eyes, "I thought I gave you an opportunity so that you would spare him today, but you..."
Ming Zhi Tian replied indifferently, "It was only your thought."
Bai Qianzhi looked up, her expression firm, "I know that one day he will fail, and that is why I appeared. I beg you to spare him. I, Bai Qianzhi, am willing to marry you."
Ming Zhi Tian looked at her, "Why should I marry you?"
Bai Qianzhi clenched her hands. She was a pure maiden. Although she had lived for thousands of years, no man had ever touched her. She never thought that a man would openly refuse her.
"I..."
Ming Zhi Tian’s power surged, immobilizing her completely!
Bai Qianzhi's eyes widened. She couldn't move an inch, as Ming Zhi Tian raised his Kai Shan Yan and swung it towards her father!
"No... No!!"
Despite her heart-wrenching screams, Ming Zhi Tian, who had made up his mind, was unmoved.
"Yi Hai Wu Fo..."
"!"
"Huh?!" Ming Zhi Tian thought he heard things.
A golden light shot through the air, piercing through the void and hitting Ming Zhi Tian's Kai Shan Yan! He couldn't let go.
Clad in ragged, simple cloth and wearing a string of Buddhist beads, it was Master Shi Kong! Beside him was a young man, a passerby who had followed him.
Ming Zhi Tian glanced at him, "Why are you everywhere?"
Master Shi Kong clasped his hands, "Yi Hai Wu Fo, Amitabha. Heaven has compassion for all life. Benefactor Ming, it is by showing mercy that you can bring blessings to all beings."
"You don't want her? I do," said the man in black, grabbing Bai Qianzhi's wrist.
Ming Zhi Tian asked cautiously, "Do you know him?"
Master Shi Kong shook his head slightly, "Yi Hai Wu Fo... We met by chance."
Ming Zhi Tian grabbed Bai Qianzhi and pulled her closer, then slashed the man's arm with his sword! "Did I allow you to touch her?"
"Argh! ...My hand!..."
The man was stunned. The speed was so fast that before he could react, he was already terrified.
"Yi Hai Wu Fo..." Master Shi Kong did not stop him, or perhaps Ming Zhi Tian was too fast?
Seeing Ming Zhi Tian looking as if he could devour a person, the man fled in panic!
Ming Zhi Tian pulled Bai Qianzhi closer, her waist in his arm, "Are you not afraid I'll eat you?"
Bai Qianzhi's heart pounded, but she forced herself to remain calm, "I'm not afraid. What is there to fear in death? Besides, will eating me fill you up?"
Ming Zhi Tian smiled, "Interesting. I'll take her."
"Yi Hai Wu Fo... What is love in this world? Amitabha..." Master Shi Kong mused.
Ming Zhi Tian found him bothersome, "Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of letting the Immortal Emperor go."
"What?" Bai Qianzhi pushed him away.
Master Shi Kong said, "Yi Hai Wu Fo, Benefactor Ming, on my behalf, can you spare Benefactor Bai?"
Ming Zhi Tian shook his head, "But he killed Qian Lao!"
Master Shi Kong clasped his hands, "Yi Hai Wu Fo... Who can be without fault? Besides, the eternal emperor is a person who no longer exists in this world."
Ming Zhi Tian said, "Master, you say it so lightly. Have you ever had friends, or family?"
After thinking carefully, he realized he had misspoke, "I apologize, I shouldn't have asked."
Master Shi Kong shook his head helplessly, "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. Bai Qianhe's crime does not warrant death. I hope Benefactor will turn back from the precipice. Yi Hai Wu Fo..."