Zhao Rushuang said, filled with righteous indignation.
Chu Lingguang sank into contemplation.
The idea of atoning with the Dragon Claw Tree wasn't wrong, but Du Wushuang had never mentioned the dangers involved. The day he'd made the promise, Chu Lingguang had vaguely sensed a perilous aura. Still, thinking of how he had taken Du Wushuang's spot, he had agreed anyway.
He just never imagined that retrieving a single Dragon Claw Branch would be this dangerous.
'Atonement?'
'Could it be that Du Wushuang isn't the one who wants to atone, but that he wants *me* to atone to *him*?'
'If that's the case, then haven't I been tricked by Du Wushuang?'
