บท 1183: Two can play

Obviously Hao Xuan wasn't planning on actually going through with it but it was still a perfect excuse for buying some time.

Dai Zhi looked deep into his eyes trying to find anything that could dissuade him from agreeing but found none.

"You would be willing to put yourself through that?" his brow shot up doubtfully.

"Do I have any other choice?" Hao Xuan retorted with a straight face.

And as far as Dai Zhi knew, that was indeed the case. He was told Hao Xuan was a mortal with no backing and an extraordinarily ordinary background.

Dai Zhi went silent for a brief moment while thinking it over.

"More often than not, in our line of work death is a mercy. Are you aware of the kind of life you would be living if you even manage to pull off the soul transference, which is a miracle in and of itself? It-"

But Hao Xuan quickly cut him off and began listing everything he knew of the experience.