None of them dared to just hand their lives over to Jiang Ning.
"Compared to Mr Lang, I think I'm more trustworthy," said Jiang Ning. "At the very least, I've got Peter Pan on my side. If I'm not trustworthy enough, do you think he would stay with me?"
"Peter Pan is the first one to accept this suggestion from me. Please believe me."
"Also, while this may be hard to hear, you don't have any other choice besides placing your trust in me. Either you fight to the bitter end with me, of which you will certainly die, or you choose to believe me."
His attitude was even more overbearing than Mr Lang's but none of them felt uncomfortable when he laid out their options.
Jiang Ning was merely stating the facts. They simply had no other choice.
"If I don't help you to find it, then you won't be able to find the Longevity Pond. The only person who can find that pond is me.
Do you understand?"
"All of you can only rely on me and believe in what I say."
This really left them with no other choice. In fact, even Mr Lang didn't have a choice in this.
The key to the Longevity Pond was Jiang Ning.
Besides him, nobody else had been able to decipher the secrets behind the etches on the Extreme Fist Technique Manual, so any attempt to find the pond was utter futility. If it wasn't so hard, Mr Lang wouldn't have gone through so much trouble earlier.
"But if you're going to do this, would Mr Lang agree to it?"
"I don't need him to agree," sneered Jiang Ning coldly. "He doesn't have a choice either."
He looked at them again. "The choice is in your hands. Make your own decision."
Meanwhile, back at the lakeside.
Mr Lang continued to watch for any movement, but there was no response at all. Those men had probably been killed by Jiang Ning as well.
This fellow was a really sly one. He had used such a realistic trap to trick them into coming here. Now he was killing them off one by one without even giving them a chance.
But the problem was that nobody dared to kill Jiang Ning because he was the only person who could lead them to the Longevity Pond.
WOONG...
Mr Lang wanted to stop him from leaving, but he knew there was no point in doing so.
"Stop dreaming of using us," said one of them before Mr Lang could say anything. "Only one person can use the Longevity Pond, right? If we go along with you, we'd only be there to serve as your tools. We will never get the chance to live forever, isn't it?"
Mr Lang's expression changed.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Looks like it's really true."
The men shook their heads after seeing Mr Lang's reaction.
Then they turned to talk to the rest, "We've all been fooled by him. He just wants to make use of us to find the pond. Once we get to the pond, he will kill all of us, because the Longevity Pond can only take one person at a time. With him around, do you think we'd stand a chance at the pond at all?"
"Shut up!" roared Mr Lang.
What did Jiang Ning say to them? How did he make them suddenly change their minds?
"Stop taking us as fools! We know everything!"
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