That Man II

"Well, what do you have for me," impatiently asked Shenmi Ren. Kong Fang smiled slightly and tossed the rolled up Su Mo to the ground.

Bending down, Kong Fang grabbed the end of the carpet and pulled as he walked backward. Su Mo rolled out of the carpet. Su Mo was now awake and looking with fear at the pair.

"Bradley Addams!!! What do you want?!" Su Mo screamed. "I want you to shut up you piece of crap," Kong Fang said calmly as he kicked Su Mo.

"Isn't that Elder Su Jo's kid?" asked Shenmi Ren. "Yes, the Clan Leader wants you to take this kid to the Yobai clan and have them ransom Su Mo to his father. The price is for Su Jo to betray the Su Clan.

The Clan Leader's interested to see whether Su Jo will choose the clan or his son. If he chooses the clan then the Clan Leader will probably pass the leadership of the Clan over to him in two months.

If he chooses his son, it seems Su Jo's game will be revealed and he'll lose all of his support. He would become a pariah," said Kong Fang.

"What is the Yobai clan going to do with him?" asked Shenmi Ren. "Whatever they want, Su Mo is no longer part of the Su clan," said Kong Fang.

"This is too vicious for me, I am not interested in doing this deed," declared Shenmi Ren. "Even if it means your freedom?" asked Kong Fang.

"The Clan Leader would never give me my freedom over such a trivial matter," he said. Kong Fang smiled at the mysterious man.

"You're right, the Clan Leader wouldn't, but I will. A circular pledge stone appeared out of thin air. "Recognize this?" asked Kong Fang.

"Kong Fang dis a quick character change but chose Bradley Addams body shape while talking with Shenmi Ren. Shenmi looked at the object realizing it was his pledge stone.

A pledge stone was an object used as contracts between cultivators.

Years ago, the Clan Leader forced Shenmi Ren to make his promise to serve him using the pledge stone. If one party of the contract broke the pledge, their cultivation would be wrecked and they would become a mortal.

This pledge stone hung over Shenmi Ren's head for years. The Clan Leader was good enough to ask Shenmi Ren to only do things within his comfort area. This was the first time the Clan Leader had asked him to do something insidious.

However, Shenmi Ren knew the Clan Leader would never let him go. He had nearly died several times paying the debt he owed the Clan Leader. In his mind, he already repaid the favor a long time ago.

Thinking about all of this, Shenmi Ren looked from the Pledge stone to Kong Shang.

"Who are you?" he asked. Immediately two shite fox ears and a white fox tail appeared. "Someone who doesn't like the elders of the Su Clan. It's better for the clan members to be freed of them to seek out their own futures," said Kong Fang.

"White Fox! White Fox! That trash wasn't lying, you really exist!" Screamed Su mo. "Talk again and I'll cut out your tongue," Kong Fang said.

"If you help the clan members leave the area safely, I'll even tell you the secret of that day," said Kong Fang.

Surprised showed up in the eyes of Shenmi Ren. He always felt there was more to him and his son being ambushed that day but he could never figure out what was going on.

"Deal," Shenmi Ren said.