"You..." the golden spirit was shocked and terrified by the determination and carelessness William showed. And yet its mind calmed down fast, grabbing the little hint William threw in the middle of his words.
"Who said you can't come here again?" the golden spirit gritted its teeth, while cursing William with the worst curses in its mind.
"It's the law," William acted as if he didn't care about what the golden spirit was speaking about, "I came here only limited times only, all without my consent or control. So I plan to invite those folks here, and ask them about the fate of my beloved and precious black fox."
"Fck you!" the golden spirit couldn't control his anger when he heard William's words, "you are fcking shameless, fcking shameless!"
"Hahaha, I'm a human as you used to say, right?" William laughed, feeling amused by how the golden spirit felt right now.
This was all his plan. He knew there was no way for him to force the hand of the golden spirit, no way to enforce it to spill out the beans and speak about the secrets of the spirit world.
And yet there was something that terrified the golden spirit, the group of spirits fighting right now outside. So William decided to take this bet, betting that the golden spirit wouldn't let him do whatever he wanted, and invite those spirits inside.
For a reason he didn't know, the golden spirit feared this group of spirits. And regardless of the reason, William was sure he'd get out of this with something valuable.
The most valuable thing he could think of was having a way to come here whenever he wanted. This was very crucial, something he had to secure before anything else, to help study this place deeper, and be here at any moment of danger in the future.
"Let me see how you'll know the right places of your thin and fragile meridians," after explaining everything, and while watching William slow down before releasing the stacked attacks at a distant hill, the golden spirit evilly smirked.
To it, it was impossible for a human from a mere tiny world to know such intel. And it didn't intend on explaining anything about this to William, or even mention it.
One single wrong move, and William's meridians would shatter and suffer. He wouldn't die, nor would have any major issues, but he'd experience hellish pain and would be bedridden for weeks, even months.
"Curiosity killed the cat, and greed killed the man," the golden spirit controlled himself hardly from laughing and pointing at William, lamenting his bad luck.
And yet the golden spirit would never get that William wasn't in any danger at all. He was special, and meridians were something he memorised on the back of his heart.
To him, it wasn't even a problem. And William could already see the dirty scheme of the golden spirit. But he didn't think too much about it.
"I got it!" he clenched both fists, while ignoring the mighty explosion he just released, "I got it, hahahaha," he couldn't help but laugh, making the golden spirit also laugh inwardly over his stupidity.
"We are cool now, right?" After getting what he wanted, the golden spirit feared that William would grow greedy and repeat the same process again.
"We are cool," yet William didn't intend on pushing forward down this path. He already has one of the most difficult problems solved. As for the rest, he knew he'd have more chances in the future.
One of the reasons was that he started to act a bit late. The battle out there was close from over. Three spirits were killed, and the group of ten didn't lose a single member of them.