Before getting down to business, Kou Shihai first gave Wang Chen a gift.
Though it could not really be called a gift, since it had originally been Wang Chen's spoils of war.
The Storage Bag taken from Blood Demon Purple Shaman Jin Shangzhi!
The reason Wang Chen had not taken the Storage Bag earlier was not because he had forgotten or overlooked it.
He simply had no experience handling a demon cultivator's Storage Bag, so he had tossed it out along with everything else.
The one Kou Shihai brought back now had naturally been cleaned out, free of restrictions, poisonous gu, resentment curses, or the like.
An intermediate Purple Mansion cultivator skilled in raiding and ambushes could not possibly have nothing good in his Storage Bag.
Wang Chen did not refuse. "Thank you, Commander."
"No need to stand on ceremony, Junior Brother. Just call me Senior Brother."
Kou Shihai said solemnly, "You and I are both disciples of the West Sea Sect. Though we are hundreds of thousands of miles apart, it is only right that we watch out for and support one another."
Wang Chen nodded. "Senior Brother Kou!"
Kou Shihai laughed heartily. "That's more like it!"
He lightly tapped the table with a finger. "I heard Grand Protector Luo does not think much of you. Is that true?"
Wang Chen had not expected him to be so direct. After a brief pause, he answered, "It's not too bad."
"No need to hide it from me."
Kou Shihai shook his head. "No one knows Luo Han better than I do. Put nicely, he is shrewd and capable. Put bluntly, he is narrow-minded and loves scheming."
"If you are serving as a Sub-Protector Heavenly Master and bow and scrape before him, he might reward you with two or three Shattered