"Please, have a seat, young friend!"
In a rather lavish hall on the fifth floor of Guang Xing Hall's pavilion, a middle-aged man with purple hair and a long beard looked at Sou Shou with great courtesy.
Sou Shou took a seat without ceremony, while Gu Qing Ling and Chi Lie followed behind him and took the lower seats.
"No need for pleasantries. Let's make the trade," Sou Shou said bluntly as he looked at the purple-haired middle-aged man above. He summoned the Treasure Herb once more.
Seeing this, the purple-haired man smiled faintly. "Ah, don't be hasty, young friend. Let us have some tea first. We can trade afterward."
"Please."
At that, Sou Shou picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.
"May I ask where you obtained this Hongru Lingzhi, young friend?" the purple-haired man asked.
Sou Shou had not even glanced at the items the Hall Master had given him back then before putting them away. He did not recognize them at all, but anything bestowed by the Hall Master of Azure Palace had to be valuable, so he had accepted everything without hesitation.
Seeing Sou Shou frown, the purple-haired man smiled again and asked, "May I ask, young friend, are you from Azure Palace?"
The moment those words were spoken, Sou Shou abruptly looked up at the purple-haired man.
"You know Azure Palace?"
The purple-haired man stroked his beard and smiled. "To be honest, I, Zheng Guangxing, am also from Azure Palace."
The purple-haired middle-aged man was named Zheng Guangxing. He was the founder of Guang Xing Hall and its mysterious Hall Master.
He had originally been the Hall Master of Azure Palace's Pills Hall. Ten thousand years ago, while searching for a rare medicinal ingredient for pill refinement, he had accidentally entered this