Three days later.
Xue Hua arrived early at the Xue Clan Trading Company in Ink Qilin Immortal City, waiting for Wei Tu and the Golden Silkworm Snow Lady to arrive.
To show how much importance he attached to Wei Tu, Xue Hua had even gone to great lengths to invite his biological father—Xue Renlong, the head of the Xue family's main branch.
Yet, from dawn until dusk, despite the constant stream of people passing through the Xue Clan Trading Company, there was no sign whatsoever of Wei Tu or the Golden Silkworm Snow Lady.
"Impossible. Brother Fu promised me that he would visit the Xue Clan Chamber of Commerce in three days to discuss cooperation over the Jade Condensation Pill..." Xue Hua muttered, his expression dejected.
Yet the one with the strongest reaction was the green-faced old man standing beside Xue Tianlong. His expression was somewhat ugly as he stared fixedly at the entrance, seemingly unable to believe that Wei Tu had still not arrived.
"Second Brother, what is going on?"
Xue Renlong's gaze narrowed as he looked toward the green-faced old man. From his behavior, he sensed something unusual.
"It's that alchemist surnamed Fu..." The green-faced old man's expression shifted uncertainly. After several changes, he truthfully revealed Wei Tu's "possession of a great treasure" in Myriad Spirits Immortal City, as well as his own coveting of the True Spirit bloodline descendant on Wei Tu's person.
Upon hearing this, Xue Renlong's expression also turned faintly unpleasant.
Seizing treasures by force and coveting the possessions of the weak were hardly major matters within great powers.
But the prerequisite was that such matters had to be handled flawlessly.
Wei Tu was merely an early Spirit Transformation cultivator. With his current strength, along with that True Spirit bloodline descendant that had only just