Facing Great Venerable Han Li's question, Qu Jianlei answered calmly, "I have met an Immortal Venerable."
"Great Venerable, you have your own considerations. We would not dare make things difficult for you, and we merely contacted the other two parties."
The Handsome Youth looked at him irritably. "So you're saying my opinion doesn't matter?"
"I wouldn't dare," Qu Jianlei replied at an unhurried pace. "We are merely from the Lower Realm, so it would not be appropriate for us to refuse others."
"I don't believe you lack the nerve," True Venerable Han Li snorted dismissively.
The other party even dared to challenge him. What would they not dare to do? He could not be bothered to haggle over such minor scheming. It was nothing more than a negotiating tactic.
What he truly cared about was this: "You even dare wade into Xiku's muddy waters? The ignorant truly fear nothing!"
"Great Venerable, did you come because of this matter?" Qu Jianlei was genuinely a little surprised. He had thought it was because his side had contacted those two factions.
He did not take the other party's rebuke seriously. "We came from the Lower Realm. Is it not normal for us to be ignorant of this realm?"
"Can't you tell good advice from bad?" The Handsome Youth rolled his eyes. "The waters at Xiku run too deep. What makes you think you can covet it?"
"Time waits for no one," Qu Jianlei answered gravely. "I do not want to delay any longer. I have to give it a try."
"That is why I say you are ignorant!" True Venerable Han Li snorted. "I cannot even be bothered to involve myself in that place, yet you have quite the nerve."
Qu Jianlei did not mind the rebuke at all. Instead, he raised a