True Venerable Qianhuan said it very frankly. The key was that his assessment of Qu Jianlei's situation and Baiqiao's way of doing things was extremely accurate.
After all, he made a living by running scams. If he did not even have that much judgment, how could he keep playing?
Qu Jianlei was someone who could listen to advice. Hearing this, he smiled. "You really are rather... toward Baiqiao."
Qianhuan answered unconcernedly, "That guy doesn't do things the same way we do. He's especially good at scheming!"
He truly dared to complain, and had even placed himself in the same category as True Venerable Qu. In a sense, that at least made his position clear.
Then he asked curiously, "Why do I feel like you're a little hesitant?"
"It's not really hesitation," Qu Jianlei answered casually. "I'm a bit dazed. I need to digest it... I'm also someone from beyond this world."
"The World Envoy wouldn't care about that," Qianhuan answered very naturally.
This fellow's information network was far from ordinary, and he truly dared to speak.
"Never mind that you were only in the Nascent Soul Realm before. Even if you were a True Venerable, it might not necessarily care about you. I heard... it's quite lazy."
"Hm?" Qu Jianlei's brows rose as he listened. He froze for a moment, then muttered, "Why do I feel like... I got played?"
"Got... played?" Qianhuan was also startled when he heard that. After mulling it over, he understood what the other man meant.
He nodded thoughtfully. "Now that you mention it, that really is possible."
Then he realized something and hurriedly said, "True Venerable Qu, I really did think this task was simple. I didn't mean anything else!"
Those two working together was acting. He had just helped make the decision; if