Wei Chunqiu and Yun Peng exchanged a glance. After knowing Da Minglun for so many years, they had rarely seen him lose his composure like this. It was clear he was truly upset—or rather, that he had no confidence in Yue Qianchou's trip to the Immortal Palace. The two of them looked together at the culprit...
Yue Qianchou also felt rather embarrassed. They had treated him with sincerity and helped him at every turn; if he smashed their rice bowl and then made them flee for their lives with him, he truly would be letting them down. He smiled awkwardly. "To be honest with you, I made a trip to Endless Black Cliff in the Underworld this time. The Nether Emperor happened to be there as well, and the Red Armor Army took the initiative to invite me to meet him. To tell the truth, the Nether Emperor was quite friendly toward me..."
The words made several of them roll their eyes. He made it sound as though he had some great person backing him. Wei Chunqiu gave a derisive snort, only to hear him sigh, "You really needn't doubt it. It's all true. But the key is that the Nether Emperor Token in my hand was obtained by chance from someone else. It wasn't because I was trusted by the Nether Emperor and received it as a gift from him."
The few of them looked at one another. Wei Chunqiu asked in surprise, "Then how did you dare take it out and swindle people so openly in Twilight City?"
"Damn it! The Black Nether Army was trying to kill me! I only took out the Nether Emperor Token as an emergency measure." Yue Qianchou shook his head with a bitter smile. "Before I took it out, I had no