Poison Takes Effect

A figure flew across the skies above the Treasure Gathering Basin. The moment he arrived over the Di Rong Kingdom Ice Palace shop, he was intercepted by more than a dozen figures.

Yue Qianchou wore a baffled expression. "Why are you stopping me?"

Mu Lianqiu, leading the law enforcement team, ground his teeth in hatred. "The Treasure Gathering Basin does not permit cultivators below the Spirit Transformation stage to fly, especially during the Treasure Gathering Basin Convention. Yue Qianchou, don't tell me you don't know this rule."

What bullshit rule! Yue Qianchou cursed inwardly, though he put on a surprised look. "There's such a rule? I truly didn't know."

Mu Lianqiu's expression shifted between light and dark. He stared at Yue Qianchou in silence for a while before slowly saying, "I hope there won't be a next time."

"Certainly, certainly." Yue Qianchou chuckled. With a wave of Mu Lianqiu's hand, the dozen or so people swiftly retreated.

Having received word, Yan Zhuixing was already standing in the rear courtyard of the Ice Palace shop. Smiling pleasantly at Yue Qianchou in the air, he said, "Brother Yue, since you have honored us with your presence, please come down so we may talk."

Yue Qianchou descended and clasped his hands with a smile. "Brother Yan invited me. How could Yue dare not come?"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter. Their words were courteous, but each harbored his own ghosts; neither was anything good. Yan Zhuixing glanced skyward and clicked his tongue. "Brother Yue remains a hero wherever he goes. Yan Zhuixing truly admires you—even the rules of the Treasure Gathering Basin are beneath your notice."

"Rules made solely to profit a select few are better left unobserved." Yue Qianchou sneered. "Even if I followed them, I doubt anyone