Pei Zicheng was no fool. Several months had passed since that incident, and Bu Dengtian had kept saying he would put him to important use in the future, yet he had neither given him more money nor offered him any real benefits. It was all just talk.
Pei Zicheng also knew that if Lu Yang had not discovered and pardoned him, he could only resign himself to obeying Bu Dengtian. He would not even have had a chance to argue, because he was already a traitor to the Iron Blood Brotherhood. If he betrayed Bu Dengtian too, he would have nowhere left to go. Worse still, he would be sent to prison.
He looked at Hei Bai beside him and ingratiatingly said to Bu Dengtian over the phone, "Boss, of course I'm willing to work for you, but I've been a little short on cash lately. Could you give me some money?"
"You want money?" Bu Dengtian snorted. "How much?"
"One hundred thousand," Pei Zicheng said.
"Fine. Come to me tomorrow to collect it," Bu Dengtian said.
"Thank you, Boss. Thank you, Boss." Pei Zicheng repeatedly thanked him and hung up. Then his expression tightened as he said to Hei Bai, "He wants me to collect the money tomorrow."
"Good," Hei Bai said. "You don't need to worry about the rest. Just act like someone he bought off."
"Yes," Pei Zicheng said.
Hei Bai took out his phone and called Lu Yang. Inside the instance dungeon, Lu Yang was directing the fight against the Thunderlight Corpse King—Qing Lei. They had reached the most critical moment, with only the last 5% of its health remaining.
"Kill him!" Lu Yang shouted.
"Beep, beep, beep."
Seeing that it was Hei Bai, Lu Yang immediately answered. "What is it?"
Hei Bai said, "Bu Dengtian