Imperial Capital beneath the Liuli River:
Chu Qing looked with great interest at the open warehouse, then at the sweating Dongfang Shuo and the kindly old man beside him. He smiled.
"Everyone, thank you for guarding the warehouse for me! Step aside, I need to take something!"
Dongfang Shuo wiped away his sweat and smiled. "Please, go right in! Please, inside!"
The kindly old man was startled. He glanced at Dongfang Shuo, then smiled. "Friend, the things in this warehouse belong to Bi Luo and Yellow Springs! Since when did they become yours? Do you think that just because you killed an Otherworlder and smashed an alien treasure already heavily damaged, this place has become your own backyard?"
Chu Qing froze for a moment.
He looked at Dongfang Shuo. "You didn't tell him about me?"
Dongfang Shuo wiped his sweat and gave an awkward smile. "I didn't expect you to come so quickly! I hadn't had time to say anything!"
Chu Qing shook his head. "You're not fit for great responsibility!"
The corners of Dongfang Shuo's mouth twitched.
I'm a hegemon! You, at most, are just a Myth of Myths! A myth like you dares speak to a hegemon like this? You're bullying me because I can't beat you, aren't you?!
Dongfang Shuo felt utterly wronged.
But he did not dare say a word. He merely nodded with an awkward smile.
The kindly old man's thoughts churned. Judging from Dongfang Shuo's expression, he knew that this young man before him was no ordinary person.
But neither was he!
Who among them wasn't a hegemon?
It was just... how did Dongfang Shuo know this young man?
Hadn't they arrived at this secret realm one after the other to guard the warehouse?
Could it be that this young man had come here