Ji Xuan was no fool.
Of course, he knew Wei Chen's origins were anything but ordinary.
He had known ever since the other man awakened that terrifying Black Sun Bloodline Divine Ability years ago.
Now, even that great being beyond his imagination was wary of acting personally and needed to secretly use him as a pawn to kill Wei Chen. This only made it clearer how terrifying Wei Chen's background and origins must be.
But so what?
He did not mind being used.
After all, being used by such a great figure indirectly proved his own value!
Many people wanted to become a great figure's pawn but did not even have the qualifications.
Because they simply were not worthy.
Ji Xuan's pride was extremely high, and his jealousy ran deep, but that depended on whom he was facing.
On the contrary, not only was he not angered by being used by that being, he even felt somewhat smug about it.
Moreover, after experiencing death once and nearly five years of life-and-death tempering, his character and mindset had been greatly honed and changed considerably.
If he could successfully kill Wei Chen, he had already decided that he would immediately use the promise that being had granted him to obtain that being's protection.
He had done that being's bidding and succeeded in it. Using the promise he had been given to save his own life was not an excessive condition no matter how one looked at it, was it?
And an existence like that should not go back on its word over a nobody like him.
Perhaps that being might even appreciate him for it, allowing him to successfully latch onto such a powerful patron from then on?
That was far better than obtaining any material benefit.
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