At that moment, Li Taisheng practically thought he had run into a gambler who had lost his mind.
Fortunately, after dealing with Mountain Lord for years, he knew that beneath the man's bold and domineering exterior lay someone cautious and protective of his own life. So despite a hundred thoughts racing through his mind, he could still answer with a smile:
"Mountain Lord, now you've made it impossible for me to respond."
"Aren't we always straightforward with each other?"
Mountain Lord still had an arm warmly draped over his shoulder, deliberately flexing the bare arm and hand.
Though this Extraordinary Species was thin, he had a broad frame. The exposed muscles of his body bulged with veins, every muscle fiber pulling and stretching like iron wire, containing strength far beyond what mere muscle could measure.
"Taisheng, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. What I mean is, I want your help temporarily swapping something into this arm of mine."
Mountain Lord's words were still vague, but Li Taisheng's heart stirred. He seemed to understand a little, yet he still had to pretend ignorance. "Anything involving Xing Hai's foundation is your field of expertise, Mountain Lord. Since you've brought it up, you must have your reasons. But swapping is no trivial matter. As for the object being swapped..."
"You people are old hands at it."
Mountain Lord sounded even more confident in the Justice Cult than Li Taisheng himself was, and his meaning was clear enough. "Didn't you have a fine partnership with Deep Blue Laboratory before? The ending was just a little off. Oh, I mean that incident in Xia City."
The difficulty of maintaining his smile suddenly doubled for Li Taisheng.
"Mountain Lord..."
"What is there to hide? When the Human-Faced Spider caused that mess last year, among all the large