The door opened at once. Ye Chen walked in and, under Huo Yuhao's horrified gaze, directly tossed an object onto the floor a short distance in front of him.
It was the corpse of a middle-aged man. His eyes, which refused to close, were filled with terror and unwillingness, indicating that he must have experienced something so horrifying before his death that it shattered his mind.
Huo Yuhao had not expected Ye Chen to come looking for him so early in the morning. That alone would have been fine, but what was with this corpse?
He had yet to fully process the information he had learned yesterday, and now, early this morning, Ye Chen had thrown another bombshell into his heart.
After a moment of surprise, Huo Yuhao asked in confusion, "Brother Chen, what exactly is going on here?"
On the continent, using a corpse as a gift upon meeting someone either meant there was a deep-seated grudge or an exceptionally special purpose.
Fortunately, he was no longer the inexperienced boy he once was. He would not be frightened by a corpse, and he also understood that Ye Chen must have had a very special reason for doing this.
Ye Chen spread his hands and explained, "This man is a criminal still wanted by the Sun Moon Empire. He was alone, and even if he disappeared, no one in this world would notice."
These past few days, Huo Yuhao had been occupied with cultivation and researching Soul Tools, so he had not come into contact with the news spreading everywhere outside. Naturally, he could not connect this to Xu Tianchen.
But just as he was about to ask, Ye Chen interrupted him. "Xuan Zi left yesterday precisely to bring this man here, and I want to ask you for a