Tan Shaoyuan sneered.
"Oh?"
"What do you think I'm trying to do, Lord Wei?"
"This place lies on the border between Grand Capital Prefecture and Luo'u Prefecture. It has always been under our joint jurisdiction. You must have seen how many scouts Luo'u Prefecture lost over this!"
"And now you want to sneak in, reap the rewards, and claim all the credit? That hardly seems fair!"
Wei Lang frowned slightly and looked at him impassively.
They held equal rank and belonged to different prefectures. Even at the Imperial Court, neither truly had authority over the other.
Tan Shaoyuan's words might have sounded like teasing, but his stance was perfectly clear: he wanted a share of the credit.
"Lord Tan!"
"We are wiping out these evil cultivators to ensure peace in both Grand Capital Prefecture and Luo'u Prefecture!"
"As for the credit, we can discuss that once the dust settles!"
"The evil cultivators have yet to be eliminated. Why quibble over such things at a critical moment like this?"
Tan Shaoyuan stepped up to Wei Lang, looked him straight in the eye, and spoke with a hollow smile.
"Lord Wei, those words aren't entirely sincere, are they?"
"I think some things are better settled beforehand, so we don't end up arguing over them later!"
Wei Lang gave Tan Shaoyuan a long look.
"What do you want, then?"
Tan Shaoyuan thought for a moment.
"Luo'u Prefecture could have dealt with the Blood Fiend Alliance on its own. This shouldn't have had anything to do with Grand Capital Prefecture!"
"But I see you've been running around, Lord Wei, and you've contributed something too!"
He glanced around.
"And judging by the size of this underground palace and all these evil cultivators' corpses, we couldn't really claim all the credit ourselves!"
"Hmm, how about this?"