Under Su Xiao's murderous glare, Guy finally put socks on his feet and slipped on his shoes.
Su Xiao clearly saw that when Guy moved, his socks left a faint yellow wisp of smoke in the air. The smoke was murky and dense, making one's scalp crawl.
The room had been converted from a cavern. It was well ventilated, though Su Xiao still did not know where it was located.
After the air beside the roughly two-meter-wide stone table cleared, Su Xiao lit a cigarette and said:
"Lord of the Blazing Sun, this time, what we have is both cooperation and a transaction."
"A transaction?"
Suspicion appeared in the Lord of the Blazing Sun's eyes. According to his plan, this was neither cooperation nor a transaction. It was recruitment—he would recruit Su Xiao under his command and make him obey.
The Lord of the Blazing Sun's plan was perfectly normal. After all, their current identities and positions were unequal. The Lord of the Blazing Sun was the supreme ruler of the New Kingdom, while Su Xiao was merely an alchemist of the Sun Church.
The New Kingdom and the Sun Church were forces of equal scale. However, in the New Kingdom, the Lord of the Blazing Sun was the absolute leader, and no one could defy him.
Precisely because their identities were unequal, the Lord of the Blazing Sun was thinking of recruiting Su Xiao, not cooperating with him. Only if recruitment failed would he consider cooperation.
Hearing Su Xiao mention a transaction, the Lord of the Blazing Sun did not care much. He was not even planning to cooperate, let alone enter a transaction that required their statuses to be more equal.
"What's the transaction?"
The Lord of the Blazing Sun asked casually. His attitude subtly indicated that he