"So that's how it is. Very well, this old man will send word to those few I'm on good terms with."
Qing Yuanzi did not probe further into why Luo Hong needed so many ghost soldiers, nor did he mention any compensation before agreeing to the matter.
Just then, everyone felt the cave residence tremble slightly.
Yan Li's expression immediately darkened. She took out an array plate, glanced at it, and reported solemnly:
"Master, someone is attacking the grand formation outside!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a man's voice transmission echoed into the hall.
"Old Ghost Jiang, I have come to visit on business. Are you not coming out to meet me?"
"Hmph! Since you're here, just come in directly. Must Jiang Mou go out to welcome you?"
Qing Yuanzi had clearly recognized the visitor. With a wave of his hand, he opened the grand formation, then complained to Luo Hong:
"These people never visit in any conventional manner. After all these years, this old man still cannot get used to it!"
"They certainly are rather eccentric."
Luo Hong immediately nodded in agreement.
Yet inwardly, he rolled his eyes. After all, when the other party had visited Marquis Golden Flame in the original timeline, he too had acted without a second word, slashing at the cave residence's grand formation with his sword as his calling card.
Sure enough, no matter how eccentric someone was, they never thought themselves eccentric.
Before long, a middle-aged man wearing a golden dragon crown and a golden robe, his face fair as jade, entered through the hall's entrance.
"Oh? Fellow Daoist Jiang, this fellow daoist looks quite unfamiliar. Is he a newcomer?"
The middle-aged man was undoubtedly Marquis Golden Flame. The moment he entered, he looked Luo Hong over and asked.
"This is Fellow