"No, no, no."
"Why doesn't Wolf Marquis believe me? I didn't ambush you with troops outside."
Dao Child Yao Qian hurriedly explained again, but Lin Bai raised a hand and cut him off.
"Whether you ambushed me with troops and experts is your business. It has nothing to do with me."
Lin Bai said calmly, "If the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace wants to reclaim the treasure key, you, a mere Dao Child, probably aren't qualified to negotiate terms with me."
"Go back and tell whoever truly holds power in the Nine Underworlds Demon Palace within the imperial capital to prepare the bargaining chips. Then come back and negotiate with me."
"Farewell."
With that, Lin Bai walked straight out of the Dragon Smoke Inn.
The waiter narrowed his eyes and took a step forward to stop Lin Bai, but Dao Child Yao Qian restrained him.
Dao Child Yao Qian simply watched as Lin Bai walked out of the Dragon Smoke Inn and left the street.
After Lin Bai departed, more than twenty experts suddenly appeared inside the old Dragon Smoke Inn, gathering around Dao Child Yao Qian.
"Dao Child, you're really letting him leave just like that?"
"The treasure key is definitely in his hands. Why don't we just kill him and take it back?"
The weakest among these more than twenty experts had reached the mid-grade Great Purity Dao Fruit Realm.
There were even two Grand Luo Dao Fruit Realm martial artists among them.
Dao Child Yao Qian had repeatedly insisted that he had not stationed anyone in ambush inside the Dragon Smoke Inn, but now it seemed... there wasn't a single truth in this man's mouth.
Hearing the doubts surrounding him, Dao Child Yao Qian silently shook his head. "Lin Bai was right. He dared to come here because