Deadwood Heavenly Venerable stood there for a long while, staring blankly after Dao Lord Guichen left.
"An... exclusive passage?"
He looked down at the three hundred Contribution Points in his hand, then toward the direction Dao Lord Guichen had gone, feeling as if a knife had stabbed straight into his heart.
Why?
They were both Quasi-Gods, so why could Returning Dust take the back door?
Just because he belonged to the Myriad Worlds Merchant House?
"What's so great about the Myriad Worlds Merchant House?"
Deadwood Heavenly Venerable's beard trembled with rage as he cursed under his breath.
"Back when this Heavenly Venerable roamed the Hongmeng Universe, the founder of your Myriad Worlds Merchant House was probably still playing in the mud somewhere!"
"What are you so proud of? Didn't you just cling to the Abyss?"
"Hmph, people who take the back door will get what's coming to them sooner or later!"
Though his words were vicious, he could not hide the envy in his eyes.
He regretted it.
If he had known that the Myriad Worlds Merchant House had such ties to the Abyss, he would never have acted so high and mighty back then, claiming he would not associate with merchants.
Had he joined the Myriad Worlds Merchant House earlier, perhaps he would be the one using the exclusive passage now.
"No."
Deadwood Heavenly Venerable's eyes lit up again as he stared fixedly in the direction Dao Lord Guichen had vanished.
"This Heavenly Venerable cannot admit defeat just like that."
"Isn't it just a security division? I'm getting in no matter what!"
"Once I become an internal employee of the Abyss too, let's see how you, old Returning Dust, keep putting on airs in front of me!"
Meanwhile.
Dao Lord Guichen followed 001 through a hidden passage formed