Was that all it took to fool him?
Mu Zixi's mouth fell open as she stared in disbelief at Xu Xiaoshou and Zhu Yike, who had suddenly become remarkably familiar with each other and were already deep in conversation. It felt utterly surreal.
These were two people who had merely met by chance.
Before this, they might not even have seen each other once, right? How had a few words been enough for them to hit it off, making them look like old friends who had known each other for years?
I really still can't compare...
Mu Zixi pondered to herself. She glanced at Feng Xiaose, shook her head after some thought, then looked over at Li Fugui.
She was considering a possibility: if it had been her, could she have taken down this Li Fugui? He looked utterly ordinary and harmless, while she still had a demi-saint head in her hand. Maybe she could have recruited him.
If she had a Taixu subordinate, and he submitted not to Xu Xiaoshou but to her...
"Hehe~"
Lost in her fantasy, Mu Zixi suddenly let out Xu Xiaoshou's signature foolish grin.
On the other side, Xu Xiaoshou had switched to a new persona. Like someone who made friends wherever he went, he plunged into an enthusiastic exchange, frantically prying every last bit of information out of Zhu Yike.
"Southern Domain? The Southern Domain is great!"
"You cultivate Golden Gate Arts too? The proper kind, or not?"
"I once heard my teacher say that the Evil God of the Southern Domain was the Art Ancestor, and the Art Ancestor's orthodox inheritance was what they called 'Golden Gate Arts.' So the one you cultivate..."
"It's real?"
"I don't believe it! I once slaughtered a Gold Medal Hunter Order assassin who went to the Southern