"Money..."
Liu Lu was stunned by such extravagance.
He had expected that the people before him were probably planning something big.
This time, he had very likely kicked an iron plate.
They truly were several fat sheep, but unexpectedly, they were so fat it was frightening.
One bite, and his mouth would be full of grease—so rich it could choke him to death! "What level of message do you want to spread?" Liu Lu asked tremblingly.
Xu Xiaoshou saw Liu Lu's predicament at a glance and asked, "Your rank isn't high enough?"
"Gulp~"
That single question made cold sweat break out on Liu Lu's forehead.
If he directly admitted his rank was insufficient, would they decide he had lost his value and butcher him before tossing him into some alley?
"How many years have you been in East Heavenly King City?" Xu Xiaoshou pressed.
"More than twenty years... I guess?"
Liu Lu hesitated. Seeing that the situation seemed rather bad, he added, "I've grown up here since I was little, so I know a lot of things, and I still have some use..."
Xu Xiaoshou impatiently cut him off.
"If your rank isn't enough, you should have superiors."
"Or perhaps, with your more than twenty years of experience growing up and wandering around this territory, you should know who can accomplish what I want done?"
He looked at the man before him, thought for a moment, and squeezed out a kind smile.
Liu Lu must have been terrified.
Otherwise, someone who worked in this line, even if his cultivation was lacking, should at least have been sharp as a tack. Why could he not understand what Xu Xiaoshou meant?
He had no intention of killing him.
There was no point in killing a small fry like this.
Keeping him around