"It was over."
In the conference hall, Xu Xiaoshou stretched comfortably.
In truth, through Perception, he had only vaguely detected the slightest ripple. He had not glimpsed the true hiding place of Yuan Haisheng's Cutting Path bodyguard.
Yet for some reason, a thought had told him.
The old swordsman was hiding atop the rafters.
How clever was Xu Xiaoshou? Aside from A-Jie, First Pavilion Under Heaven did not have a single true Cutting Path expert. Even the Gray Mist Man could only emerge after transforming, and he certainly would not have kindly warned Xu Xiaoshou through Mo Mo.
So it was not difficult to guess that this could only be Mr. Siren, staying awake through the night to protect him.
"What a fine Sword Immortal!"
"He's a real damn good man."
Mei Suren's intervention had truly exceeded Xu Xiaoshou's expectations.
Though he did not fear Cutting Path experts, he had not actually expected Mr. Siren to pay rent.
But now, it seemed that even if Mr. Siren did not act, merely having him stationed at First Pavilion Under Heaven brought an utterly terrifying deterrent.
"Old swordsman..."
Xu Xiaoshou shook his head with a smile.
Had he known earlier that Yuan Haisheng's bodyguard used a sword, he would not have needed to intimidate him so much. He could have simply put on an even grander air and haggled harder.
A swordsman, before one of the Seven Sword Immortals...
After tonight's negotiation, would the other side not have been scared witless? Thinking of those little gestures the old swordsman had made to suppress Yuan Haisheng's angry words, Xu Xiaoshou found it amusing.
He believed that with Mr. Siren's deterrence, after tonight, the Night Cats would definitely work honestly and steadily, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
And that was clearly the