Liu Changqing had been recruited.
There was no doubt about it.
As an independent spiritual cultivator who had cultivated alone all the way to the Cutting Path stage.
To be honest, Liu Changqing had once received olive branches from every major faction, yet he had never intended to humble himself beneath another.
But now, he had no choice.
The Ghost Beast affair had beaten his life into a complete mess.
Young Master Xu's invitation...
First Pavilion Under Heaven, this organization bold enough to harbor Ghost Beasts...
After all his efforts to inquire and make contact over this period, it was the only organization Liu Changqing had found that might allow him to continue surviving!
It was not because the terms offered by the other side were overly tempting...
Liu Changqing was not stupid. He knew that in this matter, Young Master Xu had not truly paid anything.
The role the other party played was merely that of an intermediary, connecting him and the Ghost Beast—two existences that could not coexist.
But when all was said and done, this was not something that could be measured in profit.
It concerned life and death itself!
Other than accepting, Liu Changqing had no choice.
As for Xu Xiaoshou, First Pavilion Under Heaven likewise had no choice but to accept Liu Changqing, even though he knew absolutely nothing about the man's temperament or character.
Yet things were simply this dramatic...
From the very first step Liu Changqing took into this private room, from the moment he discovered that First Pavilion Under Heaven was harboring Ghost Beasts.
The outcome for both sides seemed already fated.
Xu Xiaoshou had never even considered letting Liu Changqing leave.
He knew that doing so would mean taking on even greater risks.
The only final way to release someone who