"Your name is Xu Mu?" the Demon Emperor asked.
"That's right, Xu Mu. May I ask how I should address you?" Gu Qingshan said.
"...You can call me Avenger." The Demon Emperor paused, then said.
Gu Qingshan caught on and snapped his fingers. "Brother Chou, how about you pay a deposit first? Otherwise, when I find that person for you, if you try to welsh on the deal, where am I supposed to go cry?"
"Fine. What kind of treasure do you want?" the Demon Emperor asked.
"Treasures... Heh. In all the worlds, there are things that can drive people crazier than treasures—and they're worth far more." Gu Qingshan said.
The Demon Emperor sneered. "Secrets? Heh. You ask for a secret right off the bat. Just as you said, if I give you a secret and you turn around and flee back to the High-Dimensional World, how am I supposed to find you?"
Gu Qingshan considered it. "How about this? I'll pick the least valuable secret. You give me the information about it, and that'll count as the deposit."
"The... least valuable secret? You haven't even heard the secrets. How can you know whether the information about this one is worthless?" the Demon Emperor questioned.
"Because of its shelf life—"
Gu Qingshan continued, "To be honest, this is the first time I've been summoned by the King of Eternal Destruction. I don't know what secret it holds—but when the Six Paths are completely shattered, I'm sure I'll see that secret."
"So you want to learn about that secret in advance," the Demon Emperor said.
"Right. I'll find out sooner or later anyway—and you know it'll soon be worthless to me. But if you tell me ahead of time and satisfy my curiosity, I'll take that as a show of good