The moment they met, the man in black tossed a string of flattering compliments his way.
Xu Yi smiled. "It seems you've been keeping an eye on me for a long time, sir."
The man in black said, "To be frank, Gu Mou only heard your name a little over ten days ago. Enough beating around the bush: Old Yu told me to seek you out. For that tip, he squeezed a full five thousand Spirit Stones out of me."
Xu Yi frowned. "Old Yu? Which Old Yu?"
The man in black said in surprise, "What? You don't even know Old Yu? That old bastard dared to swindle me... Well, I suppose he wouldn't. Old Yu's a man of his word. Would he really throw away his reputation in our circle over five thousand Spirit Stones?"
Xu Yi racked his brains over "Old Yu." Then, like a flash of inspiration, he thought of someone. "The Old Yu you mean—is he an old man in a brown robe with a goatee?"
The man in black slapped his thigh. "So you really do know Old Yu!"
Xu Yi said, "I wouldn't say I know him well. We've only done business once. Mr. Yu once traded me a treasure worth two hundred thousand Spirit Stones."
The Old Yu Xu Yi had thought of was the old man in the brown robe who had traded him the fragment of the Heavenly God Chart. After their deal, Xu Yi had seen the old man off as he took a teleportation array away, and they had never crossed paths again. As time passed, Xu Yi had gradually forgotten him.
He hadn't expected Old Yu to start advertising for him, and even send a deal his way in the process.
The man in black beamed. "In that