"That wretch again!"
Chu Qiushan roared. "Get out, or don't blame me for showing you no mercy!"
Xu Yi pulled out the confession Second Young Master Chu had left behind. "Brother Chu, you'd better take a careful look before you say that. If what's written here gets out, it won't be good news for you."
Chu Qiushan sneered. "Give me your name. You've come to extort Chu, so I'm sure you're no nobody."
Xu Yi laughed and pointed to the white badge on his chest. "I'm just an alchemy enthusiast, a nobody. I was only joking with you a moment ago, Brother Chu."
As he spoke, the confession Second Young Master Chu had left behind instantly crumbled to fragments in his palm, drifting to the ground.
Chu Qiushan's eyes narrowed slightly. "Whatever tricks you have, use them. No need to put on a mysterious act."
He had seen grand occasions and important people. Xu Yi's composure wasn't an act; Chu Qiushan knew very well that he couldn't figure out where Xu Yi came from. And this visitor was so calm, had produced some supposed leverage, then destroyed it in the blink of an eye. The whole performance had left Chu Qiushan more bewildered than ever.
Xu Yi said, "You know very well why I'm here, Mr. Chu. It's exactly the same reason as this Young Master Yinshan, who hails from an ancient land."
In an instant, Chu Qiushan and the sinister-looking young man both changed expression.
"Who are you, really?"
The two demanded almost in unison.
Their private meeting was extremely secret. No one besides the two of them knew about it, and there was no way they could reveal the purpose of their meeting to outsiders.
Xu Yi had arrived without warning, yet he knew not only Young Master