After Zhao Lingwu left, Lu Zhenhai was overjoyed. He repeatedly thanked Xu Yi and even offered to host a grand banquet for all the guests.
As soon as he finished speaking, most of the guests dispersed. Only five or six particularly shameless ones stayed behind, hoping to squeeze some more benefits out of Lu Zhenhai.
Xu Yi had no interest in lingering with the overly slick Lu Zhenhai. He went straight to him and asked for the jade token.
"Why the hurry, Brother Yiling?" Lu Zhenhai said. "Come home with me. I'll give you a proper welcome, then invite Immortal Lord Song over. How could I fail to arrange what you're asking for?"
Xu Yi gave a cold laugh. "It seems Brother Lu really doesn't consider me an outsider."
As he spoke, he swept a hand through the air. A bolt of lightning exploded right at Lu Zhenhai's feet. After the strike, the ground was charred black. Lu Zhenhai stood there as if his soul had left his body, then silently took out a jade token and tossed it to Xu Yi, not daring to say another word.
When the lightning had rushed at him just now, he'd felt as though his spiritual platform had shattered. Thunderbolts filled the sky, their blazing intent to destroy nearly snuffing out his mind. He would rather die than go through that a second time.
Then he recalled how decisively Xu Yi had slain Dong Xiaoshan and Old Ancestor Kumoku. He suddenly realized that Old Demon Yiling was no undeservedly famed fiend. What good could possibly come from tangling with a demon like him?
At the thought of the Gold Order Talisman and jade token Xu Yi had taken from him, his heart ached. But when he glanced at the spirit spring, shimmering with