"Are you all here to apply for the gatekeeper position?"
Elder Murong eyed the group suspiciously, muttering to himself. He had said he was hiring gatekeepers, but he hadn't even put up a job posting yet. How had applicants already shown up?
Had a few of his disciples leaked the news?
And weren't there a few too many applicants for the gatekeeper position?
"With this many of you..."
"We're competing for the position. Just pick whoever you like!" Huo Huashen hurriedly said.
"Then you'll do." Elder Murong pointed at Huo Huashen.
He could see through their cultivation at a glance. This one, Huo Huashen, was at the third layer of Qi Refining, while the rest were at the second. Naturally, he had to pick Huo Huashen.
"One spirit stone a month. Is that all right?"
"Sure, sure."
After leaving Elder Murong's room, Huo Huashen calmed down and suddenly realized that Lu Yang didn't know him at all. To Lu Yang, he was just an ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator, not a member of the Nine Nether Sect.
But now that he had come this far, if he stopped acting and made Lu Yang suspicious, he and all his brothers were finished.
Huo Huashen wasn't worried about the Ghostslayer Alliance leader. With Lu Yang here, he had surely already dealt with the leader. And even if he couldn't deal with him now, he'd be able to later.
Lu Yang was currently at the Void Refinement Realm, but his cultivation kept fluctuating. He should be at a very low level right now, which was why he hadn't seen through their cultivation.
If he did see through it and asked why a dignified Spirit Transformation cultivator was working as a gatekeeper, how would Huo Huashen respond?
If he handled it poorly, Lu Yang could