Seeing that the other side had softened their stance, a smile appeared on Chen Changan's face.
"Now that's more like it. What can't be talked through?"
"Getting physical only hurts the relationship."
"I want to know how you found us—and how you knew we'd found the Source of World Veins," Chen Changan asked curiously.
"That's all you want to ask?"
"Why should we tell you?" one of them said coldly.
"Then we can't have a proper conversation. How about you kill those three after all?"
"That'd make things more exciting, and I'd have a good reason to keep hunting you down." Chen Changan shrugged indifferently.
"You..."
"How can you be so shameless? I really feel sorry for those three, having met such a heartless, ungrateful bastard."
"You needn't worry about them. Those three are pretty happy to know me."
"Bah! I've never met anyone as shameless as you. Happy? If those three knew what you'd just said, they'd want to eat you alive."
"None of your business. Are we talking or not?"
"Kid, aren't you getting a little carried away? You really think there's nothing we can do about you?"
"Is there?"
"You..."
"Hmph. Don't let us see you again."
Huh?
They were leaving?
Watching the six of them turn and leave without hesitation, Chen Changan was left dumbfounded. What was this supposed to be? They weren't even going to talk? They were just leaving?
"What's with them? Is this how they do things?"
Chen Changan shook his head helplessly. He'd still wanted to find out exactly how they could tell who had obtained the Source of World Veins and pinpoint that person's location.
He hadn't expected them to act so decisively. If they didn't want to talk, they simply turned and left.
"What's going on?"
"Why did they suddenly