After hearing Zhou Bai's words, Li Xiao fell silent for a moment, then changed the subject, his tone turning solemn and earnest:
"Senior Zhou, there really is something I need your help with."
Zhou Bai's hand paused slightly around his wine cup, then he chuckled and scolded:
"I knew you wouldn't come knocking at the temple gates without a reason.
Out with it. What is it?"
Li Xiao wasted no time beating around the bush and briefly explained his arrangements in Mu Province:
"I brought a faction in Mu Province under my control, the Golden Blade Sect. There's another faction there called the Cai Family.
After the Cai Family Old Ancestor broke through to the sixth turn, he began suppressing the Golden Blade Sect, trying to monopolize the Ten Thousand Souls Sect Ruins.
I want to intervene in Mu Province, but the Cai Family has a sixth-turn expert holding the fort. I hope you can take action and kill the Cai Family Old Ancestor."
Zhou Bai did not immediately agree. Instead, he considered it for a moment before asking:
"How strong is this Cai Family Old Ancestor?"
It was only natural for him to ask-no sixth-turn expert was ordinary. Even with confidence in his own strength, he needed to know his opponent inside and out.
Li Xiao answered truthfully:
"The Cai Family Old Ancestor is quite old and only recently broke through to the sixth turn. His strength should be at the very bottom of that level."
After hearing this, Zhou Bai nodded slightly, seemingly having already worked things out. He asked another question in a calm voice:
"When do we strike?"
Li Xiao's gaze was firm. "The sooner, the better."
Zhou Bai drained his cup and set it down, his tone crisp and decisive. "Then let's leave once we've