"You're getting worked up again."
Gu Han pushed the wooden box containing the Jade Spirit Fruit back, released an icy aura from within his body, and guided it along his hand to the box, freezing it solid.
"How is this accepting a reward without earning it?"
"I'm giving you the reward in advance, then asking for the service later."
"I'm optimistic about you. I'm betting on your future, as well as the mysterious connections behind you."
At this point, Gu Han looked at Xiao Yan, his expression turning serious. "Or is it that Brother Xiao Yan is about to become an Alchemist, with a mysterious and powerful Alchemist behind him, so you look down on an ordinary cultivator like me and don't wish to be my friend?"
If he had not learned through the Fortune Guide that Xiao Yan intended to befriend him, he would not have taken such a direct approach or said something so pointed.
"No, I just think this is far too valuable." Xiao Yan immediately denied it, looking embarrassed and annoyed at being misunderstood.
From Nalan Yanyun, he had learned that the compensation offered by the Nalan Family and Misty Cloud Sect had all been due to Gu Han's righteous words.
This was a man with an exceptionally upright moral compass—so upright it was almost absurd, so upright that even Old Yao had sighed, "Has the Misty Cloud Sect produced a saint?"
Yet while he was righteous, he was no pushover. Faced with enemies, he could also unleash thunderous fury.
If Xiao Yan had to compare him to a character from the novels of his past life, Gu Han was like Guo Jing, only far smarter and more talented.
With someone like that as a friend, one could entrust him with one's back. How could Xiao