But Jia Xingzhi's voice carried far, and still no one appeared.
There was not even a reply.
Jia Xingzhi's expression changed sharply. Staring at Zhao Yi, who had already darted toward him, he trembled slightly and shouted again, "You old bastard, get over here and save me!"
Old bastard?
Watching the scene inside Yunqing Tower, Chen Yi turned toward the black-robed old man beside him and smiled. "Manager Jia is calling you. Going?"
The black-robed old man named Li Yan gave a bitter smile. "Would you-would you let me?"
He did want to save Jia Xingzhi, but beside Chen Yi, he could not take even half a step.
Unless he broke through to the Land Immortal Realm, the inner world cultivated through Extreme Realm techniques alone would be enough to crush him.
Hearing this, Chen Yi said noncommittally, "Go if you want."
With that, he reined in his aura and released the restrictions around them.
Sensing the Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi enveloping the surroundings, Li Yan froze. "What are you-"
Chen Yi tilted his head toward Yunqing Tower, gesturing. "Do as you wish. Go save Jia Xingzhi."
In all honesty, he did hope Jia Xingzhi would die inside Yunqing Tower.
But what Zhao Yi had just said changed his mind-he had actually claimed to be from the Jizhou Trading Company.
It might not have mattered if anyone else heard it, but Jia Xingzhi, a Senior Hall Official of the Jizhou Trading Company, had heard it. That was another matter altogether.
What would Jia Xingzhi think?
Either Zhao Yi did not know his identity and had been hired to assassinate him by someone from the Jizhou Trading Company who did.
Or Zhao Yi had been deceived by someone else.
Either possibility would inevitably prompt the Qinghe Cui Family and the