Inside the Forbidden Explorers' main hall.
Hui He's expression was grim.
He hadn't expected the Gray Mist Sea to arrive so soon.
Now their lives were in Ao Wushuang's hands, so he was deeply worried.
All they could do was obey Ao Wushuang and Song Jiyuan.
Ao Wushuang thought it over, then said:
"...If they're coming, let them come!"
With the Forbidden Lord here, the Gray Mist Sea would come knocking sooner or later.
Besides, he wanted to get in touch with the people on the other side.
Maybe they had more bones like the Forbidden Lord's to send over.
That way, he could make rapid progress!
Hui He nodded at once. "All right."
Under Song Jiyuan's watchful eye, Hui He immediately sent a reply to the visitors from the Gray Mist Sea.
Ao Wushuang, meanwhile, looked toward the Forbidden Lord.
The Forbidden Lord stood obediently to one side. His eyes clearly brimmed with a thousand kinds of resentment, but his posture was respectful!
"When the time comes, you won't say anything out of turn, will you?"
Ao Wushuang suddenly asked, muttering, "Maybe I should have Hui He come over and record another clip of you first?"
He took out the crystal from last time.
It contained footage of the Forbidden Lord performing a striptease, but Ao Wushuang still wasn't entirely reassured.
At that, the Forbidden Lord panicked. "No, no, no... I absolutely won't say anything out of turn. Believe me, Master. You have to believe me!"
He was utterly terrified. He'd even started calling Ao Wushuang "Master."
Soon.
"Envoy of the Gray Mist Sea, Feng Qinggang of the Nine-Winged Strange Phoenix clan, has come to pay his respects to the senior Forbidden Lord!"
A voice rang out from beyond the Forbidden Explorers' headquarters.
Song Jiyuan and Hui He