A False Meeting, a Warm Embrace

A False Meeting, a Warm Embrace

The young Demon Catcher: "???"

He was utterly baffled.

The change in tone had come too suddenly. One moment, the man had been an amiable, unfathomable senior. The next, he was recommending some kind of protective armor, at five jin a piece...

If the young Demon Catcher hadn't recognized the man's aura as True Lord Yellow Mountain's, he would have thought him an unscrupulous merchant or a swindler trying to fleece him.

After a moment's silence, the young Demon Catcher ventured, "Senior... how many Spirit Stones is five jin?"

True Lord Yellow Mountain kept his serene smile. In the end, he simply pressed the protective armor into the young Demon Catcher's hands. "Forget it... I'll lend you this armor. It's light and won't hinder your movements. Just remember to return it the next time we meet."

"Huh?" The young Demon Catcher couldn't keep up at all.

"Put it on. You'll need it. Better find somewhere to put it on right now." With that, True Lord Yellow Mountain clasped his hands behind his back and strolled away.

He had originally planned to wait with the young Demon Catcher for his young friend Song Shuhang... but after seeing how determined the young man was to court disaster, True Lord Yellow Mountain couldn't bear to watch the scene that would unfold when Shuhang arrived and met him.

Yes, he would go catch that fellow named Cloudmist first... Of course, he would keep an eye on this place from the shadows and see what happened when his young friend Song Shuhang met the young Demon Catcher.

After True Lord Yellow Mountain left, the young Demon Catcher held the protective armor and frowned in thought.

*Senior Yellow Mountain went out of his way to lend me this armor,