No one made a decision.
Even with the way out right before their eyes, they dared not move a single step.
The three did not hurry them. Aside from the innkeeper, who had yet to show himself, the other two watched the scene as though enjoying a show.
In the end.
It was Eight-Treasure Arhat who spoke.
"Benefactors, if you think these things alone can buy us off, you are mistaken... we are hardly the sort to..."
Before he could finish, Second Waiter smiled again.
"Still not satisfied? Fine, then. How about we help you slaughter all those enemies of yours afterward?"
Eight-Treasure Arhat's expression grew uglier by the moment.
"We will settle our own grudges. There is no need to trouble you with them..."
Second Waiter shook his head.
"Even that won't satisfy you? Let me think... you came here to capture someone for a bounty, didn't you? Well, I might as well be honest. This may be a small inn, but we've accumulated plenty of treasures over the years. Things that extend your lifespan, for example..." He turned his palm over, and a pill glowing with green light appeared in his hand.
Someone nearby immediately cried out.
"The Dragon-Tiger Sect's One-Origin Truth-Transforming Pill? That thing can preserve your life for a full zero years! Even the leaders of the Thirty-Six Sects struggle to obtain one. How could it possibly be here..."
Second Waiter said nothing. Smiling, he turned his hand over again.
This time, Zhou You recognized the object at once—it was clearly the Hundred-Forged Gold the Ten-Thousand-Fathom Palace had given him. Yet his piece had only been the size of a thumb, while the one in this man's hand...
Was an entire gold brick!
Then he turned his hand over again.
This time it was a magical