Vermilion Bird Arrives

Hearing the news so suddenly, Wei Qing froze for a moment, then burst out laughing without concealing his delight at another's misfortune in the slightest, sending chills through the people around him.

However, Wei Qing's expression abruptly changed the next moment. After pondering for a moment, he stood up and rushed out of the private room, sprinting toward the exit of Fragrant Inn.

"Th-This... why did he run off?" one of the others said, his mouth twitching.

"What a coward. The moment something happened, he just ran away. I really don't know what Wei Wu saw in someone like him, to actually take him in as his personal follower!" another said with contempt.

"Inviting him to Fragrant Inn today really was a bad choice. We wasted so many spirit stones on a spineless coward!" someone else mocked, truly pained over the spirit stones. After all, the meal had cost quite a sum, yet they had gotten nothing useful out of Wei Qing.

"Let's go see what happened with Yao Hong. Someone actually dared to attack in our Wei Clan's Fragrant Inn—this is a provocation against our clan!" As they spoke, the group hurried toward the place where the crowd was gathering.

At that moment, Wei Wu had already followed several low-cultivation, panic-stricken escapees out of Fragrant Inn.

His heart was pounding violently—not from running, but from excitement.

Recently, he had frequently been in contact with members of the Wei Clan, making high-profile appearances at major venues throughout Ningxiu City and attending all kinds of banquets, all because he had received Wei Wu's instructions.

According to Wei Wu, one of [Akatsuki]'s core members should be coming to find him soon. But that also meant Wei Wu would be assigned a mission, so Wei Wu had chosen to enter seclusion, digesting the