PS: My apologies, everyone. The author broke his promise—there won't be four updates today. I thought I'd be free today, but an urgent matter suddenly came up this afternoon and I was called away, delaying me for several hours. There will only be three updates today for now; I'll make it up next week. National Day drained all my saved chapters dry, and this baby is feeling a little panicked ←_←
Seeing someone suddenly barge in, Pang Chong and Li Jing instinctively wanted to call for help. But the moment they thought of the words "Dark Guard," they immediately shut their mouths.
Pang Chong eyed Du Xiao warily and asked, "You really are one of the Dark Guard?"
Du Xiao said nothing. He simply took out a Dark Guard token. This item had originally been forged by a master artificer of the Leftist Alliance. Aside from the Mo Sect and Tianji Valley, virtually no one in the world could counterfeit it—and those two factions did not have the nerve to forge Dark Guard tokens.
Du Xiao then stretched out a hand, and an incomparably dense surge of bloody baleful true qi erupted forth. This time, Pang Chong and Li Jing truly believed him.
The reason was simple. In the current Jianghu, aside from the Dark Guard, there was no one else who could so openly practice a demonic art like the Spirit-Shifting Blood-Exchange Technique.
Du Xiao closed the door and said blandly, "My people are all outside. You needn't worry about word of our conversation leaking out. I only want to ask you one thing. You regretted not following Lord Su into the Dark Guard before. Now the Dark Guard has a task for you. If you succeed, you will both become members of the Dark Guard. Are you