Fu Qingyang had been waiting for a reply. The ringtone played for a few seconds before the other side picked up immediately.
The first thing he said was:
"How did it go? Did Wuhen agree to help?"
Zhang Yuanqing glanced at Little Round as she turned and entered the elevator. Only after the doors closed did he say:
"I told Master Wuhen that the Songhai Branch wanted to deal with the Demon Eye Heavenly King. At first, he refused, so I told him Demon Eye had gone too far—he had already tracked down my school and nearly killed me.
"To my surprise, Master Wuhen immediately agreed."
Fu Qingyang was somewhat surprised. After a second of silence, he sighed. "I didn't expect Wuhen to value you so highly."
Had they been speaking face-to-face, Fu Qingyang, as a high-level scout, would have been able to tell that Yuanshi Tianzun was lying.
Zhang Yuanqing said, "Master Wuhen gave me a jade talisman. It's the medium for contacting him."
As he spoke, he gently rubbed the black jade in his hand. It was smooth, rounded, and cool to the touch.
This jade talisman was no different from the teleportation jade talisman from last time. Little Green Tea also had one, which she had yet to use.
However, the two jade talismans served different purposes. The promise Master Wuhen had made when he gave Little Green Tea hers was to save her life in a moment of crisis.
Figures of that caliber generally meant what they said. So Zhang Yuanqing had not tried to be clever by using Xie Lingxi's jade talisman to "trick" Master Wuhen into coming out.
If he did, the likely outcome would be that Master Wuhen took Xie Lingxi away, rather than intervening in the battle between Demon Eye and the