Nice work?
Seeing that Su Zhe had misunderstood him, Zhu Liejun blinked, at a loss for words.
Su Zhe failed to notice the subtle shift in Zhu Liejun's expression and continued bluntly, "Commander Zhu, summon Zhao Feilian. I'm going to subdue the Flame Seed."
"Chief Su, after you left, there were some changes concerning the Flame Seed..."
Zhu Liejun's expression turned serious.
"Changes? What changes?" Su Zhe froze, a sense of foreboding rising within him.
Spreading his hands, Zhu Liejun deliberately said helplessly, "The Flame Seed... it took the initiative to form a bond with someone. This person is also an alchemist and is currently serving in our Vermilion Bird Guard."
"Don't tell me that person is Ning Jin?"
Su Zhe's eyes widened in shock.
How could a mere Human Realm cultivator possibly be proactively acknowledged as master by the Spirit Realm's Vermilion Bird Li Fire Flame Seed?
It made no sense at all!
"It is Ning Jin. The battle was extremely complicated at the time. If the Flame Seed hadn't proactively acknowledged Ning Jin as its master, it would most likely have been snatched away by the Red Flame Giant Python and those black-clad, conical-hatted men..."
Zhu Liejun deliberately made the situation sound exceptionally grave. In any case, Su Zhe had not been there.
Su Zhe rolled his eyes and said without the slightest politeness, "Commander Zhu, don't feed me this useless nonsense. The Flame Seed in the Vermilion Bird Ancient Shrine has always been collected by our Pill Pavilion. No Vermilion Bird Guard is qualified to obtain it!"
"Chief Su, you're right!"
Zhu Liejun nodded, looking utterly innocent. "Our Vermilion Bird Guard indeed did not take the initiative to obtain the Flame Seed, but we couldn't stop it from proactively forming a bond with Ning Jin..."
"Even if