The void rippled, and outside the Vermilion Bird Barracks, a brocade-robed man with an uneasy expression suddenly appeared.
The newcomer was none other than Liu Chengfeng.
He stood hesitantly at the entrance to the barracks, reached up to touch the Storage Ring on his chest, and a look of heart-wrenching anguish appeared on his face.
Ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid!
In a moment, he would have to hand them over to Ning Jin. The thought pained him beyond measure.
After all, if the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower bought them back, ten bottles of Azure Billow Spirit Liquid would be worth five million spirit jade.
Five million spirit jade—this was Liu Chengfeng's entire fortune!
Back in the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, that was all the spirit jade he had been able to produce to bid for the Void Crystal Marrow.
"Now, for the sake of the Liu Family, I can only lower myself and beg Ning Jin..."
Liu Chengfeng sighed, then stepped toward the barracks entrance.
His footsteps were heavy, every step seeming to land upon a blade's edge.
Arriving at the entrance, he took out a token.
The token was entirely silver-white, engraved with a lifelike white tiger. Above the tiger were two vigorous characters—Guard Envoy.
This token represented the White Tiger Guard Envoy, a position of incomparable prestige. Even Zhu Liejun, the highest-ranking officer of the Vermilion Bird Barracks, would have to respectfully salute Liu Chengfeng upon seeing him.
The White Tiger Guard and the Vermilion Bird Guard were of equal rank, but the status of a Guard Envoy stood far above that of a commander. That was an indisputable fact.
"Greetings, my lord!"
At the sight of the token, a Vermilion Bird Camp captain guarding the gate immediately straightened up and respectfully bowed to Liu Chengfeng,