Uninvited Guest

Sea vessels were divided into four ranks: heaven, earth, mystic, and yellow.

Most of the sea vessels in the shop were yellow-rank, with only a small number being mystic-rank.

Sea vessels of the heaven and earth ranks had to be custom-made. Because of the time constraint, Gu Xi did not have the means to build Liu Qingli a heaven-rank sea vessel.

After all, neither the construction time nor the materials required for a sea vessel of that rank could be prepared before Divine Prison Mountain opened. Thus, after discussing it, Gu Xi decided to make Liu Qingli an earth-rank sea vessel herself.

Just as Gu Xi summoned a steward and instructed him to assign some manpower to begin work on the sea vessel, several powerful auras suddenly erupted from outside the hall.

The moment she sensed who had come, Gu Xi's face reddened, and a trace of coldness entered her eyes.

Soon, waves of commotion sounded outside. Led by a fat man in black robes, a group barged straight into the hall.

Bai Yu looked ahead. There were twelve people in total, led by that fat man in black. He had a slick, powdered face, and though he wore a smile, it carried an icy chill.

"Who are these people?"

Noticing the coldness in Gu Xi's eyes, Liu Qingli frowned.

"Just a pack of clingy leeches."

"Hehe, wife, since guests have arrived, why didn't you notify your husband?"

"You nearly made people think we had forgotten our manners."

Jiang Deng smiled as he looked at the two of them. His gaze lingered on Liu Qingli for quite some time before he finally spoke.

"If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll cut out your tongue."

Gu Xi cast him a flat glance, her beautiful eyes brimming with disgust.

"Hehe, what nonsense? Isn't