"Big Brother, could you say something we can actually understand?"
Qilin and Phoenix did not understand so much professional terminology, such as "diplomacy." Mo Lin's words had left them utterly confused.
"Simply put, the people Dusk Sleep City sent weren't qualified enough. It seems the lord of Dusk Sleep City either doesn't care about this meeting convened by Spirit Hall, or he's afraid of exposing something during the meeting and doesn't dare send anyone of higher rank."
Mo Lin thought for a moment, then asked:
"When you were clearing out those Evil Soul Master hideouts, did you find or confiscate anything unusual?"
"Something unusual... Hmm, honestly, no. Everything that appeared in the Evil Soul Master hideouts was a 'necessity' to them. But now that I think about it, those 'necessities' did seem rather suspicious." Qilin seemed to have recalled something.
"What was suspicious about them?" Mo Lin asked, sounding both urgent and delighted.
Qilin continued:
"According to what you said, Big Brother, these Evil Soul Masters had been hiding for many years. Whether it was themselves or their hideouts, they should only have been using old things. Even if they had new items, there should have been very few of them.
"But thinking back now, in nearly every Evil Soul Master hideout, the cages they used to imprison ordinary humans were all eighty or ninety percent new.
"There were even at least five cages made of mystic iron for restraining low-level Soul Masters. Every single mystic iron cage weighed no less than two thousand jin, and their workmanship wasn't bad either. They didn't look like something acquired through shady channels at all."
"Just as I thought!" Excitement appeared in Mo Lin's eyes.
Earlier, when Mo Lin had used Double Full Hands on the captured Blood Jackal Douluo, he had not