"What?!"
"King Peerless is a member of Spirit Hall too?"
"Tai Tan, are you sure?"
Lou Gao frowned, still unwilling to believe that Qi Dao belonged to Spirit Hall.
"Of course!"
Tai Tan's tone was utterly firm.
Lou Gao could not help beginning to suspect it himself.
Although he had an excellent impression of Qi Dao, he was still more inclined to trust his many years of friendship with Tai Tan.
Besides, he recalled something that had happened when Qi Dao last came to Gengxin City to purchase rare metals.
At the time, a mysterious powerhouse had carried out a sweeping purge of Gengxin City's Spirit Hall, killing more than half its senior members.
Initially, they had suspected an enemy of Spirit Hall, or perhaps some righteous individual who could no longer stomach the tyranny of Gengxin City's Spirit Hall.
But now, after hearing Tai Tan's words, he became increasingly convinced that Qi Dao had been the one who purged Gengxin City's Spirit Hall.
As for why Qi Dao would purge its senior members despite also belonging to Spirit Hall, that was not difficult to guess.
Perhaps he, too, could not stand watching Gengxin City's Spirit Hall tarnish the organization's reputation, and had personally stepped in to clean house.
Once he worked it out, Lou Gao could not help remarking, "Even if King Peerless really does belong to Spirit Hall, he's different from those others who throw their weight around and bully people."
Lou Gao said this not only because Qi Dao had cleaned house, but also because Qi Dao had purchased all the rare metals in the Blacksmith Association's inventory, greatly relieving its financial pressure.
Of course, with tensions now running high between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, he probably could not continue the deal