Chapter 421: Speculation
"Mm—this roast chicken is utterly exquisite. This old man has cultivated bitterly in the mountains, and this is the one bite I've been longing for—"
Inside the merchant guild, Dark Candle Adept ate until his mouth gleamed with grease, shouting in delight.
A smile played on Xu Hei's lips as he poured wine beside him. "It's rare for old friends to reunite. Fellow Daoist, you must stay a few more days. This old man will have all the finest cooks nearby brought here, with fat chickens prepared differently every day—"
Dark Candle Adept's eyes lit up, but then he shook his head. "This old man still has important business—"
He wiped his glossy, grease-shining beard. "This time, I came to see Fellow Daoist because I wished to discuss a great matter together—do you know under whose command this old man now serves?"
"Could it be—"
Xu Hei put on an astonished expression.
"Indeed. It is the Demon King Yingzhu of the Gale Tribe! It is now a late Purple Mansion great demon, favored by Her Ladyship as well. Perhaps one day it may seek gold and attain the Dao, becoming another Great Sage of our Demon Race."
Dark Candle Adept said, "Now that Great True Person Houxuan has fallen in Profound Void Heaven, Cloud-Touching Cliff is truly empty—our Gale Tribe has a once-in-a-thousand-years chance to head south and make a killing. Not only does Grand Yellow Heaven restrain them for us, but if your White Bone Way moves as well, then heaven and earth will truly turn upside down—"
That Kitchen Lord of Grand Yellow Heaven had received Demon Race assistance when it was revived.
Now that the two sides had joined hands again, Fang Qing was not surprised in the slightest.
Yet Xu Hei wore a