"Mm, not bad..."
Fang Qing put away the Myriad Thunder Palace Diagram and nodded in satisfaction.
Only then did Old Mu seem to come back to himself. He panted heavily, his forehead drenched in cold sweat.
He could not understand why he had spilled everything just now as though possessed.
Even if a Nascent Soul old monster came knocking and he ultimately could not avoid surrendering his lineage's foundations, he would certainly have fought to the death to preserve some room to maneuver and means of retaliation for his family, rather than confessing everything cleanly.
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Even against a soul search, his family had secret arts of its own. Though they could not ward it off entirely, they could ensure that whenever vital matters were involved, they would self-destruct their sea of consciousness and leave the other party empty-handed.
Yet now, he could only kneel on the ground, sweating as though drenched in syrup. Fortunately, Fang Qing was not the sort to eat everything clean and not leave even a scrap behind.
He said to Zhan Hongxiu beside him, "These two may be compensated somewhat."
"Yes." Zhan Hongxiu naturally had no objection. She took out an azure jade token and tossed it to the youth. "The two of you, grandfather and grandson, may join my Myriad Stars Alliance... Your cultivation is insufficient for elder positions, but third-rank guest elder posts are barely within reach."
"M-Myriad Stars Alliance?"
Mu Yuan caught the token and saw that it was a uniform shade of green jade. Its front bore the character "Token," while countless stars drifted across its back, forming a silver-white vortex that made one unconsciously want to lose oneself within it.
Old Mu beside him was more knowledgeable and cried out in alarm, "The Alliance Leader's Token?