"Senior Shi Man, where is Young Master Chi Pei?" As he spoke, Song Wen made a show of looking around.
Shi Man's expression darkened. "Given Young Master Chi Pei's exalted status, why would he come in person over such a trifling matter? Where is the Heart-Corroding Chill? Hand it over!"
"Well..." Song Wen looked hesitant, as though Chi Pei's absence had made him quite unwilling.
"Hurry up and hand it over!" Shi Man urged.
Looking as though he dared not disobey, Song Wen took out a jade vial and offered it to Shi Man.
Shi Man accepted the vial and unsealed its restrictions to examine its contents. A smile immediately appeared on her face.
But in the next instant, her smile abruptly vanished, and her brows knitted slightly.
The vial undoubtedly contained Heart-Corroding Chill. However, there was very little of it-only a thumb-sized amount, roughly a dozen drops.
"Why is there so little?"
Song Wen said, "I bought it from a street stall in North City. This was all the vendor had. Even so, it cost me a full hundred superior spirit stones."
Shi Man nodded slightly, and the jade vial suddenly disappeared from her hand.
"I will present this to Young Master Chi Pei. If he bestows a reward, I will pass it on to you."
With that, she eagerly rose into the air and flew toward the Moon-Covering Hall.
Song Wen had thought Shi Man would claim all the credit and, at most, give him some spirit stones afterward. That would be the end of the matter.
For Song Wen, that would not have been a bad thing.
He would no longer have to worry about Chi Pei granting him permission to join the Moon-Covering Hall in a moment of delight.
Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, he