Lu Chen took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.
The two most troublesome links had now been settled.
"Next, it was time to have a proper talk with Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng."
He put away the divine statue without further delay and turned to head back to Wang Zhongmin's office.
Inside, several people were waiting anxiously.
The moment the door opened, several gazes locked onto Lu Chen in unison.
"How did it go, Little Lu?"
Seeing the three of them looking so tense they were about to break, Lu Chen smiled and nodded. "It's settled!"
"Holy shit!!!"
Wang Zhongmin leaped straight out of his chair in excitement.
Chen Tiansheng had exhausted too much mental energy, so his reaction was visibly half a beat slower. Even so, he clenched his fist hard, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.
Sun Yourong, standing beside them, looked at Lu Chen with a complicated expression.
Her shock was mixed with disbelief, along with a trace of embarrassment she couldn't hide.
After all, before coming here, she had confidently believed Lu Chen's trip would definitely come to nothing.
But what happened?
It hadn't even been half a day.
This S-rank mission, which had tormented the hundreds of thousands of Dragon-Tiger County residents and driven away over a thousand bounty Spirit Cultivators, was really about to be resolved by him?
"Does this guy's dictionary not even contain the word 'failure'?"
Thinking back on everything that had happened before, Sun Yourong's heart stirred, and she secretly sighed.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Chen, don't get excited just yet. Next, it's time for me to discuss the terms with you."
Lu Chen changed the subject.
Wang Zhongmin and Chen Tiansheng both grew solemn and gestured for him to sit. "Little Lu, sit down first. Take your time."
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