"Hey, wake up. Wake up. Even if you're playing dumb, you should fulfill the contract first." Huo Hai patted Mu Xian, who was standing there in a daze. Of course, Huo Hai could not possibly get close to Mu Xian, nor would the people around them allow it.
Yet Huo Hai had not gone over just now. Everyone had been dazed at the time anyway; Huo Hai had merely condensed a ball of spiritual power. But that very action made everyone even more terrified. Huo Hai's movements had not been fast, yet a ball of spiritual power had reached Mu Xian's side. If someone had tried to assassinate Mu Xian at that moment, would they not have succeeded with ease?
Once they came to their senses, everyone's expressions changed sharply. They hurriedly surrounded Mu Xian, then restrained the spiritual power Huo Hai had condensed. "What are you doing? Trying to launch a sneak attack on Young Master?" someone beside him demanded sternly.
The others immediately dispersed the ball of spiritual power Huo Hai had casually condensed. Huo Hai had not used much force to begin with, so naturally the ball was not particularly powerful. Mu Xian's expression shifted constantly as he finally regained his senses. He had not expected someone to get so close to him so easily. But at this moment, the people Mu Xian resented were the very ones protecting him.
They had supposedly come to protect him, yet someone had gotten so close to him so easily. Once he returned, he would definitely replace every last one of them. But right now, Mu Xian had no mind for anything else.
He had thoroughly lost this wager. Looking at the items Huo Hai had taken out, then at the half dragon claw he himself had produced, it looked