Li Ziran had never seen the old man so anxious before. There was no need to say more—his rash move just now must have violated one of Six Flavors House's greatest taboos.
The thump-thump-thump of a limping gait echoed through the corridor. It took half a minute before the old man reached Li Ziran. He hurried to the door first, lightly knocked on the wooden door a few times, and muttered a string of strange words. As he spoke, beads of sweat actually appeared on his forehead.
He seemed extremely nervous, and his expression grew even uglier.
Li Ziran frowned slightly. This was truly the first time he had seen the other man in such a predicament. He could not see anything beyond the wooden door, yet he could vaguely sense that the Giant inside was opening its mouth wide to sneer at him.
It was as though the words of the two Giants in the room could decide the old man's fate.
Before long, the old man reached into his pocket and placed one dark Void Coin after another before the door. No other movement was needed. The instant the Void Coins touched the wooden door, they melted away.
One, two, three, four... In mere seconds, over a hundred Void Coins vanished into the wooden door.
Only then did Li Ziran finally understand what sort of trouble he had caused. This trouble had to be settled with Void Coins.
Even to him, that sum was no small fortune. As the Void Coins disappeared, the old man let out a breath, and his complexion gradually returned to normal. Only after quite a while did he look toward Li Ziran.
Li Ziran's heart skipped a beat. Was this old man going to mock him, or punish him somehow? Yet the old