Confession

Early in the morning, Feng Xu and the others hurried along the road.

"Dashan, why don't you take the grain back first? Iron Pillar and I will clear out the Baleful Qi along the way."

They had been out for a month. Spring plowing should already have begun in the Central Wilderness, so they needed to deliver the grain as quickly as possible.

"Alright. Then be careful."

"You're the one who needs to be careful. You're carrying the grain. If anything happens, the Central Wilderness will have no food for a while."

"Don't worry. I'll just take a different route. The Great Wilderness is so vast that if you don't know someone's route, it won't be easy to intercept them."

A-Fei waved a hand and laughed.

Dashan and the other two sped up, while Feng Xu and Iron Pillar wandered through the mountains.

The ferocious beasts in the Eastern Wilderness were relatively weak. Even after being corroded by Baleful Qi, the strongest among them were only at the Early Heavenly Immortal stage.

Neither Iron Pillar nor Feng Xu feared Baleful Qi. Dealing with these creatures that had lost their reason was effortless for them.

"Iron Pillar, you actually knew all along, didn't you?"

Feng Xu swiftly returned to his true form and watched Iron Pillar absorb Baleful Qi into his body.

"Knew what?"

"That I was the poor sucker."

Feng Xu spoke bitterly.

The other man knew everything about his Merit Mall, yet he knew nothing at all about Iron Pillar's cheat ability.

"Oh, that? You weren't exactly cheated. Didn't I give you a mall?"

Iron Pillar chuckled.

"Did you give me the mall because you didn't know how to farm Merit?"

"That was part of it. Mainly, the System Advisor needed to delegate some authority, so I had it