Another Encounter with Wen Ling'er [Monthly Votes Requested]

"Oh?"

The young man seemed faintly amused by his words, but seeing Ji Yuan so alarmed, he still cautioned him:

"There's no need to panic. If I wanted you dead, you'd have died a thousand times over by now."

Harsh as that sounded, it was true.

If a Nascent Soul True Lord wanted to ambush and assassinate him, Ji Yuan probably wouldn't even have time to use the Fixed-Point Teleportation Token, let alone react.

At that thought, Ji Yuan said earnestly, "Senior, I haven't deceived you. I truly want to join the Shang Court."

When roaming the world, one could never have too many skills.

The same went for identities.

By now, he had an Orthodox Dao identity and, more or less, a Demonic Dao one too.

And from what Hua Yaoyue had said, this Orthodox-Demonic War had most likely been stirred up by the Shang Court as an internal conflict. In that case, having a Shang Court identity as well would be useful. How did that saying go?

If you couldn't beat them, join them.

"What happened to the man who ruined our Shang Court's plans for the Spirit Vein?"

The young man regarded Ji Yuan with a half smile, apparently unangered by it.

"Well..."

Ji Yuan mustered his courage and stood, saying with some embarrassment:

"Junior truly didn't know at the time that the Spirit Vein was part of our Shang Court's plans. I thought those sons of bitches from Medicine King Valley were stealing it, so I reported it to my sect."

"If I'd known it was our Shang Court's plan, I would've done everything I could to cover it up!"

"'Our Shang Court,' is it? Tsk. You really do know exactly what to say."

The young man paced before Ji Yuan with his hands behind his