However, before she could recover from the sight of such bustling prosperity, an ill-timed voice shattered her thoughts.
A proud-looking young man in a black short combat outfit, with cultivation around the seventh level of the Martial Sect Realm, strode directly up to Gu Sheng, who had just emerged from the teleportation array, and blocked his path.
The young man looked Gu Sheng up and down, a provocative curve lifting at the corner of his mouth as he spoke stiffly.
"You're Gu Sheng? Senior Brother Xiao asked me to pass along a message—if you still want your useless father to live, then get yourself to Phoenix Town, three hundred miles outside the city, at noon tomorrow and die! If you're late, just wait to collect your father's corpse!"
The young man in black, wearing an arrogant expression and the ease of someone who had completed his task, stepped straight into the still-open teleportation array beside him. With a flash of light, he vanished from the underground city's array, clearly having been sent elsewhere.
Only after the young man had completely disappeared did Qi Diao Yaoyao, who had been restraining herself all this time, suddenly turn her head. A trace of savagery flashed through her golden eyes as she urgently said to Gu Sheng,
"Master! That bastard was so arrogant! He actually dared to threaten you with your father! Why didn't you let me keep him here just now? At the very least, we could have forced more information out of him!"
Gu Sheng frowned slightly, withdrawing his gaze from the teleportation array and fixing it on Qi Diao Yaoyao. His tone carried an unquestionable sternness.
"I have my own plans. Next time, you are not to act without my permission. And you must not casually reveal your Gu technique before