Hiring him was fine.
But paying him to risk his life for the Imperial Court was out of the question.
As for the latter option...
To be honest...
Qin Shujian did not have much confidence in the Imperial Court, either.
If the Imperial Court fell, he might never even get the chance to collect his payment.
Working for nothing was something he had never been willing to do.
Wu Lang nodded. "No problem."
As he spoke, he handed a Storage Ring to Qin Shujian.
"Your payment is inside, Sect Master Qin. Feel free to check it."
"You came prepared, Brother Wu."
A smile tugged at Qin Shujian's lips, but his concern over the Imperial Court's situation only deepened.
So readily.
Everything had been agreed to far too readily.
Under these circumstances, the more readily they agreed, the more it proved that the Imperial Court truly faced a desperate situation.
Otherwise...
With the Imperial Court's power and prestige, it would never have done this.
Just as when he had killed the Evil Fiends last time, the process of sending reports back and forth alone had taken considerable time.
The fact that everything had now been streamlined spoke volumes.
He took the Storage Ring.
This time, Qin Shujian did not need to claim ownership with a drop of blood. A supreme force of Divine Sense descended upon it, easily erasing the Master Recognition Mark inside the storage ring before leaving his own Divine Sense brand.
In less than a breath...
The Storage Ring had changed hands.
This was something he could do only after breaking through to the Heavenly Human Realm.
Back when he had been at the divine martial peak...
He had still needed to use the old method of dripping blood to claim ownership of a Storage Ring.
His Divine