Suppressing his joy at breaking through to the Fourth Realm, Chen Hao opened WeChat and checked his wallet. He found that 110,000 points of Daoist Merit had vanished, leaving him with only a little loose change.
"Wait, weren't you supposed to deduct 100,000 points of Daoist Merit? Why did you take 110,000?" Sensing something was wrong, Chen Hao immediately sought out the Jade Emperor to argue his case.
Instead, he received this reply: "Little brother, even money transfers come with a processing fee!"
"What the hell!" Chen Hao was utterly defeated by the Jade Emperor's shamelessness.
Before he could close his phone, someone knocked on the door.
The Ghost Gate members had assembled early that morning and followed Gui Jianchou and Yin Buzhou straight to the Ancient Dragon's main hall.
As soon as their group entered, Gui Jianchou saw that all the Ancient Dragon's senior leaders were already present, as though they had known his group would come.
Long Aotian was in an excellent mood that day. He waved to Gui Jianchou and the others with a smile. "Come, come. Sect Leaders, please take a seat."
Gui Jianchou and Yin Buzhou exchanged a glance before leading everyone to their seats.
When they saw the masked Chen Hao again, a flicker of surprise slipped into their eyes.
Once they were seated, Long Aotian smiled. "Our accommodations here are rather modest. Did you two Sect Leaders sleep well last night?"
Gui Jianchou laughed heartily. "You're too modest, Patriarch Long. This is a blessed place. Our Windmoon Mountain hardly compares."
"As long as you were comfortable. Don't go saying we were poor hosts, haha..."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Long Aotian finally asked, "Sect Leaders, what brings you here so early, before you've even had breakfast?"
Gui Jianchou smiled. "Nothing particularly special. We