Raphael drank as he taught Bai Feike how to coax information out of other Blood Sect disciples.
He also promised that if Bai Feike brought other Blood Sect disciples to him for help and they struck a deal, he would give Bai Feike a cut.
After all, every advancement required a potion formula, and afterward, they needed the potion's name to act accordingly.
Raphael paid part of that cut in advance, telling Bai Feike that he could keep pondering the word "arson," and his condition would certainly improve.
Bai Feike was only a Sequence 7. As long as he worked hard at acting, it would be relatively easy for his condition to improve again. Unlike him, Demon Lord Xuanyin was already a Sequence 2; merely maintaining his existing condition was good enough.
Next came the question of how to stay in touch. Fortunately, the cultivators' world also had newspapers, so they could communicate through them once they devised a set of codes.
Bai Feike's companions moved slowly. Raphael had drunk enough to feel a little tipsy by the time someone kicked open the private room's door.
What followed played out much as Raphael had expected. All of them looked fierce as they demanded to know whether Bai Feike had started the fire earlier.
Bai Feike's acting was fairly convincing. Instead of denying it immediately, he looked bewildered.
Then Raphael stood and cupped his hands. "I am Zhou Fei of the Dark Hut."
Raphael's Beyonder powers in the cultivators' world came from the True Lord's Jade Body, making him a genuine Qi Sect disciple.
Although the Dark Hut's reputation was nowhere near that of the established orthodox sects, it all depended on how he played his part. Raphael looked utterly righteous at that moment, which made him one of the good