After sending the message with the Mother-Child Talisman, Old Dong casually handed it to Big Stone.
This was the first Mother-Child Talisman either of them had ever used. It simply was not a magical artifact ordinary cultivators earning a few hundred gold a month could afford.
Neither had imagined that with a Mother-Child Talisman, you either had no use for it, or once you started using it, you could get thoroughly sick of it.
Big Stone took the Mother-Child Talisman and was about to send the usual pleading words when glowing letters suddenly appeared on it. He was completely at a loss. He had nearly worn himself sick of using the talisman, yet this was his first time seeing what an incoming message looked like.
He stood there dazed, unable to grasp what was happening, but the Eastern Victory personnel beside him monitoring the messages instantly snapped to attention. The man snatched the Mother-Child Talisman from him, darted over to Young Master Nan, and handed it over. "Shi Chun replied."
At those words, everyone enduring the wait fell silent. In an instant, a pin could have been heard dropping, and all eyes turned toward him.
Lan Qiaoyan and her daughter, who had seats, slowly stood, as did Mulan Qingqing and the others.
After all this trouble, had they finally received a response?
While handing Young Master Nan the Mother-Child Talisman, the man turned and called to someone, "Go fetch the Envoy, quickly."
He meant Wei Mo. Wei Mo had other business to attend to and could not sit around waiting indefinitely. He was planning related matters in a nearby cave.
As he watched the words on the Mother-Child Talisman slowly fade, Young Master Nan's mouth hung open in a frozen, awkward grimace.
He truly had not expected that Shi Chun