The heavy atmosphere held for several breaths before Bai Du finally snorted coldly, swept his sleeve, and turned away.
"Fine, fine! This matter won't end so easily. Junior Brother Youxuan, you'd best watch yourself!"
With that, he turned into a streak of Dark-Purple Rainbow Light and tore through the air, vanishing into the depths of the clouds in an instant.
Chu Mo gazed in the direction he had gone, his eyes flickering. Bai Du seemed to have singled him out.
To swindle some Dharma Coins? Unlikely. Who would offend a cultivator of the same realm like this? To avenge his junior brother's death? Even less likely-that was less convincing than the first explanation. He set his thoughts aside for the moment and continued flying toward the Immortal Garden's Outer Peak.
The Immortal Garden's Outer Peak, Tidewatch Pavilion.
True Person Sushang was arranging tea utensils at a table. Hearing footsteps, she slowly raised her head, her smile blooming like a flower.
"You're here, Junior Brother Youxuan."
Chu Mo entered the pavilion and saluted. "How could I refuse a summons from Senior Sister Sushang? Might I ask what error there was in the merit assessment?"
Sushang gestured for him to sit, personally poured him a cup of fragrant tea, and said gently:
"Don't be impatient, Junior Brother. There was indeed an oversight in the previous merit assessment, and I've already ordered someone to review it. You should receive another thirty thousand Dharma Coins." At this, Chu Mo gave Sushang an inscrutable look. "Thirty thousand?"
Sushang smiled sweetly, her eyes shimmering.
"In the Cloudmist Realm, you single-handedly held off a Golden Core cultivator of the Heavenly Sect and killed them. How could that paltry sum of Dharma Coins possibly reward such merit?" She paused, then continued:
"It was an error in Gu Zhou's