[Nine Li Valley, the reception hall]
[True Lord Beiheng sat upright in the seat of honor.]
[A female True Lord sat below him, dressed in a white-and-blue enchanted gown. Her long hair flowed freely, and her face was coldly beautiful.]
[Countless rings seemed to lie deep within her eyes. She was True Lord Qianhuan of the Infinite Hall.]
[As you entered the hall, True Lord Beiheng immediately spoke. "Fellow Daoist Qianhuan, I cannot decide the matter you mentioned. Fellow Daoist Azure Origin must agree first."]
[You looked at True Lord Qianhuan, already knowing exactly why this True Lord of the Infinite Hall had come.]
["Your strength is extraordinary, Fellow Daoist Azure Origin. You actually managed to subdue a fourth-tier corpse puppet..."]
[True Lord Qianhuan sat elegantly, her white-and-blue enchanted gown trailing on the floor, her tone gentle.]
["You overestimate me, Fellow Daoist Qianhuan. I only managed to subdue that fourth-tier corpse puppet through sheer luck after using secret arts and forbidden techniques..."]
[You offered a polite reply, with no intention of revealing your true strength.]
["Even if you used secret arts and forbidden techniques, that still counts as strength."]
[True Lord Qianhuan smiled, then changed the subject. "However, that fourth-tier corpse puppet was painstakingly refined by True Lord Yinxiao. Would you be willing to return it, Fellow Daoist Azure Origin? Rest assured, you would not be returning it for nothing. True Lord Yinxiao is willing to pay a price in exchange..."]
["An exchange?"]
[You looked at True Lord Qianhuan.]
[Clearly, True Lord Yinxiao could not bear to part with that fourth-tier corpse puppet. He also knew that, given his relationship with Nine Li Valley, coming in person to demand its return was essentially impossible.]
[That was why he had gone to such lengths to persuade the Infinite Hall to send