Huang Yi snorted, unwilling to waste words on this woman.
He leaned his curved saber against the rock wall, strode to the long table carved from stone deep inside the cave, and sat down, sweeping his gaze over everyone present.
Besides Ye Hanqian, four other people stood inside the cave.
All four kept their auras tightly restrained, but judging by the spacing of their positions and their bearing...
These four were Incense Masters of the Nine Evil Sect.
And Huang Yi's Divine Sense told him that all four were at least in the late True Astral Realm, with two at True Astral Realm completion.
Huang Yi had been here for three days. After spending time with these people, he felt nothing but disgust and impatience.
The stench of blood in the cave was overpowering. The lamps that burned without end used human fat, giving off a nauseating reek that made his head ache.
But he had no choice.
This cooperation had been arranged by an important figure in the Royal Court. He had no right to pick and choose.
"Is everyone here?" Huang Yi asked in Great Yu's official tongue, his Shaman Kingdom accent showing through.
Ye Hanqian sat down opposite him, crossed her legs, and idly rolled the blood-colored beads in her hand one by one as she answered.
"This is everyone. It's enough."
Huang Yi frowned and asked in displeasure, "Four Incense Masters, you in the Profound Connection Realm, and the six people I brought. Eleven altogether."
"Wu Ge is an expert in the Profound Connection Realm, very close to forming a Dharma Body. I might not be able to handle him head-on. If there are other experts too-"
"What are you afraid of?"
Ye Hanqian interrupted him, spinning the blood-colored beads around her fingertips. "Wu Ge is