Xiao Fan looked at the Storage Ring Zhu Yu offered him, a flicker of surprise crossing his face beneath his black robe.
But it lasted only an instant before Xiao Fan calmly put the Storage Ring away.
"Excellent. The Eighth Heavenly Venerate thinks very highly of you!"
At Xiao Fan's words, excitement flashed across Zhu Yu's face. He rubbed his hands together, looking at Xiao Fan and Mo Shang with a trace of gratitude.
"Thank you, sir. I will certainly follow the Eighth Heavenly Venerate's arrangements!"
"As for... the matter I previously asked the Eighth Heavenly Venerate about, regarding my entering the Heaven Hall to cultivate..."
Understanding dawned in Xiao Fan's and Mo Shang's minds when they heard Zhu Yu's words...
So Zhu Yu had approached the Eighth Heavenly Venerate because he wanted to cultivate in the Hall of Souls' Heaven Hall. No wonder he had acted that way upon seeing the two of them.
It seemed those two were also conducting a transaction that could not bear the light of day.
Zhu Yu had probably mistaken them for contacts sent by the Eighth Heavenly Venerate, which was why he had let them in so easily.
But regardless of how it had happened, Xiao Fan and Mo Shang were more than satisfied with the outcome.
"The Eighth Heavenly Venerate said..."
Xiao Fan spoke softly, his hoarse voice bringing a flicker of excitement to Zhu Yu's face.
His voice was so quiet, however, that Zhu Yu unconsciously leaned closer as he listened.
Yet the moment the completely unsuspecting Zhu Yu approached Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan subdued him.
With Xiao Fan's strength as an Eight-Star Dou Zun, coupled with soul cultivation far beyond the Dou Zun Realm, Zhu Yu could not stir even the slightest ripple beneath Xiao Fan's and Mo Shang's