"What do we do now? Seems like all we can do is report this to our superiors."
Protector Xuan looked at Wu Ying as though he were looking at a complete moron.
He couldn't even seize credit that was already in his hands... How had he ended up working with someone like this? And how had this guy ever cultivated to a four-star Dou Zong?
He was nothing short of a biological miracle.
But, well... aside from Wu Ying's stupidity, the other thing that had surprised him during this operation was Sun Buxiao's attitude.
Sun Buxiao didn't seem particularly opposed to the Hall of Souls.
At least he had treated the three of them much better than that eight-star Dou Zong who had crawled out of god knew where.
And although his parting words had mocked them to some extent, they had also revealed something-Sun Buxiao was willing to make a deal.
He simply hadn't dealt with the three of them because they had too few resources and trump cards at their disposal.
But the question was, what did Sun Buxiao actually want?
...Xuan Chuang, at least, couldn't tell.
Sun Buxiao was no ordinary character. Absolutely not.
This was already beyond the ability of a few mere protectors like them to resolve. It would take an elder... or even one of those heavenly venerables.
"Let's report it."
Wu Ying had also faced reality. He sighed, feeling like a complete idiot for wasting so much time on this, only to end up having no choice but to report it anyway.
He had chosen the play with the lowest payoff and the most chat spam.
Still, at least... there was some fat left to skim.
"Brother Sun, has Xun'er... already left?"
That was the first thing Xiao Yan asked when he slowly