A Commoner's Path to Immortality
Chapter 559

Trouble Stirred Up

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After making arrangements for Guo Tianyu, Xu Qingtong sent Lan Xin Butterfly a voice transmission, asking her to notify Ximen Wanyan to come to Wei City as soon as possible.

In less than three days, Ximen Wanyan arrived in Wei City escorting a shipment of supplies, bringing several Garrison Camp newcomers who had never visited the city before.

"Boss, you wanted me?" Ximen Wanyan asked. "Is there something good?"

Xu Qingtong glanced at him, then said, "I've just refined a few Yuanrong Bolts. I wonder if you need any?"

Ximen Wanyan's eyes immediately lit up, and he hastily replied, "Yes, desperately!"

"How many do you need?"

"Ten! Oh, no, twenty!" As Ximen Wanyan spoke, he watched Xu Qingtong's reaction.

Seeing that Xu Qingtong remained as calm as drifting clouds after he said "twenty," Ximen Wanyan spoke again. "Boss, I've given it some serious thought. The Garrison Camp has so many people now, and we're busy with work. We need at least forty!"

Xu Qingtong waved a hand. "Spare me that useless chatter. Forty it is. You'll have them!"

As he spoke, he took out a Storage Bag and tossed it to Ximen Wanyan.

Ximen Wanyan caught it and swept it with his Divine Sense. Immediately, he felt as though he had swallowed a fly, an indescribable discomfort he could not voice. A mistake! If I'd known the Commander would agree so readily, I should have asked for fifty!

"Well, Boss, I've given it some more careful consideration, and I think..."

"Get lost!"

"All right!"

Looking dejected, Ximen Wanyan left the City Lord's Manor. After handing over the goods, he took his subordinates back to Juxian Academy.

Although Xu Qingtong had given him only forty Yuanrong Bolts, to Ximen Wanyan, these forty bolts had undoubtedly become his devastating weapons. Whether for

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