Meanwhile, Chun Xiaobai stroked his chin as he watched the imposing Bai Jin'er, muttering inwardly.
Hiss... why does this woman seem more like the Great King than I do?
Bai Jin'er noticed Chun Xiaobai sizing her up. A little embarrassed, she nevertheless raised her snowy-white neck defiantly.
I can't let the Great King look down on me now!
My talent can't match Qin Ruoxue's, and my looks seem only slightly better, but when it comes to brains, I absolutely can't lose!
I have to make him see me in a new light!
Fang Yuan and Xiao Zhang turned into two streaks of light, each carrying an Image Recording Stone, the light of their Swift Travel Talismans flashing incessantly. In less than an hour,
they delivered Chun Xiaobai's meticulously directed production into the hands of both factions.
Yes, this time they hadn't used outsiders to deliver it. At a time like this, they had to be all the more careful.
If anyone reported them, they would all be rounded up in one fell swoop.
When the elders on both sides saw the three masked men in black in the Image Recording Stones and heard them demand a mountain of "ransom,"
then witnessed the flesh-and-blood-splattered scene of the "hostages being killed," they nearly spat blood on the spot in their fury.
"Outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
"They actually dared to open their lion's maw and demand that much!"
Aboard the Flying Boats, the elders of both the Righteous Alliance and Heavenly Baleful Valley were livid, their clenched fists creaking.
On the Righteous Alliance's side, an elder soon spotted something suspicious.
"Wait! Why were they wearing masks?"
"What a stupid question! Were they supposed to let you see their faces?" another elder immediately retorted irritably.
"That isn't what I meant!" the first elder hurriedly