As an evil cultivator, knowing how to read the situation was an essential ability.
Face was something only righteous cultivators fought over. What evil cultivators valued had always been tangible benefits.
If kowtowing could earn them resources, every evil cultivator present would drop down and start knocking their heads against the ground on the spot.
Chu Xingchen's cultivation was so absurdly beyond the level of this place that, however loud his voice or arrogant his tone, no one truly wanted to clash with this top-tier blood qi evil cultivator.
Better one less problem than one more. If he would not let them look, they would not look.
Chu Xingchen swept his gaze around. Now, not a single person in the underground square dared look his way. Even the Nascent Soul cultivator behind the counter silently stared at the desk before him.
"That's more like it." Chu Xingchen grinned, slowly walking toward the counter. "Sure enough, anyone who can stay here isn't some fresh meat just starting out. You understand what it means to respect your seniors."
As he spoke, Chu Xingchen took the Black Crow Command Token that the Profound Clarity Heavenly Sect had spared no effort to forge out of his sleeve-a fake more genuine than the real thing.
The blood power within it was deliberately triggered, and everyone sensed the blood qi from this token, unmistakably bearing the aura of the Evil Spirit Cult's style.
Chu Xingchen placed the Black Crow Command Token on the counter.
The Nascent Soul cultivator at the counter kept his head lowered, inwardly cursing his rotten luck today as he watched that Black Crow Command Token slide gently toward him.
With just one glance, the Nascent Soul cultivator behind the counter confirmed that the utterly genuine-looking Black Crow Command Token before him was