"Oh, show him in at once!"
Helian Mingchuan's eyes lit up when he heard Teng Zixiu's words.
It seemed the friend from the Free-and-Easy Sword School whom he had met on the road had arrived.
Seated beside him, Helian Zhaoyue looked equally expectant.
After all, her eldest brother had entrusted this man with finding the two Hidden Edge Tokens he had mentioned.
Sure enough, before long, footsteps sounded, and a young man walked in from outside.
The man wore plain clothes and held a longsword. His hair was simply tied back, yet he carried himself with an extraordinary air.
His steady strides, in particular, made it clear that he was no weakling.
"Hehe, Brother Wei, please sit!"
Upon seeing the newcomer, Helian Mingchuan rose with a smile to welcome him.
"You're too kind, Your Highness!"
Wei Xun nodded with a smile. After taking a seat nearby, he seemed to remember something and reached into his robe.
Then Wei Xun took out two ancient-looking tokens and held them out before Helian Mingchuan. "These are the Hidden Edge Tokens you wanted, Your Highness!"
Helian Mingchuan glanced at them, and his smile deepened.
Helian Zhaoyue studied the two Hidden Edge Tokens carefully and confirmed that they were genuine!
"Your Highness, I went to a great deal of trouble to obtain these two Hidden Edge Tokens!"
Wei Xun did not release them immediately. Instead, he looked at Helian Mingchuan and continued, "Heh, besides, the grievances between our Great Hua and your Northern Yu run deep!"
"I'm taking quite a risk by giving you these two Hidden Edge Tokens!"
"Rest assured, Brother Wei!"
Upon hearing this, Helian Mingchuan immediately smiled and said, "I will never let any outsiders learn of this!"
As he spoke, Helian Mingchuan reached out to take the Hidden Edge Tokens and