He wore a crimson robe, as though it had been dyed red with fresh blood.
He walked with his head held high and chest thrust out.
Yet he was not the main figure, for beside him, the woman who was the Blazing Fire Chief Envoy walked at the very front.
The others merely accompanied her.
"Patriarch Huo, since they are looking for you, go handle it," the woman said flatly.
Huo Tianxiong nodded slightly.
He then stepped forward and looked at the Purple Cloud Sage. "May I ask who you are?"
"What, do I need to be investigated just to go to the Blazing Fire Domain? I'm merely an ordinary person," the Purple Cloud Sage replied.
"Though the passage between the two realms is shared, it is in utter chaos.
"Spatial turbulence often appears there as well, making it easy for lives to be lost."
Huo Tianxiong said, "Our Heavenly Fire Family expended tremendous effort to repair this passage.
"You may enter, but you must pay the cost of maintaining the passage.
"I don't think that condition is excessive, do you?"
"Fine. Make me a list of what payment is required.
"I'll bring it all tomorrow morning," the Purple Cloud Sage said with a nod.
At his level of cultivation, unless it was a divine treasure tied to the Great Dao, ordinary resources were useless to him even if given to him. That was why he agreed so readily.
Someone from the Heavenly Fire Family immediately brought over a list and handed it to the Purple Cloud Sage.
The Purple Cloud Sage glanced over it. The items on the list were reasonable and not excessive.
Thus, he agreed and prepared to return to the inn to report back to Xu Zimo.
As he watched the Purple Cloud Sage's departing figure,