"Ha ha!"
Just as the two sides were going back and forth, each trying to decline,
a hearty voice rang out from behind them, and a burly man with short black hair carrying a ringed executioner's saber slowly approached along the dirt road.
A Pyro Vision was prominently set into the saber's hilt.
A Vision bearer... Li Qiuzhi instinctively took a look with the Golden Eye of Conviction:
[Level: 47]
Seeing the label appear above the burly man's head, Li Qiuzhi was a little surprised. He had not expected the man's level to be so much higher than his own.
Of course, he had nothing to fear if they actually fought.
"Ah, Dad!" Zhao Bing hurried over in delighted surprise when he saw the newcomer.
"Bing, I heard everything. Falling for a swindler's tricks so easily-how embarrassing!"
The burly man rested a hand on Zhao Bing's head and said with a laugh.
"But he said he was a disciple of Rex Lapis, and he could use talismans without a Vision, so I believed him," Zhao Bing explained, looking a little embarrassed.
"All right, let's leave that aside for now!"
The square-faced man with short black hair walked up to Li Qiuzhi and the others and brought his hands together in a fist-and-palm salute with a smack.
"I am Zhao Kuo, master of the Five Blades Sect. Thank you all for helping my son!
"I'm not a man who leaves a kindness unpaid. If there's anything you need, just say the word. As long as the Five Blades Sect can do it, we'll make sure it gets done."
"You're too kind, too kind. We act heroically, uh... uphold justice, and do good without expecting a reward. You don't need to worry about it. If you still feel bad, just