Back when Chu Wu revealed his Ten Thousand Demons Skill, Old Lu had thought he was someone the Ten Thousand Demons Hall had planted in the Four Directions Trading Company. An expert like that at Chen Xiangrong's side should have been there to keep Chen Xiangrong under control.
But now, Old Lu realized he had been wrong, outrageously wrong.
Chen Xiangrong's strength was unfathomable. Old Lu had been unable to detect it at all. Of course, that was also one of the marvels of the Ten Thousand Demons Skill. Otherwise, he would have sensed at least something from an expert of Chen Xiangrong's strength.
Whatever the case, the Chen Xiangrong before him was no ordinary man. He himself should have been a member of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall. In other words, Chen Xiangrong was not a puppet under the Ten Thousand Demons Hall's control.
"Isn't that obvious?" Chen Xiangrong answered Old Lu's question.
Old Lu took a deep breath, calming himself a little before saying, "What impressive methods."
"Impressive methods?" Chen Xiangrong sighed softly. "How much blood and sweat has our Ten Thousand Demons Hall poured into acquiring the Four Directions Trading Company? Your Heavenly Sword Sect thought far too little of it. You thought a few years of planning would be enough to seize the Four Directions Trading Company? Do you know how great a price I paid for this?"
How could Old Lu know? But he noticed that something seemed a little wrong with Chen Xiangrong's expression.
"Don't look at me with such bewilderment," Chen Xiangrong said coldly. "If your foolish attack on the trading company hadn't indirectly done me an enormous favor, I wouldn't be in the mood to tell you any of this. Thanks to your actions, our many years of planning have finally reached