Zhu Fanjiang and the other two looked at Huo Lian, their brows furrowing slightly.
With Huo Lian here, they could more or less guess a few things.
They had been somewhat surprised that Huo Lian had barely attacked them back then.
Only now did they realize that Leng Guhan and Zhu Fancheng had reached some sort of agreement with Huo Lian beforehand.
Although they were not entirely clear on exactly what that agreement was, it plainly concerned the three of them-or rather, the treasures of the Three Great Families.
"I'd like to talk things over with them first," Zhu Fancheng said.
"Very well, but don't keep me waiting too long. My patience has its limits," Huo Lian said coolly.
Zhu Fancheng nodded, then walked aside with Zhu Fanjiang and the other two and set up a Soundproof Formation around them.
Huo Lian paid no further attention to the four of them. His purpose was simple: he needed the Three Great Families' Heavenly Evil Imperishable Art.
He cared little for the other treasures, even the Supreme Evil Pillar.
At that moment, Huo Lian could not help glancing at Jiang Liuli nearby, and at her belly in particular.
Huang Xiao's? Huo Lian recalled how Huang Xiao had begged him to save the two women. Clearly, the child Jiang Liuli carried was Huang Xiao's.
At that thought, Huo Lian's first impulse was to kill Jiang Liuli.
He had sent Wang Jiu and the others in to kill the two women back then precisely to reduce the number of people who could be used to threaten Huang Xiao.
He had not expected the two women to still be alive. Wang Jiu and the other two were truly useless; they could not even handle such a small matter.
For now, however, he set aside the