"You don't need to worry about that. We know we're only pawns you're using to divert attention. We don't care, but you have to pay the spirit stones first, or we're afraid we won't have a chance to enjoy them..."
The Spirit Sense cultivator called himself Mountain Daoist. His gaze did not waver; clearly, he was already prepared for what lay ahead.
There was little time to consider it, and in truth, he had no other choice. Five hundred high-grade spirit stones per person, a thousand in total, was a huge sum even for him. He did not even know whether the Minister of Justice Prefecture would reimburse him.
But for two late-stage Heavenly Connection cultivators, it did not seem expensive?
It was their first meeting, and they did not talk much. Really, what was there to talk about? In a few days, they might be separated by life and death. This was a transaction, nothing more. If they thought it worthwhile, they did it; if not, they did not. It was that simple.
After leaving the courtyard, Hou Niao once again carefully checked for anyone suspicious following him. Unfortunately, he found nothing.
Making contact with Jianye's Underground Faction was the only way he could secure any help for himself. It was also a way for him to test the Qi Sect's Six-Eared Hall. If the Underground Faction dared not offend the Wu Sect, he might discover something through his dealings with them. Better than doing nothing?
Being discovered was nothing to fear, because he had done nothing. Even if the Qi Sect found him, they could not convict him on that basis, much less do anything to him. There were plenty of other outside cultivators like him in the Qi Sect's territory, and not all of them had come