"Zhu Jianyi, what are you doing here?"
At the sudden sound of that voice, both Wang Ba and Zhu Jianyi froze.
But compared with Zhu Jianyi's panic, Wang Ba remained much calmer.
After all, he had faced even more perilous situations. He immediately sent Zhu Jianyi a voice transmission, telling him to play things by ear.
At the same time, he gave him a blunt warning.
"Don't do anything stupid."
With Wang Ba's reassurance and warning, Zhu Jianyi finally unclenched his fists after a fierce internal struggle.
He raised his head and went over, his face full of surprise and delight.
"Martial Uncle Gao, you're here too? Have you come to buy pills?"
The owner of the voice was a slightly plump old man. His gaze flickered slightly at those words before he gave a small nod. "Yes, I happened to run out of pills. Where's your master? Did he come too?"
"No, my master should still be in Jinhe City. He only recently came out of seclusion. Were you looking for him, Martial Uncle Gao?"
Zhu Jianyi answered in an orderly, composed manner.
After a few brief pleasantries, the slightly plump old man looked toward Wang Ba with a questioning expression. "And this is...?"
"A friend I met on my travels."
Zhu Jianyi hurriedly replied.
"Oh."
The slightly plump old man showed no intention of coming over to get acquainted. He merely smiled past Zhu Jianyi and nodded slightly to Wang Ba in greeting.
Wang Ba politely nodded back.
The two soon took their leave of the slightly plump old man and stepped onto the Teleportation Array.
He watched them disappear within the Teleportation Array.
The slightly plump old man's expression darkened slightly.
"Martial Uncle Gao? My surname isn't Gao."
"This Zhu Jianyi clearly knows me, yet deliberately called