Li Chonglou’s eyes darted around, and he understood the intentions of the three. Before they could offer compliments to Old Tie, he spoke first.
“Who can take me back?”
His words, about to be spoken, were interrupted. Anyone would be unhappy. Meiniang rolled her eyes and said, “You still owe me blood crystals, and you have the nerve to ask us to take you out?”
Li Chonglou smiled and said, “You don’t need to worry about that. Once we exchange them back at the base, I can immediately repay whatever crystals I owe you.”
“You have blood crystals?”
Meiniang’s expression froze. She knew that she had always earned blood crystals by collecting interest. She had never seen a newcomer gather enough crystals within the first mission period.
If it was really that easy to earn, he wouldn’t have quoted such a low price!
So, Meiniang’s first reaction, besides being stunned, was deep suspicion.
Had this guy been lying to her all along?
Seeing her expression, Li Chonglou couldn’t help but look at Old Wang. “Why don’t you ask him? It’s only about ten blood crystals in total. Could I possibly owe you?”
Although Li Chonglou hadn’t touched the crystals, even if one remnant beast soul could only be exchanged for 0.1 blood crystals, with the amount he had slaughtered, let alone ten or so, hundreds would be more than enough, an easy feat!
Old Wang did not conceal anything. After a brief explanation, Meiniang’s eyes lit up.
“So, you’re rich, kid?”
“Low profile, low profile,” Li Chonglou said with a faint smile. “It’s enough to repay your blood crystals, that’s all that matters.”
Meanwhile, Xiong Da completely ignored the two and walked directly to Old Tie, bowing respectfully.
“What is this?”
Old Tie’s brows furrowed slightly. Xiong Da explained, “Lord Old Tie, my father used to work under you. You saved my father’s life. Although he passed away a century ago, he always remembered this kindness.”
Then Xiong Da revealed his father’s nickname. Old Tie recalled for a moment, and finally found a trace of memory, and couldn’t help but sigh, “So it was him.”
“Alas, I didn’t expect that kid to be gone too. Time truly waits for no one.”
He was clearly a young man who had followed behind him back then, and now he had become a celestial being. Old Tie couldn’t help but sigh.
On the contrary, Xiong Da, as the son, did not show much sadness. Instead, he smiled and said, “My father passed away peacefully. His only wish was that he hadn’t repaid the kindness of Lord Old Tie. This time, please give me an opportunity!”
After speaking, Xiong Da suddenly knelt down. This action startled everyone, especially Old Wang, who finally understood a bit of Old Tie’s temper.
This lord did not like kneeling!
Old Wang quickly walked over to help Xiong Da up, but the latter’s strength was already superior to his. At this moment, he was as still as a mountain.
Seeing this, Old Tie’s brows furrowed tightly, and he said with some displeasure, “Young man, what are you doing?”
Xiong Da said firmly, “Lord Old Tie, I don’t aspire to become your disciple, but I beg you to keep me by your side, so that I may fulfill my last filial duty to my deceased father!”
If you want to be filial, what does that have to do with me?
Old Tie almost blurted out these words, but as people reach a certain age, their faces become thinner. With other juniors present, Old Tie found it difficult to say these words.
After all, the longer one lives, the more they care about their reputation!
Seeing that Old Tie was starting to hesitate, Li Chonglou had no mood to mess with them.
He quietly pulled Meiniang to the side.
“How about it? You take me out first, and I’ll give you some additional reward.”
“Heh, do I look like that kind of person? We’re all from the same place, and you’re a newcomer. As long as you repay the blood crystals you owe me, taking you out will be considered a benefit!”
Meiniang spoke with magnanimity and breadth of vision. However, she knew that her image in Li Chonglou’s heart had long been fixed. No matter how realistically she acted this time, it wouldn’t sway him!
If she were truly that kind, she wouldn’t have tricked him out of his blood crystals when he knew nothing! This time, she definitely had some other intentions, and it certainly wouldn’t be anything good.
Seeing through Meiniang’s little thoughts at a glance, Li Chonglou did not expose her directly but nodded and said, “As long as you can take me out first, everything else is negotiable.”
“Alright, follow me!”
Upon hearing that there were blood crystals to be earned, Meiniang didn’t bother with Xiong Da and the others. They were earning their own money anyway. If it weren’t for the mission, they wouldn’t like to act together.
After all, apart from missions, there were conflicts in other aspects. With little meat and many wolves, everyone hoped to be the wolf that got to eat the meat.
Then Meiniang directly led Li Chonglou away, while Old Wang, Xiong Da, and Old Tie remained at the scene, lost in memories.
For Old Tie, this immersion was involuntary. However, Li Chonglou didn’t care about that. He only wanted to get out as soon as possible.
As one of the veterans, Meiniang naturally knew the routes. In just over ten minutes, she brought Li Chonglou back to Camp No. 3.
“Huh? Aren’t you the kid sent from above? You’re not dead yet?”
The entrance was the same exit where he and Xiong Da had gone out earlier. The guard at the gate recognized him at a glance.
Li Chonglou rolled his eyes slightly and said, “I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong to you, have I? Do you need to curse me like this?”
“Heh, little brother, you misunderstand me. I’m just a little surprised. However, the bosses are looking for you. Have you contacted them?”
“If I didn’t contact them, how would I have come back?”
Li Chonglou’s direct counter-question made the other person stop talking. After opening the door and entering, Meiniang whispered, “Why are you lying to the people in the camp? If they find out, it will be troublesome to come here again in the future.”
Li Chonglou said indifferently, “Take me to the place where blood crystals can be exchanged first.”
“I really don’t understand you, but it’s not me who is lying.”
Meiniang shrugged indifferently and then continued to lead the way.
What she didn’t know was that Li Chonglou wasn’t indifferent to building relationships with people in the camp. It was because he didn’t want to act in Camp No. 3 anymore.
There were three camps in the safe zone of the underground world. Li Chonglou had already made up his mind to only go to the other two camps in the future. He would avoid Camp No. 3 as much as possible!
After all, people here should all know that he went to track down top experts like Heizi. He was a bit embarrassed about this!
However, Li Chonglou never expected that an even more embarrassing situation was yet to come.
When Meiniang brought him to the place where remnant souls could be exchanged for blood crystals, the house next to the reward monument, he then realized that all his remnant souls had been completely digested by everyone in the bottle space!