Hou Niao, oblivious to others, strode forward, seized Lu Shilun by the neck as if he was picking up a small chick!
After walking through the screen, he left a voice behind, "Bai's Instruments are reserved by me! If you want it, trade your life for it! Win, and it's all yours, lose, and I will annihilate your entire clan!"
No sooner had he left than Bai Qingqian hurriedly followed, leaving behind a group of hosts and merchants staring at each other in bewilderment. After a long while, an old Taoist with white hair sighed to the sky,
"The demonic power overshadows the heavens..."
...Hou Niao sped away without stopping, covering tens of miles in a blink; he could not afford to delay. Before the murder case escalated, he needed to set the narrative, for while he could disdain those commercial magnates in terms of combat, he could not afford to overlook them when it came to networking.
The only institute for setting the narrative was Lihai Jiedu Mansion, his current destination.