"Hey! Brother Li, is it possible that Ma will fail?"

"Hahahaha! Okay, okay! Brother Ma, from now on you will be the great contributor to my Black Ghost Sect! After the mission is accomplished, I will definitely ask for your credit in person!"

The man surnamed Li stood up excitedly, patted Brother Ma on the shoulder and said.

The man surnamed Ma also hurriedly stood up and said to the man surnamed Li, "Brother Li, look, I've already done what I need to do. Can you consider giving me an initiation ceremony? After all, I've already done this. If I stay there for another day, I'll be in more danger. I want to come to your sect as soon as possible..."

Before the man surnamed Ma could finish his words, the man surnamed Li waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Ma! Don't be so anxious! Don't worry! We are the Black Ghost Sect, don't you still trust us? Our elders will protect you in secret. You must know that you are our VIP guest! I promise you, as soon as the matter is accomplished, I will immediately apply to the elders to hold a sect initiation ceremony for you, Brother Ma! By then, your status will be more noble than Li's. I hope Brother Ma will not look down on me and I hope Brother Ma can take good care of me!"

The man surnamed Li smiled and clasped his fists towards the man surnamed Ma.

But the man surnamed Ma was still a little hesitant and asked, "Do we really have to wait until this is over?"

The man surnamed Li waved his hand again, patted the man surnamed Ma, and said, "Brother Ma, come and sit down! Let me tell you something!"

The man surnamed Ma sat down, his face not looking relaxed.

The man surnamed Li calmly poured two cups of hot tea and handed one to the man surnamed Ma.

"That's right, Brother Ma. You should hurry up too. This matter is so important. Our sect has been planning this for a long time, from the initial plan to finding people and now all the means. It has taken us a lot of effort, and we can't afford any mistakes!"

"But...but didn't you say that as long as I do things well, you can immediately arrange for me to join the sect? Are you going to betray me now?" The man surnamed Ma asked with a frown.

"Brother Ma, who do you think I, Li, am?"

The man surnamed Li was stunned, then put down the teacup in his hand and asked seriously.

"How could there be any talk of deceiving others when I am doing things for the Black Ghost Sect? You should know that I am helping Elder Zhang. Even if you, Brother Ma, don't trust me, don't you trust Elder Zhang? Elder Zhang is the second elder of our Black Ghost Sect, a big shot who can stand on equal footing with the sect master. Don't you trust him?" said the man surnamed Li.

"It's not that I don't trust Brother Li, it's just that, alas! I feel my current situation is very dangerous. If they knew that I was secretly contacting you, they would definitely not let me go!" The man surnamed Ma explained hurriedly.

"Hahaha! Brother Ma, you're just worrying too much! This matter is known only to you and me, and only to heaven and earth. There's absolutely no way a third person would know about it, so you can rest assured! Once this is completed, within at most half a month, Elder Zhang of the Black Ghost Sect will personally come to welcome you into the Black Ghost Sect! What do you think?"

The man surnamed Li patted his chest and said with a promise.

"Ah? Haha, seriously?" the man surnamed Ma asked excitedly.

"Of course! My Black Ghost Sect still has some credibility! Of course, the prerequisite is that Brother Ma must be sincere in doing things for my Black Ghost Sect. After all, my Black Ghost Sect doesn't accept just anyone. If someone can't do things, then it's better to raise a dog. At least a dog can bark when it sees someone, right?"

The man surnamed Li picked up the teacup and drank it all, saying with a forced smile.

The man surnamed Ma was slightly stunned. He hurriedly stood up and knelt directly in front of the man surnamed Li. He said in panic, "Brother Li, I will definitely follow your lead from now on! I will definitely listen to you, and I hope you can take good care of me in the future!"

The man surnamed Ma was not a fool. After listening to what the man surnamed Li said, he understood what he meant. This was a case of giving a sweet date and a stick!

No matter who you work for, you can do it. Since you have already embarked on this path, you might as well just go ahead and do it!

"Hahaha! Brother Ma, what are you doing? Aren't you embarrassing me, Li?"

A hint of pride flashed across the eyes of the man surnamed Li, but then it disappeared. He looked at the man surnamed Ma with a smile on his face, helped him up, and said.

"Haha, Brother Li, I'm serious. I hope you won't despise me. From now on, I'll do whatever you say and I won't disobey you easily!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Ma! You're being rather rude! You and I will be brothers in the future. We're both working for Elder Zhang, so there's no distinction between high and low, right?"

Although he said this, the pride in the eyes of the man surnamed Li could not be concealed after being flattered by the man surnamed Ma.

"Damn it, what are these two talking about? Why is it so confusing? And who is this Brother Ma? It seems he's not from the Black Ghost Sect. He must be from some other faction, otherwise they wouldn't be talking like this."

Outside the window, Gu Yuan was looking at the scene in the room through the gap in the window, and he could hear the conversation between the two people in the room clearly.

"Okay, Brother Ma, why don't you stay here tonight? I'll find two beautiful maids to serve you and let you rest for a night. How about that?" The man surnamed Li said slowly.

"No, no! Thank you for your kindness, Brother Li. I still have to go back, otherwise, the people over there might suspect me!" The man surnamed Ma said hurriedly.

"Oh, that's right. If that's the case, we should go back early."

The man surnamed Li nodded. What he had just said was just a polite remark. A beautiful maid? It would be better to keep her for his own enjoyment.

"Are you leaving? Looks like I need to hide for a while."

Gu Yuan said to himself, and just as he was about to leave, suddenly, a "click" sound was heard from outside the door, and Gu Yuan's face changed drastically.

"who?"

Two voices were heard in the room one after another. The man surnamed Li and the man surnamed Ma ran out of the room in a hurry, staring at the source of the voices.

"Brother Li, who is it?"

The man surnamed Li looked at the dark night sky, frowned, and said, "That noise just now came from over there. It sounded like the sound of stones."

"The sound of stones? Could it be that someone broke in and wants to lure the tiger away from the mountain?" the man surnamed Ma asked hurriedly.

"Brother Ma, go in first and don't come out. I suspect someone has broken in here!" The man surnamed Li frowned and said cautiously.

"What?"

The man surnamed Ma hurriedly picked up the fan in his hand and covered his face with it. He then hurriedly said, "Li Xiong, I'll go in first. I can't let anyone see my face. If anyone breaks in, please, Brother Li, make sure to kill them right here!"