The red oil in the firepot bubbled and churned, slices of meat cooking as they surfaced, then dipped in oil sauce before entering one's mouth.
"My lord, your subordinate is slow-witted; I do not understand why Lord Pang would show me such favor." Shen Hao did not believe Jiang Cheng had deliberately kept him behind just to make small talk—clearly Jiang Cheng had sensed something and was using this opportunity to give him a reminder.
"Whether it's considered favor depends on how you look at it. Do you know who those three people following you are?" Both of them were at the Primordial Pill Realm in cultivation; Jiang Cheng naturally could sense the three 'bodyguards' always at Shen Hao's side, and the array set up to conceal their intentions was most likely meant to guard against those three as well.
"They were sent by Lord Pang earlier to protect me."
"Protect?"
"Uh… I suspect they might also be keeping an eye on me."
