Chapter 158: Sect Rules

Blood rushed straight to my head.

Among the three branches of the thieves' guild, each looked down upon the others. Big Beard Qin of the Mobei Sheep-Leading House had actually betrothed Qin Yingying to a cat-scum; he was truly a bizarre oddity among treasure hunters. It seemed almost certain that the jade pendant of the underworld guild had been stolen by Young Master Zhang San.

"Speaking frankly without beating around the bush! The disappearance of the Mobei Sheep-Leading House has nothing to do with me! Now that I have obtained news of Qin Yingying, I no longer need any..."

Driven by motives unknown, Mo Gong explained with a pleasant and amiable expression, though a glint of excitement flashed deep within his eyes. His few remarks gave Yun Yu a rough understanding of the rules governing the Platform of Life and Death.

"Shh, keep your mouth shut, Niuwa. Have you forgotten that the other day Uncle Daniu almost tanned your hide just because he heard you say that?" Yanling hurriedly covered Niuwa's mouth to prevent him from babbling further.

Luo Tian felt a trace of disappointment, but upon second thought, it was only natural. Even the Ninth Elder of the Dragon-Guarding Clan wore a deeply furrowed brow; how could it be cured so easily?

Before my voice had completely faded and before I could initiate an attack, a burst of sinister laughter echoed from the second floor of Yanyu's chamber, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

"Do we go in, or turn back?" Lu Jun asked the group. "Let's go in. There is no other way out anyway," Old Thief said after a brief hesitation. Yang Jian and Wang Tian nodded along as well; after all, there might still be the dragons they yearned for inside.

As for Lianqiao, who had just been quarreling with Zhong Rushui, seeing the rushing Zhong Mushuan and Zhong Shen, she knew she was in the wrong and wisely refrained from pressing the matter further, letting the issue fade away into nothingness.

"What do you need me to do?" Luo Tian and Lei Dao sat side by side on the roof of the backyard, chewing on a thin reed of grass. He shifted his gaze away from the vehicle convoy and looked casually at his "employer" beside him.

Deprived of the protection of the bronze rings, Black Impermanence had his left arm crippled and a fresh wound on his right; dealing with the glazed ice swords alone had already exhausted him to his limits. Never had he expected that Yan Zi would risk his very life to close in on him. The next moment, he felt a cool dampness at his throat, carrying the scent of the purest, natural air.

Looking at the chaotic battlefield within, it was basically a wild boar brutally slaughtering a mutated human, whose attacks completely failed to penetrate its defense. "Brother Yang, you couldn't possibly have been beaten into this state by a pig, could you? Bajie, how could you treat your senior fellow apprentice like this?" Ao Long exaggeratedly roared at the armored pig.

Du Yanhang nodded, though for a moment he could not think of anything shameful he might have done.

Du Yanhang slowly swallowed his saliva, looked at Nakatsu Shizue and Suou Lucia, who both wore expressions of utter astonishment, and roughly understood what was going on in his heart.

They said those who refused to stay eventually abandoned their elderly fathers and younger brothers to marry far away, never to return. The tragic fate of a beauty dying young might just be the punishment for breaking her vows.

Then came Jiang Youyao. Jiang Youyao flashed a smile before vaulting gracefully onto her horse. Because her beauty was so overwhelming and her smile so radiant, no one paid any attention to her mounting the horse. Yet the young gentlemen were entirely captivated, staring at her with wide, unblinking eyes.

No wonder the servants of the Duke's Mansion always said the most extravagant person was not Ji Heng, but the Old General. With such an unchivalrous grandfather, she truly wondered how he managed to get along with Ji Heng at all.

He didn't need to wait for Carrick to finish to know what he wanted to say. Carrick's suggestion was nothing more than pretending that the treasure was discovered by Hannah. Hannah already had two treasure-hunting experiences under her belt, so a third one would seem entirely logical. However, he didn't believe that would genuinely make the Pentagon and the FBI believe it was found by Hannah.

"You'll have to ask Ye Xuanli, the newly appointed military commander of Lingnan, about all this!" those people said with a smile.

Though they possessed almost identical handsome features, they knew deep down that they belonged to different worlds.

The yamen should not have held court session so early. Who would have known that some reckless fools would deliberately commit arson right inside the capital? How could the authorities in charge fail to notice? No matter what, this matter had to be handled properly to provide an explanation to the superiors above.