"Stay!" Just then, the Star Plate flashed quietly again, revealing two small characters.
Han Yan’s heart steadied, and she dismissed the thought of giving up.
"Are you going to end yourselves, or shall we do it?" He Songhua said coldly to Han Yan and the others.
"What?" Huayue and the others were simultaneously startled.
"Seniors, we found the location of the treasure first. Even if you are stronger and want to rob us, do you still need to take our lives?" Che Xiang was inexperienced and more straightforward; Hearing this, he spoke out in anger.
"The Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that I, He Songhua, set my eyes on are not something mere ants like you are worthy of coveting. You dare to seek the treasure after hearing our conversation; clearly, you don’t take me, He Songhua, seriously. If you don’t die, then who should?" He Songhua said tyrannically.
Huayue and Zirong’s hearts sank. They had grown up in Heishi City and their life experiences were ultimately limited. They did not understand how cruel the world of cultivators could be.
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Of course, they also knew that He Songhua wanted to kill them to silence them. After all, possessing strange treasures brought with it the guilt of hoarding them—less knowledge of it meant less risk.
"Why bother talking nonsense with them? Just kill them and be done with it!" Zong Dingfang frowned and said impatiently.
"These are just a few little brats who don’t even have their full set of teeth yet. If I were to act, wouldn’t that lower my status? What face would I have to meet others if word got out?" He Songhua said, curling his lip.
"What are you implying, that the elderly Mr. Zong has to join you in this?" Zong Baofang saw that he was dawdling and trying to have his cake and eat it too, becoming even more impatient.
"Indeed, that is exactly what I mean," He Songhua nodded and said.
Han Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She had thought herself shameless enough, only to find there were those even more shameless. You already said we were ants that you can easily crush, yet you seem to feel that crushing us is beneath you and still want to find an accomplice. Being treated as an ant to this extent is quite an ’honor.’
Originally, Han Yan had no good feelings towards either man and couldn’t say which was worse, but seeing He Songhua’s behavior, it became clear who was the lesser of two evils. Even if Zong Dingfang wasn’t a good person, he was still far better than a hypocrite like He Songhua, who pretended to be honorable.
"Fine, fine, I’ll act. Let’s see, there are seven people in total. I’ll kill four, you’ll kill three. I’ll bear even more shame than you. Happy now?" Zong Dingfang grumbled, blowing his beard and glaring.
"Then I sincerely thank Mr. Zong for his troubles," He Fanghua said with a very gentlemanly smile.
With that, both men drew their longswords, ready to strike.
But at that moment, Fourth Miss Zhao suddenly leapt up and ran outside like a flying arrow.
Han Yan didn’t expect her to still be able to jump after being beaten into a pig’s head by Mu Nan. Since her attention was focused on Zong He and the other, she was too late to stop her. Mu Nan, standing nearest, reflexively grabbed at her.
"Hisss," Mu Nan grabbed the corner of Fourth Miss Zhao’s dress, and a light sound of fabric tearing was heard. The long skirt was ripped open from the back, creating a large tear.
Beneath the bright spring light, two dazzling white legs shone, and higher up, two snowy round protrusions were quite voluptuous. Though there was still some fabric covering them, they looked particularly plump and radiant. The torn skirt fluttering in the wind only added a touch of charm.
Indeed, another revealing escape!