Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 143 Burned

Sure enough, there was a hidden compartment! Guan Xun immediately slipped inside.

The spacious area was divided in two. The left side was filled with neatly arranged wooden shelves piled with scrolls and bottles and jars, while the right side contained dozens of huge treasure chests, each as wide as three people standing side by side with their arms outstretched.

Could it be gold and silver jewelry again?

Guan Xun opened it with suspicion, and the black stones stuffed full of it immediately came into view.

She frowned; so these boxes were all filled with obsidian?

Using a hidden compartment to store it is not enough; it also needs to be put into a box. Isn't this... taking it too seriously?

She reached out and casually picked up a piece to examine it closely. It felt rough to the touch, just like an ordinary stone, and even less smooth. However, although it was also obsidian, it was completely different from the one she wore on her wrist.

Are all these obsidian stones meant to be offered as tribute? Aside from being thrown into the furnace to forge magical artifacts, Guan Xun really couldn't see anything special about them.

Her eyes were dark and sinister, and dark flames erupted from her palm, burning the stone to ashes and destroying the trace of spiritual energy it contained.

"Master, there are so many potions here, and a few beast cores too!" Chi Rong suddenly shouted excitedly from the other side.

Guan Xun then sprinkled the black powder from his palm and turned away.

Although there were many scrolls on display, only a few were of high quality. After putting them away, she turned her head to look at the bottles and jars next to her.

He swept the medicine pills away without even touching them.

Suddenly, she paused slightly: "Animal taming powder?"

Chi Rong also came over, chewing away non-stop, having eaten all the beast cores.

It sniffed and immediately raised its tail: "Master, this is what they scattered!"

Guan Xun opened it with great interest and sniffed it. It seemed that unlike the beast-repelling powder, this thing could also work on divine beasts? Then he couldn't miss it.

After thoroughly searching the place, the man and the snake left, satisfied.

The lonely crescent moon, half-hidden in thin clouds, inevitably appeared somewhat desolate.

Guan Xun stood at the highest point of the roof, looking at the courtyard in chaos due to the theft of the treasure room, his eyes filled with indifference.

She raised her hand slightly forward, and the crimson liquid quickly wrapped around it. A sneer appeared on her lips: "Burn it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a burst of crimson fire suddenly erupted from the courtyard below and quickly spread to the side of the corridor. Within a few breaths, the fire had engulfed half of the branch hall.

Guan Xun leaped off the street, leaving the flames behind him, pulled his black robe tighter, and left quickly without looking back.

……

It was late at night, and the streets were almost deserted; the houses along the street had all turned off their stoves and were closed for the night.

Guan Xun stopped in front of a notice board, about to tear down the wanted poster, when she suddenly heard the sound of careful footsteps.

Is anyone still here at this hour?

She paused, glancing sideways.

A man dressed in coarse linen clothes was seen sneaking towards them.

Some familiar faces startled Guan Xun slightly, and she quickly hid behind the notice board.

The man looked around suspiciously, and after confirming that no one was around, he tore down the entire stack of wanted posters from the monument and left without pausing.

This action left Guan Xun completely bewildered. Even if he couldn't resist the temptation of the reward and accepted the mission, there was no need to be so sneaky.

After tearing down the wanted posters on several similar bulletin boards, the man quickly slipped into a hidden alley and then... set them on fire.

Seeing the figure sneaking out onto the street again, Guan Xun looked away and couldn't help but chuckle to himself.

"Master, isn't this the mercenary you took in a while ago?" Chi Rong tilted his head, his tone somewhat confused. "He's actually helping to burn the bounty posters."

Tie He... She left without saying goodbye last night, I didn't expect the other party still had this intention.

"It seems I don't need to worry about the bounty on Moxi City." Guan Xun said, glancing up at the sky before fluttering her skirt and sitting down on the roof.

Unfold the map and search for the location of Yong'an Ancient Town that Lin Miao had mentioned earlier.

“Yongan Ancient Town…” she murmured. The nearby Fenhuang Manor should be located in the northwest of Moxi City.

I swiped my finger across the map and suddenly paused—I found it.

Ok?

Guan Xun frowned more and more as he looked at the map. Was it a problem with the map's depiction? Why was Yong'an Ancient Town pieced together in fragments, appearing discontinuously?

It seems we still need to buy a detailed map of the ancient town. She sighed and patted Chi Rong's head: "Let's go."

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Central Tanzania Holy City, Temple of Holy Light.

A woman dressed in a purple dress with gold trim sat on a throne perched on a high white marble base.

She held a black obsidian stone aloft, examining it closely in the light of the hall's lamps.

A golden hairpin swayed behind her head, and layers of gauze sleeves slid down to her elbows with her movements, revealing her jade-like skin.

The pale-faced young man serving nearby immediately stepped forward and pulled up her gauze sleeve, while the man on the other side put fruit to her mouth.

The woman chuckled, opened her mouth and took the fruit and his hand into her mouth at the same time, slowly turning her eyes, full of provocation.

"Lord Chancellor, the quality of this batch of obsidian..."

A hoarse male voice broke the ambiguous atmosphere, and the woman then handed the obsidian in her hand to the servant, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes: "Not bad."

The slightly seductive voice made the man sitting in the hall shudder, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you paid for all three months?" the woman asked casually.

After a slight hesitation, the man told the truth: "No, the ones from Moxi City haven't been delivered yet. It's strange, they're usually among the first to deliver, but this time it's been unusually long, almost half a month."

The air in the hall suddenly turned cold, and the man broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly said, "I sent someone to urge them the day before yesterday, and we should have news soon."

The woman's furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and she casually waved her hand, signaling him to leave.

Then, she touched the chin of the man who was gently tugging at her gauze sleeve with her fingertips, and offered her red lips.

……

Moxi City, at the northwesternmost point.

Guan Xun took a few bites of the rabbit-shaped sugar figurine in his hand, his eyes brightening slightly. This thing was quite delicious, sweet but not cloying.

She reached out and broke off a small piece, then stuffed it into Chi Rong's mouth without saying a word.

"nice one."

Chi Rong crunched and chewed for a few bites, then noticed its owner staring at it. Its whole body tensed up, and it couldn't swallow the candy in its mouth. It could only steal glances upwards with its crystal eyes.

Guan Xun chuckled: "If you can't eat, you'll just throw up."

Upon hearing this, Chi Rong immediately hung up, spat out all the candy in his mouth, and muttered in dissatisfaction, "What disgusting stuff."

It looked back and then around at the rolling hills. There were a few dilapidated houses by the roadside. It was so quiet that there wasn’t even a bird’s chirp. Its eyes were filled with vigilance: “Master, we are already far from the town.”

"Hmm." Guan Xun responded casually, then suddenly her gaze slowly moved forward along the wide expanse of yellow earth.

"Da da da,"

The rapid sound of horses' hooves came from the other end of the road, and the carriage soon came into her view, speeding past and kicking up clouds of dust.

Guan Xun paused, turned around, and carefully examined the carriage that was rapidly moving away.

The vehicle body was covered with green leaves, as if it had just emerged from a thicket, but the tires were very clean without a speck of mud.

It's a bit strange.

However, it was much more comfortable to travel by carriage. She should have hired one too. It was all that old man selling candy who tricked her by saying that she could see the flying monster spot just a few steps away.

She had walked quite a distance after leaving the city.

Guan Xun was not annoyed. He put the remaining half of the sugar figurine in his mouth and leaped up the lower hill.

Finally, as the sun was setting and the sunlight was shining obliquely, we arrived at the so-called flying monster point.

The bluestone square is not large, with only a few people around it, and a huge tiger-lion with outstretched wings is lying nearby.

The middle-aged man at the rental point was dozing off with his hands tucked into his chest. A few long hairs growing from the large black mole on his nose were swaying as he nodded.

People walked by but didn't rent anything from him, so business didn't seem to be good, which explained why he was so bored he was dozing off.

"Knock knock? Knock."

"Thump thump? Thump!"

The sound of tapping on the table startled him awake. The man looked up abruptly and saw a girl in white leaning against the table, her elbows resting on the table, her beautiful eyes glancing at him sideways.

With a sugar figurine dangling from his lips, he looked like someone who would immediately hand over gold coins and obediently hand them over.