Chapter 495 - Thief (2/2)

Big Yellow opened its mouth and yawned, then it fell sound asleep in the most comfortable position ever.

That said, it did not know that a servant entered the strange room half an hour after it left the place. The servant carried a big kettle, which was filled with a faint gold liquid.

Just as he was about to pour the liquid on the plant, he realized that his master’s treasured plant was gone.

The servant screamed and caught everyone’s attention in the residence, hence the news was spread in no time.

Soon enough, Feng Yiyuan, Xiao Hualing, and the others arrived. Their faces took on grave expressions when they saw the empty room.

“Brother Feng, what do we do now?” Xiao Hualing’s voice trembled a little. “Sir a.s.signed this task to us, but we didn’t complete it and even… Lost the thing. How can we take it if sir blames us?”

Feng Yiyuan stomped his foot as he was furious. “How did you guard this place? How could it disappear without leaving a trace? Hmph, is there a spy here?”

The people around him fell to their knees almost at the same time. The head protector noted, “Sir, we dare not relax at all after receiving your order, so I arranged enough men for a three-layered protection. Besides, everyone on duty is an elder from the clan so there can’t be a traitor here.”

Feng Yiyuan looked fierce, which was the exact opposite of how he would usually act. Although he knew there was calmness in every serious matter, the problem was too severe this time, so he could not calm down at all.

Just as everyone was under pressure, and Feng Yiyuan looked more menacing than before, a gentle voice was heard coming from behind.

“Did you lose the Tree of Splendour?”

Feng Yiyuan and Xiao Hualing s.h.i.+vered. They immediately lowered their heads and turned around with respect. “Greetings, sir.”

A scholar in his thirties had unknowingly appeared behind them. He wore white clothes and carried a unique aura as deep as the sea, causing one to be so afraid of him that one would not have the guts to defy him at all.

Even though Feng Yiyuan and Xiao Hualing were Supreme Great Ancestors, they were frightened when they witnessed the scholar fight the Aquatics’ spirit beast. Thus, they dared not disobey the man at all.

The scholar walked straight to where the plant was planted before and scanned the area for some time. Afterward, he lifted his head as though he was deducing something.

He scoffed coldly after a moment and stated, “A kin was here, so no wonder it went missing just like that.”

Feng Yiyuan and Xiao Hualing looked at each other. They were surprised yet overjoyed.

‘Since he found a clue, he might not punish us. That being said, given that he called the thief a kin, how could that being be easy to deal with?’

The scholar turned around and asked coldly, “Did that young fella enter the city today?”

“Yes, sir. Master Ou has entered the city, but he didn’t bring the two spirit beasts inside,” Feng Yiyuan answered with respect.

“People like you can’t tell if he actually brought them inside with him.” The scholar grinned and said after some thought, “Bring me to him.”

“Sir, are you going to meet him just like that?” Feng Yiyuan was stunned.

Their initial plan was to let Feng Yiyuan test Ou Yangming’s att.i.tude so that things would be easier for them. However, the sudden incident completely messed up the scholar’s plan.

Feng Yiyuan did not object to the scholar’s idea, but he was quite worried.

If the scholar took down Ou Yangming and denounced him, how would the spirit beasts outside the city react? The scholar might have a notable combat power, but he was by himself, after all.

A convoy left the courtyard after 15 minutes, and it was slowly heading to where Ou Yangming was at.

At this moment, Big Yellow, which was lying by the door, sneezed and opened its eyes to look in a certain direction in bewilderment. It knew what was in that direction, but it could not understand why there was an intense hostile aura over there.

The big yellow dog blinked and seemed to have understood something, but it made up its mind after it looked around.

‘I’m not going to reveal the truth no matter what.’

At last, the convoy stopped. Feng Yiyuan personally went forward to knock on the door.

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