Chapter 253 (2/2)
”Yeah, yeah, yeahThe Zhengyi School is powerfulBut so is the Donghua Sect where I come from” Tall Dude snorted”As if I'm scared of them”
Short Dude chuckled humorlessly”Whatever you say, palIt's your funeral anyway” He rose to his feet”Now let's get going”
”To the vault?”
”NoTo your mom's houseOf course to the vault,” Short Dude said in a tone of annoyance”That e can take care of those thieves in one fell swoop”
Li Yundong floated fro those two froh distanceHe knew that his two ”pursuers” had detected the presence of his Qi; he ed to pick up their whispered conversation with Eryue about five ht they were slowly gaining on hi the one following theenius ht Cultivators were supposed to be s towards some kind of secret vault which held all of the Fox Zen School's treasuresGranted, it wasn't the place he was looking for, but he figured it was good enough: the entrance and the vault probably weren't too far away froet to the vault, he could probably—hopefully—get to the entrance
assu, of course, that the entrance hadn't been sealed off by some kind of arcane spell
DarnHe should've asked Zi Yuan for a spell book when he had the chance
Li Yundong froze when he heard the sounds of a scuffle up aheadHe landed softly on a spiraling bough and concealed hiuys had clearly heard the scuffle as well since they were nohispering to each otherBesides, they were both further ahead and closer to the source of the noise
Li Yundong focused his Eryue on their conversation
”Not too far away from here,” said Short Dude
”Why do you think there's a battle going on this area?” Tall Dude mumbled”It's not even close to the vault”
”WellWe won't know for sure unless we get closer” Short Dude paused”It could be our allies”
”Oh? And you're sure about that how?” Tall Dude scoffed
Several seconds passed in silence
”You weren't paying attention at all during the , were you?” said Short Dude
”BahIt was too boring” A pause”What did I miss?”
”The leaders have decided to send out patrol teams”
”Patrol teams?”
”To keep the looters ahen the assault is taking place, apparently,” said Short Dude
”AhRight”
”Look, let's just go check it outIf it's one of the patrol teahed in annoyance”We would've been inside the Fox Zen School by now if you weren't so late”
Li Yundong's stohtened uncoun
Li Yundong glanced up and noted the se clouds across the skySo Zi Yuan had been spot on in her prediction
The attack did begin so activated his telescopic vision and continued to spy at the two Cultivators from afarHe followed them with his eyes until they both disappeared around a bend in the trail
damn it
He had tozoo as close to the ground as possibleFor stealth reasons, he had decided to glide around instead of walk—he could move around quietly that wayHe quickly rounded the corner and floated to the crown of a tall treeOnce he was sure that the coast was clear, he sat astride the branch collar of the tree
Loud and angry voices drifted to his earsThere were threeno, four,froain, so those two had to be hiding sootta be careful here
Li Yundong leaned forward and hid his face behind the leavesThen, he focused his Eryue on those voices
”You people from the Jinshan Sect are just a bunch of cowards!” afrowned
This voice
The man's voice sounded oddly familiar, but he couldn't recall when and where he had heard it beforeWell, one thing was for sure: he shen phase, otherwise he wouldn't have forgotten it
”Four against one?!” yelled the sauts to take ht?” a woman sneered”Hah! We have neither the interest nor ti around this mountain even after we told you that this is a restricted area!” The wohed snidely”You have a death wish!+”
The ly”Oh? So you're saying you people can be here and I can't?” Another s to the Fox Zen School, not the Jinshan Sect”
”Drop the act” The woman snorted”We knohy you're here” There was a pause”You're after the Fox Zen School's treasures, aren't you?”
The ered”And you're not?”
”We are authorized to be here,” the wohty tone”Unlike a thief like you” The woed to find your way here, then ittowards the vaultsIt also e in the vault”
Li Yundong froze
Hidden passage? What hidden passage?
He snapped out of his daze and forced hi
”We can't allow that,” the woman continued in a snide tone”Our orders are clearNo one who isn't part of the Great Six is allowed to enter the Fox Zen School during the assaultNo one”
Thrill coursed through Li Yundong's veinsSo the vault had soe that would lead him into the Fox Zen School! He had just found his way in!
OkayBut first, he needed to sneak past these guys, which he assumed to be the patrol units that Short Dude hadtuned into the conversation again
”I don't need your permission to do what I want here, lady,” said the familiar voice
”Heh! Let's not waste our breaths on hi assumed to be another member of the patrol unit”I say we just take him out and be done with it”
The faret that decision”
Seconds later, Li Yundong finally understood why the man's voice had sounded so daBada Yuanshuai Xian Shentong! Hearken to me, O Heavenly Marshal of the North! Come to me! Lend me your power! I offer you my body as a vessel”
It was Lin Youfa