Chapter 1646: A Bet Won and A Future Planned (1/2)
“Apologies, Elder Geng We have no obligation to do as you say”
“Agreed We already asked around ourselves No one in our fa, most of the houses from Sunrise Divine Nation had no contact with hio, but he was secretive and appeared to be avoiding others”
“Let it go, Doaist Geng It’s an event of thousands of people A few accidents were bound to happen”
The loss hadn’t happened to the it seriously Death wasn’t a proble as it happened to other people That was how the martial dao world had always been
Casualties in other factions were none of their concerns They would sooner mock House Xiahou for their misfortune than worry for them
After all, the Ten Divine Nations weren’t a united front Conflicts and rivalry between them meant that the web of relationshi+ps was a delicate one Many within the Ten Divine Nations considered Xiahou Xi’s death nothingturn of events That hy the three houses of Polylore Divine Nation had been mocked for their failure on Winterdraw Island
A young rew palpable He , I saw this storage ring when I was leaving I picked it up because I didn’t knoho it belonged to I thought it was just a lucky find Perhaps the ring”
“Give it toto Xiahou Xi, soenius had survived were sli man was a scion fro Elder Geng’s face fell as soon as he set his eyes on it The design of the ring was unique to House Xiahou He took it for a close consideration It was Xiahou Xi’s
Elder Geng flew into rage, his expression dark “Who was it? Who killed him?! Admit your crime noard, you coward! What kind of person would be scared to take his victi him? Show yourself and let otten hi couldn’t be uilty for leaving Brother Shao Yuan to face Xiahou Xi on his own The deed had weighed heavily on his conscience He’d been pleasantly surprised to see Jiang Chen ave way to ecstasy and shock HeChen and trans Chen played du paused A crooked s Chen was playing at He was still stunned, but didn’t push He schooled his expression into indifference and turned his attention elsewhere
Deep within his heart, he couldn’t be sang would be lying if he claienius, and in fact would be the first to applaud if the fellow died
He wanted to poke fun at Yan Jinnan “Is this theover? He was killed with no one the wiser!”
Given the circu was furious, but there was nothing he could do He had no leads, no information, no evidence Any of the contestants could be the killer
And, the killer was cunning He’dinstead Whoever picked it up could serve as his red herring
Elder Geng peered at the youth who’d turned in the ring NoXiahou Xi He scowled at the young ”
“Alright, I’ve heard you YouHe had no intention of giving a reward for the infor rewarded and scra would turn on him if he overstayed his welconificant ripple, but not as big as the incident on Winterdraw Island There was only one victim, and the Bluesmoke Isles had forewarned the participants
Members of House Yan were curious, but they kept up a polite front They didn’t dare to provoke House Xiaohou at tiroup of scions away
Yan Qingsang grabbed Jiang Chen “Follow oal to get close to House Yan to begin with He went along “Stop draggingsnickered and gave Yan Jinnan a taunting look “How about we check our finds now?”
“Why not?”
Jiang Chen ed him hurriedly, “Let hi you’ve got You only have to win”
He’d discovered close to three hundred pieces of ancient raw jadeite According to his estih to win the bet Yan Jinnan and the others had no talent in detecting ancient jade It would take a miracle for them to win