C25 (1/2)

In a clean and transparent courtyard, a man in his fifties was sitting cross-legged on a prayer mat in meditation. Beside him was an incense burner with sandalwood fragrance wafting from it.

After a long while, the sandalwood fragrance had completely burnt off. The man also slowly stopped cultivating and stood up to stretch his waist. During that time, someone brought out a teacup with an extremely respectful attitude.

After finishing his tea and wiping his face, the man asked, ”How is the business going? Did you get it?”

”We've got it. Second Senior Apprentice Brother has stepped in, and Master has your advice behind the scenes. How could it be possible for him to fail?” Another man beside him said in a flattering tone.

”You got it? ”Where's that person? Why hasn't he returned yet?” The man frowned and asked unhappily.

As his disciple, that person immediately knew that his Master was going to get angry. He quickly said, ”Master, previously when we were discussing, didn't we agree to send it directly to him after getting it?”

”He said he would send you off just like that. Whose disciples are you all? Hurry up and call your second senior brother to come back. How can I not take a look at a few million yuan worth of business?” The man snorted coldly.

A few days ago, one of his juniors found him, hoping to use the local contacts to set up a trap for him. If he got something, he would be given a huge sum of money, and his friends would take him to Hong Kong and Australia to develop, which made him very excited. Even when he later found out, he did not even mind offending the local boss.

This was because he did not want to stay in these places anymore. These years, although the social and economic development had made everyone rich and they had more support from the masters than before, how could there be any rich people in such a small place. Even if they had it, they were all extremely shrewd and it was not easy to trick them into spending some money.

He had wanted to go to Hong Kong and Macao for a long time to develop, because there was a lot of money there and a lot of people believed in this. With his thirty percent ability and seventy percent deceit skill, he felt that he would definitely be able to make it out of here and earn some money to live an easy life.

But now, he wanted to see what kind of treasure that blade was and why it was worth his junior brother offering such a high price. This made him very curious.

Not even an hour after his youngest disciple made the call, his second disciple returned with a brocade box in his hand.

”In here? ”Is it really a pig slaughtering knife?” he asked.

”Yes, master. It's a Pig Slaughtering Knife. It's at most a bit old, probably over a thousand years,” his second disciple replied respectfully.

This made him curious. A thousand-year-old ancient saber, if it was a famous blade or sword, then it would be a priceless treasure. Even if it wasn't famous, it would be worth several million.

The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. He immediately opened the brocade box, and when the brocade box opened, a bright light flashed.

With just a glance, he fell in love with the Pig Slaughtering Knife. He had researched and researched about antiques and other similar things, and he knew that many famous ancient swords had spiritual energy, especially the kind that allowed one to release spiritual energy at an absolutely priceless level. Even if this was a Pig Slaughtering Knife, he could still confirm that it was a master teacher's creation.

This kind of treasure made him unable to resist at all. He immediately wanted to pick it up and play with it, and with a touch of his hand, it felt like ice. It shocked him even more.

”Hiss” The blade was sharp. The man merely touched it and a cut was made on his hand. However, he didn't pay it any attention and continued to carefully observe the blade.

”Master, master …” After a while, the two disciples saw that their master wasn't moving at all and immediately called out a few times, but their master actually didn't answer. This made them a bit surprised, and they reached out their hands to touch their master.

Thump. Before his hands could touch them, their master suddenly raised his head. Then, they were horrified to see their master's eyes turn red, and his expression was as sinister as that of a devil's.

”Ah...” Following that, several miserable cries could be heard from the courtyard.