137 Burial Ground (2/2)
When he spoke, the implications contained in his words made the group sense that there was an underlying meaning to what he said. The closest person to him frowned and said, ”Vice sect master… The person is now far away. Should we chase after him or wait for a larger group to arrive before we say anything?”
Right after he finished speaking, someone immediately retorted coldly. ”Why should we wait for a larger group? He only has a better lightness skill and a hidden weapon technique. Are you saying we can't actually deal with him? Do you want our people to come here and watch us make a fool of ourselves?”
He stared in the direction in which Happy had left and spoke again with disdain in his eyes. ”Vice Sect Master Li, it's late now. In just a few hours, time will be up. I suggest that we don't waste our time. Let's get rid of him as quickly as possible, take the brocade box, and leave in case any accidents happen.”
When he heard this, not only did Li Heng not react, he even flung his sleeves and sat down on the ground at a languid pace. ”Don't be so hasty.”
Everyone in the group looked at one another at a loss.
”Don't you think it's strange?”
”Strange?”
The group was once again baffled by Li Heng's question, which seemed to have come out of nowhere.
Li Heng ignored the strange looks and just continued speaking at his own pace. ”To tell you the truth, when the people from Bloody Blade Sect snatched the brocade box, I found it strange.”
He spoke slowly, but his tone was grave. His stern and serious expression led the group's thoughts to the events that occurred an hour ago.
”Hmm?” Some of the rash players seemed to have noticed something, and contemplative expressions appeared on their faces.
”The monk suddenly disappeared. Then, only the brocade box could be found inside the house, not the player who had it. When we chased after the people from Bloody Blade Sect, I guessed that the person would use the chaos to mix into our group.”
The Heaven Descendants Sect's members who had all their attention focused on the brocade box finally discovered the most unexpected and strangest part within the series of events that transpired over the last hour.
All of them had overlooked this—the most crucial person within this competition for the treasure was missing.
”Ah!” Light gasps and soft intakes of breaths could be heard from the crowd.
It had to be known that it was extremely dangerous to have a player who could kill a Mystical Realm bandit leader hiding among them!
At that moment, they finally came to a realization, and when they looked at Li Heng, they could not help but cry out in surprise.
”Vice sect master, is that why you intentionally fought against the people from Vast Ocean Sword Sect when the vice sect master from Bloody Blade Sect was killed by the fierce tiger? Was your goal to force that person who hid among us to reveal himself?”
”That's right.”
Li Heng nodded solemnly.
”That person could only hide among the players who just lingered around the area without anything else to do. His goal was to retrieve the brocade box after we killed each other. He is very strong, and he is very familiar with the area around Shaolin Temple.
”Once he prevails, it'd be very easy to break free and hide himself, so I decided to have all of you stay and just sent one of ours to follow him in secret. My goal was to learn just who that person was! At the same time, I wanted him to reveal his strength!”
When they heard this, the people suddenly remembered that they had followed their target into such a remote place. That person's actions clearly fit in to Li Heng's guesses, and one person from the group could not help but say while feeling tense, ”Vice sect master, are you saying that he—”
Li Heng had an awestruck look on his face while he nodded gravely.
”If we had attacked rashly just now, I can't say whether he would be the one who would have ended up dead, or us.”
The group was astounded!