“We've told you everything we know. Please spare our lives, Senior... We really haven't done anything bad...”
Hearing Li Busan and Li Busi's explanation, Lu Ming and the others grew puzzled.
Why was this "Nine Thousand Years" asking around about their Qingshan Sect?
Could it be just to steal something from the sect?
But judging by the title alone, this Nine Thousand Years didn't sound like a thief. He sounded more like a eunuch!
“Is your Nine Thousand Years a eunuch?”
Lu Ming asked.
The black-and-blue duo nodded repeatedly.
“Yes, yes... He's a eunuch! He holds absolute power in the Xinghe Dynasty!”
Hearing their words, Lu Ming became even more speechless.
“He's already a eunuch with absolute power, so why on earth would he steal our large blue stone?”
Lu Ming really couldn't wrap his head around it.
“Huh?”
Lu Ming's question instantly dumbfounded the two of them.
“What large blue stone?”
“Oh, playing dumb, are we? I think you two are just begging for another beating!” Big Yellow raised a paw, ready to strike them again.
“No, no, please! We really don't know anything about a large blue stone!”
Li Busan's face turned pale with fright as he quickly explained.
“It's our sect's sign!”
Lu Ming couldn't help but shout.
“Does your sect even have a sign?”
Li Busan blurted out instinctively.
“Hmm? It really wasn't you guys?” Lu Ming asked suspiciously.
Since they responded this way, they clearly had no idea the Qingshan Sect even had a sign!
“We really didn't steal any large blue stone!”
Li Busan suddenly remembered that Nine Thousand Years seemed to have mentioned that the Qingshan Sect's sign was a large blue stone.
Could it be that their sign happened to be stolen right before this?
And the two of them just happened to run into them at the worst possible time?
Talk about terrible luck!
Whoever that blind thief was, weren't they just trying to get them killed?
Lu Ming frowned slightly. If they weren't the ones who stole the large blue stone, why were they asking around about the Qingshan Sect?
Could this Nine Thousand Years know the Grand Elder and the others?
“Why is your Nine Thousand Years looking for the Qingshan Sect?”
Lu Ming asked coldly.
Li Busan replied without a moment's hesitation:
“I don't know!”
“Since you don't know anything, then die!”
Hearing that Lu Ming was going to kill them, Li Busan panicked instantly.
“Senior, spare our lives! Please allow this humble one to abandon the dark and join the light! Actually, I've long been unable to stand some of Nine Thousand Years' actions...”
“I want to surrender too! That Nine Thousand Years is nothing but scum...”
Li Busi also cried out in a hurry.
Lu Ming: “...”
Everyone: “...”
Aren't you two surrendering a bit too casually?
Lu Ming looked at them.
“You two are late Golden Core stage experts after all. Didn't you even think about escaping?”
“Senior, what are you saying? How could the two of us possibly have that kind of ability?”
Li Busan said, looking a bit embarrassed.
Li Busi also nodded repeatedly in agreement.
“Yes, yes... We don't have that kind of capability...”
Everyone: “...”
It was a miracle they could say that so shamelessly, even if it was the truth.
“No, did your boss send you here just to surrender? Don't you have any useful skills at all...”
Lu Ming said, somewhat incredulous.
“Uh... If you mean flattery, deception, bribery, and corruption...
...stealing credit, and sowing discord... We're actually quite good at those!”
Just as Li Busan finished speaking, Li Busi added:
“When it comes to cultivation, fighting, or actually getting things done, we're completely useless...
Even though our cultivation is at the late Golden Core stage, it was all piled up with pills. We've never actually been in a real fight...”
Lu Ming: “...”
Huang Tianbao and the others: “...”
No wonder they surrendered before anyone even laid a hand on them when they were caught!
With a bitter face, Li Busan continued,
“Actually, we didn't want to come. We're afraid of death!”
Li Busi nodded repeatedly.
“Then why did you come?” Lu Ming asked out of curiosity.
“We sucked up to our leader too much, so he thought we were really powerful!...”
Lu Ming, Huang Tianbao, and the others: “...”
“Alright, we don't take in useless people either...” Lu Ming said.
Li Busan and Li Busi instantly panicked.
“We're useful!”
“Tell me, how are you useful?” Lu Ming asked.
“We can be double agents...!”
Li Busan shouted as a brilliant idea struck him.
Li Busi nodded. “Right! We can trick Nine Thousand Years and his people...”
Lu Ming pondered for a moment. “That's not entirely out of the question...”
Hearing Lu Ming's words, Li Busan and Li Busi were overjoyed.
“In that case, send a message back to your leader. Tell him our sect is definitely not the Qingshan Sect! And while you're at it, try to fish for some information on why Nine Thousand Years is looking for the Qingshan Sect...”
“Yes, yes... Senior, just watch us perform!”
Li Busan agreed quickly and hurriedly pulled a sound transmission talisman from his storage bag.
“Boss, emergency! This sect isn't the Qingshan Sect at all. They were just changing their sect sign earlier, which is why we didn't see it...”
“Boss, why are we looking for this Qingshan Sect anyway?”
The guard captain was startled when he received the transmission.
Thank goodness the news arrived in time, otherwise Nine Thousand Years would have already set off with them.
If they went over and Nine Thousand Years found out it wasn't the Qingshan Sect, he would definitely slap him to death!
At this thought, the guard captain quickly walked up to Ye Fan and spoke cautiously:
“Nine Thousand Years, there is new information!”
Ye Fan frowned. “Speak!”
The guard captain hurriedly said:
“The sect that Li Busan and the other found isn't the Qingshan Sect at all... They made a mistake earlier...”
Slap!
Before the guard captain could even finish, Ye Fan slapped him, sending him flying.
“Useless trash! Keep looking!” Ye Fan roared in anger.
“Yes, yes...”
With that, Ye Fan turned around and went back inside.
Seeing Ye Fan leave, the guard captain wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sent a transmission back to Li Busan:
“Little San, Little Si! You two must find the Qingshan Sect as quickly as possible! And don't ask about things you shouldn't ask...”
Hearing the guard captain's transmission, Lu Ming also frowned.
He really couldn't fathom why this Nine Thousand Years was looking for the Qingshan Sect.
“You two can head back out and keep searching!”
Lu Ming said directly to Li Busan and Li Busi.
“Senior, we want to beg you for a favor!”
Li Busan and Li Busi looked at Lu Ming with pleading eyes.
“Don't push your luck!”
Diao San warned from the side.
“Please, just let us beg Senior!”
Li Busan pleaded.
Lu Ming looked speechless. Why did it feel like he was the villain, forcing these people to beg him?
“Speak. But if it's too unreasonable, I won't agree!”
“Senior, could you give us some slow-acting poison, or maybe place a Gu worm in us? If that's too much, even taking a sliver of our souls would do. You have to control us somehow!”
Everyone: “???”
Lu Ming was completely speechless. “Is that really necessary?”
Li Busan grew anxious.
“If you don't control us, we won't feel safe, and we won't be able to sleep!”
If they weren't controlled, it meant they were insignificant and could be killed at any moment!
Just a moment ago, Lu Ming had wanted to kill them.
What if he went back on his word?
But if they were controlled, well, that proved they still had value.
Even if he really wanted to kill them later, he would have to consider the cost. After all, the pills or techniques used to control people cost money!
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