Imperial Treasure-Chapter 997 - 597: Mountain and Mountain, Wine and Wine

Chapter 997: Chapter 597: Mountain and Mountain, Wine and Wine

Amanda was the fastest, because her injuries were the least serious.

But as she sprinted at full speed, she vaguely felt two gusts of wind pass by her.

One black, one white.

Cold, their figures blurred, almost transparent.

She instinctively turned her head to look, but behind her, besides Meng Fang and his people, there was nothing!

So, just who were those two... ghosts?

As they ran the opposite direction, how many would realize it while fleeing?

In fact, it was only the soul-sensitive Amanda who noticed.

Meng Fang and his group, injured, were running frantically, as if pursued by a ferocious beast.

Soon, they burst through that door, barely out.

Assassination! A large-scale assassination!

Damn it, there’s an ambush!

It’s the Forbidden Forest people!

Frank suddenly remembered something.

Something terrible, something important.

The Forbidden Forest, forbidden here, where are the forest and dread?

They’re not here.

This portion of people is just here to clean up the assassinations.

Then, where is the real army of the Forbidden Forest?

Within Inner Mount Hua, in that cliff-top pavilion.

Where is Yi?

No, it’s Zhong Jiu. Draped in a high-quality, grand robe, he sat cross-legged on a cushion, sipping a warm, fragrant tea, gazing out at the sky that was faintly whitening.

"The sky is about to brighten."

A nearly indistinct shadow beside him whispered, "Ninth Master, the results are out from the Scripture Pavilion at Mount Hua. The two from the Forbidden Forest indeed led people to raid the pavilion, seizing all the Martial Arts Golden Scrolls."

"Our people ambushed them midway, seized two-sevenths, the Forbidden Forest retained two-sevenths, the Imperial Guards seized another two-sevenths, and one-seventh was taken by Ghost Teeth and the crew from Lv Si." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

What a revelation, even the exact distribution of the Martial Arts Golden Scrolls seized by various parties is clear?!

"Ghost Teeth and Lv Si’s crew?" Zhong Jiu seemed amused.

"Yes, Master, why don’t you let us deal with this crew now?"

The Gate disdains these Mount Hua items and doesn’t wish to intervene across borders, the Imperial Guards are the Nation’s facade, hidden deeply in the shadows, but what does Ghost Teeth count as?

Zhong Jiu leaned back against the cushion, finger spinning the tea cup, calmly said, "You got it wrong from the start... this time, Ghost Teeth isn’t with Lv Si’s crew, but Lv Si decided to let Ghost Teeth align with Bai Yuanxiu’s crew; that Chen Yuliang was arranged by Bai Yuanxiu, and Lv Si is Ghost Teeth’s Master."

This time, Ghost Teeth’s location was precise, the Scripture Pavilion.

"Bai Yuanxiu?" the shadow looked surprised, "Isn’t this person unrelated to the political scene... If so, it greatly violates the rules."

Lv Si is a foreigner, which implies Ghost Teeth also belongs to foreign forces. A red-topped figure in China aligning with foreign forces is intrinsically a taboo.

"Indeed～which is why I say he’s talented, bold, and ambitious enough; such men either rise to the Nine Heavens as Heroic Outlaws or perish into the dust of the red world without leaving a trace," Zhong Jiu took a sip of hot tea, his brows faintly tinged with darkness.

The shadow fell silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Just received news, Chu Ziyu isn’t going to help at the Scripture Pavilion, but heading to the Northern Prison."

"That’s my permission～～he has people on his mind, unable to let go. Previously, his participation was already reluctant; his brother would not force him, how could it be my turn to say anything～although the outcome might be less than satisfactory."

"Will that Natasha... die?"

Zhong Jiu looked out the window, seemingly weary enough to squint his eyes: "According to Miss Gu, she’s not coming out, but the changes in Mount Hua are about to begin. Let’s just wait and see."

"Ninth Master really won’t go to a safer place, here...?"

"No need, since she said it’s safe, it must be safe."

The shadow lowered his eyes, a little perplexed; why didn’t his Master show interest or react to Miss Gu’s fearsome abilities?

If his Master intervened, there’d be no place for Bai Yuanxiu.

As if seeing through his thoughts.

"Don’t underestimate Bai Yuanxiu."

"Her choice won’t be too useless."

Though it won’t be too strong either.

Zhong Jiu closed his eyes, ah Miss Gu, just what dirt do you have on Bai Yuanxiu to watch him stir the winds and rain indifferently?

At this moment, in the lands of the Northern Prison.

The bloodied Chu Ziyu looked at Meng Fang and others, "Are you saying... she didn’t come out?"

He asked word by word.

"Yes, none of them came out," Meng Fang said, expressionless, he hadn’t expected to lose so many, though many were foreigners, but that Sui Yi...

He felt a headache.

The higher-ups were quite concerned about Sui Yi, eager to gain more information from her, so cooperation had always been friendly, but now...