The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard-Chapter 2227: The Real Threat Is Not the Thief Who Steals, but the Thief Who Has You in Their Sights
"Interested? This is a legendary treasure!"
Lucas White exclaimed, his eyes falling on Carson Flores: "Brother Lin, are you inviting me to join you on this journey?"
Carson Flores admitted frankly, "Yes, indeed, Brother Bai, as you’ve seen, my skills are enough to deal with those under the Great Land, but when it comes to dealing with a Great Land Sovereign, I am too weak."
"Green Bird City is powerful. As a Heavenly Immortal, trying to snatch the Harmony Spring from them is no easier than pulling a tooth from a tiger or retrieving a chestnut from the fire. If you help, the success rate would naturally be higher."
Lucas White readily agreed, "Sure, I’m pretty free lately, so I’ll join you... why are you after the Harmony Spring?"
"To save a life."
Carson Flores replied, "A friend of mine is severely injured, his vitality extinguished, barely hanging on through special means. I’m looking for the Harmony Spring to heal him and restore his vitality."
Lucas White nodded, "Alright, if we can obtain the Harmony Spring, we’ll prioritize your needs, and we can split the rest."
Carson Flores laughed, "I’m just a Heavenly Immortal, and you’re so powerful. Prioritizing my needs and even sharing it with me, aren’t you at a great loss?"
Lucas White replied nonchalantly, "As long as the person’s right, these details don’t matter. Besides, if you hadn’t told me about this, no matter how strong I am, I wouldn’t have gotten even a drop of the Harmony Spring, right?"
Carson Flores couldn’t help but ask, "Brother Bai, could you share what realm you’re in?"
"Why not?"
Lucas White, looking calm, casually answered, "I’m a Profound Immortal of the Great Land, Fifth Layer Great Perfection."
Carson Flores was slightly shocked. He knew Lucas White was indeed very powerful; otherwise, he couldn’t have easily shattered the realm of a Haoyang Sect disciple. He estimated Lucas was at the Triple or Fourth Realm, but he didn’t expect he had reached the Fifth Layer Great Perfection, and he sincerely praised him, "Impressive!"
Lucas White chuckled, "I originally came to Mingxiang Valley hoping to find an opportunity for a breakthrough. But I’ve been sitting here for two years without any gain, and who knows when I’ll make a breakthrough."
Carson Flores curiously asked, "How strong was the powerful one chasing us earlier?"
Lucas White shook his head, "A Supreme Immortal of the Great Land, the exact realm is probably not high, but I wouldn’t dare to face him head-on. Wouldn’t that be looking for death?"
After a pause, Lucas White explained, "It’s not our strength that makes people wary of us Shinkong Sect members, but our ability to steal."
"Disciples of the Shinkong Sect run around the world; if we make enemies, they don’t even know where to find us to trouble us, but their Sect can’t just move away. How can you catch a thief after a thousand days, even the great sects might not guard against us entirely."
"I have an uncle master who had a feud with Cold Forest Valley, one of the Twelve Immortal Kings, and was hunted down by a mighty figure of Cold Forest Valley for three years, running throughout the Immortal Domains. He eventually escaped using a Secret Realm and then made it his mission against Cold Forest Valley."
"He disguised his identity, infiltrated Cold Forest Valley, understood all of their formations and mechanisms, and finally snuck into their treasure vault to sweep everything inside. Although he ultimately triggered an alarm, alerting the mighty ones of Cold Forest Valley, he had already prepared an escape route, leaving behind the words ’Cold Forest Valley, just so-so’ on their mountain wall, turning Cold Forest Valley into a laughingstock."
"This is just one of the many legendary escapades of the Shinkong Sect. These world-shaking feats have made everyone wary of us because if targeted by the Shinkong Sect, one is sure to suffer heavy losses and loss of face."
Carson Flores listened with amusement, thinking the Shinkong Sect was basically a scourge of the Immortal Realm!
Perhaps their power wasn’t top-tier, but they were best avoided. Otherwise, they’d fixate on you.
It’s not a thief you should fear, but a thief’s obsession.
How can there be a thief every day and no guard every day?
The proactive thief versus the passive guard, and with Shinkong Sect’s unparalleled divine skill in thievery, they’re like stubborn gum everyone wishes to avoid.
The Haoyang Sect disciple was weaker than Lucas White and worried about bringing trouble to the Haoyang Sect. If they truly angered Lucas White, he might find his way to Haoyang Sect and engage in a grand theft, leading to lost treasures and face. Who would shoulder the blame in the end?
Carson Flores couldn’t help but ask, "It sounds like there aren’t many of you in the Shinkong Sect?"
Lucas White laughed, "Shinkong Sect disciples wander everywhere, without a fixed abode. Unless there’s something special, we only gather once every five hundred years. We each recruit disciples individually and teach individually, so the numbers are naturally not large. Altogether, there are only about twenty or thirty of us."
Carson Flores expressed surprise, "That few?"
Lucas White smiled, "Yes, in Shinkong Sect, we don’t have those great sect processes for selecting disciples. Each of our disciples is the core of the core, the true inheritors of the true heritage..."
