Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 268: A Distinguished Guest Arrives!
“This matter is probably a bit difficult,” Gu Duxing said with difficulty. “Since Diwu Qingrou has allowed the noble families of Zhong San Tian to stay there, she must have covered everything. With our current disguised identities, it would be impossible to get in. Unless… unless I expose my true identity.”
“That won't do,” Chu Yang flatly refused. “Your appearance might instead raise Diwu Qingrou's suspicions. Moreover, your two older brothers would love nothing more than to kill you the moment you show up. Are you going to expose your identity to seek them out?”
Gu Duxing glared and said, “Then what do we do?”
“If only Jun Xizhu could come earlier,” Chu Yang sighed deeply, furrowing his brows. “Let me think.”
“I can get you in,” a voice suddenly chimed in. “And absolutely no one will suspect!”
Gu Duxing's body tensed, and he instinctively grabbed the hilt of his sword.
Chu Yang, however, remained unfazed and asked, “Is it you?”
“It’s I!” With a somewhat displeased tone, a person in blue suddenly materialized like smoke, appearing before the two and glaring with gritted teeth. “You… you set a good trap!”
“Can you blame me? If you hadn’t gone to steal, would you have walked into my trap?” Chu Yang rolled his eyes and said, “What’s your solution? Hurry up, I have no time to waste.”
The person in blue felt a surge of anger. How could this kid not be surprised at all?
What he didn't know was that just moments ago, Chu Yang had experienced a breakthrough in his mental state, akin to nirvana rebirth. Although he was surprised by the sudden appearance, he realized that since he couldn't stop it, he could only accept it.
So, Chu Yang chose to accept it at the first moment!
What else could he do?
But this mental transition occurred so quickly that the person in blue found it hard to accept.
“If it weren’t for the fact that you managed to break through your mental state under such pressure, I would have dismissed your trivial matters entirely,” the person in blue glared. “I can help you, but there’s a condition.”
“What condition?” Chu Yang remained calm.
“Once you finish your business, come back with me,” the person in blue thought to himself, since he couldn’t find the amethyst jade pendant and no one was coming down, he might as well take him back for a look. It would save him from running back and forth.
“Absolutely no problem! As soon as I’m done here, tell me when to go back and I’ll come with you to take a look,” Chu Yang narrowed his eyes and smiled. “Besides, even if you forcibly take me away, I wouldn’t be able to resist, would I?”
“You can’t resist, but if you don’t cooperate later and end up doing something misleading…” The person in blue began but swallowed the rest of the sentence, which was: I’d be in real trouble…
“So it’s settled then?” The person in blue was quite pleased.
“Settled,” Chu Yang nodded seriously. As long as I finish things on "my side," I'll go back with you. But I never said it was about Great Zhao, right?
“Do you have the amethyst jade pendant or not?” the person in blue couldn't help but ask.
Chu Yang narrowed his eyes, “What?”
The person in blue was about to go mad: “You’d better pray you don’t! Otherwise, you’ll live a very happy life! Very happy!” After gritting his teeth, he swiftly darted out the window.
At the Sky-Connecting Tower.
It was already fully booked.
Although the Sky-Connecting Tower wasn't the tallest building in Zhongzhou City, it was the oldest and had the largest area! It wasn’t just an inn; it was also a casino and a brothel—or in other words, any lucrative industry that could quickly accumulate wealth was present at the Sky-Connecting Tower.
Here served as a massive base for the exchange of gold and silver!
The young masters of Zhong San Tian had all checked into the Sky-Connecting Tower, and even then, they could only occupy half of the guest rooms.