Stranger Danger

“Hmph! For someone who’s about to die, you sure have a lot of things to say. Unfortunately for you, we don’t.” The man wielding twin hooks ordered impatiently, “Get him!”

Was the man really not a chatterbox? Of course he was. Otherwise, he would not have bothered speaking to Chen Cang at all and just attacked him. The problem was that he himself could not answer Chen Cang’s question.

This morning, he woke up and found the items placed at the head side of his bed. He was Ding Shengshui, Hallmaster of the Myriad Horse Hall, an outstanding Trueman of the Seventy Two Water Land Alliance, and the one they called the “Hooks That Part” in the jianghu, and someone had somehow dropped a pile of items right next to his head without him noticing. It had been a frightening experience to say the least.

All that fear melted to excitement when he saw the scene captured by the Flower Moon Reflection Talisman and read the letter that detailed exactly where Sword Ghoul was hiding, however. He immediately set out to capture the man.

Did he ever suspect that Joyless Ye was the one behind the items and thought of capturing the man? Of course he did. The problem was that the man had proven himself strong enough to appear right next to his bed without triggering his senses. If Joyless Ye wanted to kill him, he could have done it as easily as snapping his fingers. With that in mind, how would he even begin to capture such a man?

Rather than chasing after an unfathomably strong warrior whose hideout was still completely unknown to him, it seemed easier to just follow the instructions he was given and capture Sword Ghoul instead. Besides, assuming that the scene captured by the Flower Moon Reflection Talisman was real, Sword Ghoul was the true mastermind behind it all. Not only did he dare to trick Xiang Weilong, they were going to use the Dragonmount Duke and the Seventy Two Water Land Alliance as his butcher’s knife. If this incident was leaked, everyone would know that Sword Ghoul had played them like a fiddle. Both the Dragonmount Duke and the Seventy Two Water Land Alliance would suffer a massive blow to their reputation.

No matter how he looked at it, capturing Sword Ghoul, the mastermind behind it all, would earn him far more merit than capturing Ye Qing. Assuming he succeeded, he would surely be able to show his face before Dragonmount Duke and obtain his recognition. He would surely soar to the peak of his life from then on.

In summary, was Ye Qing anywhere near as valuable as the Sword Ghoul?

Not even a little!