Chapter 54: Unresolved Resolution
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Unresolved Resolution
I
It didn’t take long into Bao Shan’s interrogation for Hao Zhen’s hopes of slipping anything past the man to die a miserable death.
Bao Shan seemed hellbent on leaving no stone unturned. Every time Tian Jin mentioned an event, Bao Shan asked for the date. Every time Tian Jin mentioned someone, Bao Shan asked for names and physical descriptions. Each and every single detail was scrutinized.
There was really only one thing Hao Zhen was concerned about. The Radiant Light Sword. Lan Yue’s possession of Radiant Light Talismans, Tian Jin’s mysterious abilities and the mystery of his bloodline—none of that was too big of a deal. The Radiant Light Sword was a different matter.
Hao Zhen could think of a couple of different ways the situation would play out when Bao Shan found out about the sword, and it wasn’t the possibility of being forced to give it up that troubled him. No, the scenario that he kept going over in his head was the one in which Bao Shan decided to keep the Radiant Light Sword for himself and killed the three of them to ensure their silence on the matter.
Hao Zhen was the son of a merchant. He liked to think he knew greed better than most. It didn’t help that that was hardly an uncommon scenario in cultivation novels.
As discretely as he could, Hao Zhen studied the prime elder.