Alvin looked at the twin dragon dagger he found in the medicine sage valley’s ancestral hall. Surprisingly their ancestral hall wasn't locked. It was left wide open. I mean, no one expected someone crazy enough to steal ancestral relics to creep in. The hall was filled with weapons and statues of past huge contributors of the sect. And each had an altar before the statues containing an urn with that particular ancestor's ashes, incense, fruits, and their companion spirit weapons. It was left open because students normally go to worship the ancestors’ spirits, burn incese and sweep the halls. Since the hall was established, no one had dared to think about theft, especially as there was a slaughter formation that kills people with bad intent who enter the hall. Who would have expected a smart thief with an amazing system to creep in? Indeed, it was the rat at home that told the one outside that there was meat in the pot. It was during the casual discussions while they were resting in

The moment Murong Wuque landed in Qin Li's courtyard, his head disciple who was doing night sword practice in the middle of the yard immediately rushed to him. “You seem to have learnt your godfather's night owl habit. Now you also practice at night instead of sleeping.” The young man smiled shyly and scratched his head. “It's not every time. I just feel restless tonight for no reason. I couldn't focus on energy gathering nor could I sleep. So I decided to come out and practice my sword skills.” Murong Wuque smiled and nodded in approval. “Show me what you learnt. Although I'm not a sword saint like your godfather, I might still have some knowledge to share.” “Surely, you jest. You're Senior Murong Wuque after all. Receiving pointers from you is the greatest honor for anyone. My master is amazing, but you're equally awesome. Both of you are people I look up to. Your ice frost moon song sword technique still hasn't found a worthy rival.” “Qin Li's Sun sword severing the dark

Murong Wuque ran outside the moment the alarm went off, including Zhang Yue and other inner court disciples holding important posts. Murong Wuque met with a batch of guards who were running around, trying to secure the inner court. “What happened? What's going on? Where did the alarm come from?” “First brother.” They bowed before him and quickly bowed their heads respectfully before him. “The vault has been robbed and the guards were shot with an unknown substance.” “What?” Murong Wuque muttered in horror, and his head felt light. Just then Yang Yang, Chu Feng, and Su Ying arrived. The rest were either cultivating or among the batch who escorted Su Mei to take Sima Yan home. “First brother? What's wrong? I rushed to call you when the alarm went off, but…” “I went to check up on Qin Li…” Chu Feng looked around but Qin Li was nowhere to be found. “How is he? Has Senior Qin Li recovered?” Su Ying asked, crackling her purple lightning whip in readiness to fight. “Brothe

Murong Wuque checked their breathing for the final time and sighed. “Senior, they will be fine.” Yang Yang whispered, patting his arm. Murong Wuque nodded and stood up. “It doesn't look like poison. It feels as if someone gave them an overdose of sleeping pills. Let's take them to Jade palace. Keep them in the outer courtyard's purple reception room. They need enough air flow without the environment being too cold. That place would be best while I figure out the next plan, if the first one I had in mind doesn't work out.” Just then, the sect master's son descended from the sky. “First brother, are you sure you want to do that?” “Yuwen Ruohan…” Chu Feng whispered with bitterness. Even though they all pretend to be clueless, as people closest to Murong Wuque, they knew about the valley master's shady deeds, and how much his son was helping him create wickedness in the sacred land. Yuwen Ruohan smiled and walked to Murong Wuque, stepping over one of the unconscious guards to

Yuwen Ruohan smiled slyly. “First brother, do you hear it? I'm not the only one that thinks tonight’s robbery has something to do with you.” “The same way I'm equally suspecting you were the one that organized the robbery to set a trap for First brother, knowing he would jump in to protect others. Otherwise, how could you explain the fact that the blue hall guards were all ready and hiding on the rooftops? Almost as if they were waiting for the commotion to break out.” Su Ying shouted, making sure her tiny voice was heard. Murong Wuque pushed her back. “I don't care about what people think about me. I don't care if they believe and trust me, or if they do not. My motto has always been doing the right thing, irrespective of the place, time or circumstances. I don't care whose ox is gored. You won't kill them.” “Even if it's an order from above?” Yuwen Ruohan asked with a playful smile. Although Murong Wuque knew it was a trap to accuse him of insubordination, and trying to o