Chapter 84 Naturally Familiar?

"Fighting is strictly prohibited within Jianlai City!"

The expert with a solemn expression spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, yet it reached everyone's ears with perfect clarity.

He wore the elder's robes of the Sword Burial Mound Sect, clearly a sect cultivator stationed in this city.

Seeing this, Bai Ze's pupils constricted slightly.

He could feel that the old man's strength was unfathomable, far beyond what he could contend with.

He could only resentfully retract his killing intent, though he still glared fiercely at Pu Tao, his heart full of regret.

Had he known, he should have used his trump card outside the city to kill this fellow in one go!

"Bai Ze." Pu Tao straightened his slightly disheveled robes and looked at him coldly, saying, "I will remember today's events. I'm telling you, First Prince Chu Wen can protect you for a while, but he can't protect you forever! We'll see about this!"

After speaking, he ignored Bai Ze and turned to walk toward a luxurious mansion in the city, which served as the temporary station for the Sword Valley Sect.

Facing Pu Tao's threat, Bai Ze merely scoffed, not taking it to heart at all.

He curled his lip and swaggered off toward another direction in the city.

The moment he turned, his gaze inadvertently swept over the crowd of onlookers below, briefly meeting Ye Haocheng's eyes in mid-air.

Naturally, he had noticed Ye Haocheng.

However, with so many eyes watching right now, he could not and dared not step forward to acknowledge Ye Haocheng.

His current identity was the "Guest Official of First Prince Chu Wen," while Ye Haocheng's identity was the "remnant of the Zhenbei Princes Mansion" whom the entire Great Chu Dynasty wanted dead.

Once his relationship with Ye Haocheng was exposed and reached Chu Wen's ears, then everything he currently possessed, as well as the plans he had secretly laid out for Ye Haocheng, would instantly vanish like bubbles.

As the battle ended and the excitement died down, the crowd gradually dispersed. Ye Haocheng and his group of four also returned to the "Listening Rain Pavilion" inn.

...

That night, the darkness was as thick as ink.

Inside Ye Haocheng's room, the candlelight flickered. He sat at the table, quietly sipping a cup of clear tea.

Suddenly, the window was gently pushed open from the outside, and a vigorous figure slipped in silently like a civet cat, without causing the slightest ripple of energy.

The newcomer was Bai Ze.

The moment he entered the room, he immediately dropped his arrogant demeanor from earlier that day and respectfully knelt on one knee before Ye Haocheng, saying in a low voice, "Bai Ze pays respects to the Master!"

"Rise." Ye Haocheng set down his teacup and nodded with a smile. "Today's battle was quite a spectacle."

Bai Ze scratched his head, chuckled, and stood up.

Ye Haocheng sized him over and asked curiously, "Where are the two Martial Saint Realm guards Chu Wen assigned to you? Why don't I see them?"

Hearing this, a look of embarrassment appeared on Bai Ze's face. He replied, "To answer the Young Master, on the way here, we were ambushed by Pu Tao and the experts of the Sword Valley Sect. Those two old fellows were held back by another Martial Saint from the Sword Valley Sect while trying to cover me."

"However," he changed the subject and added, "fortunately, I was more vigilant this time and didn't foolishly fall into the encirclement. That's how I fought Pu Tao all the way here."

"As for those two, Young Master needn't worry. Although they aren't very bright, they have enough strength to protect themselves. They're likely still tangling with the Sword Valley Sect people right now."

At this point, Bai Ze showed no concern for the safety of the two Martial Saint Realm experts; instead, he seemed somewhat amused by their plight.

Upon hearing this, Ye Haocheng couldn't help but observe a few seconds of silence for those two dutiful Martial Saint guards.

It was truly their misfortune to be stuck with a troublesome master like Bai Ze.

Subsequently, Ye Haocheng used his divine sense to send a message, asking Wu De, who lived next door, to come to his room.

Soon, there was a knock at the door, and the Fat Taoist Wu De walked in, looking bleary-eyed.

"Master, you... you were looking for me?" Wu De was momentarily stunned when he saw Bai Ze in the room.

"Wu De, let me introduce you." Ye Haocheng pointed at Bai Ze and said calmly, "This is Bai Ze."

Looking at the young prodigy who had been wreaking havoc and stirring up trouble outside the city earlier that day, Wu De's eyes instantly widened, and his mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.

He... he never imagined in his wildest dreams that this Bai Ze, hailed as the top favorite under First Prince Chu Wen of the Great Chu Dynasty, would actually be Ye Haocheng's subordinate!

One was a wanted criminal the Great Chu Dynasty was desperate to eliminate, while the other was a favorite in front of the Great Chu Dynasty's prince!

What... what kind of divine combination was this?

Amidst Wu De's ghost-stricken shock, Ye Haocheng briefly recounted Wu De's plan to infiltrate the Sword Burial Mound Sect's Sword Mausoleum to Bai Ze.

"...That's the gist of it." After Ye Haocheng finished his summary, he immediately added, "Therefore, this particularly important mission will be completed by the two of you together."

After Bai Ze listened to the detailed and meticulous plan with rapt attention, his originally calm eyes suddenly seemed to be ignited, bursting with a dazzling light.

Regarding the matter of digging up someone else's ancestral graves, he not only showed not a shred of guilt or unease, but his heart instantly became restless and excited. At this moment, he could hardly wait to put it into practice and start a grand undertaking!

After all, compared to those dull and unoriginal ordinary fights, this plan was simply too interesting and thrilling!

"Absolutely no problem! Please rest assured, Master! I will definitely complete the arduous mission you have entrusted to me brilliantly!"

Bai Ze responded without the slightest hesitation, not even pausing to think. He vigorously thumped his sturdy, broad chest, making a solemn promise to Ye Haocheng that he would go all out and not disappoint.

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Ze turned around quickly. Like a bolt of lightning, he reached out a large hand and firmly grasped the wrist of Wu De, who was still standing there frozen like a wooden block.

Then, with an incredibly enthusiastic and unrestrained attitude, he shook the other's arm up and down vigorously while introducing himself with a face full of smiles: "This must be the legendary Daoist Wu De, right? Truly, hearing about you is not as good as meeting you! Today I finally see your true face!"

"To be able to know a person of such high prestige and renown as you, Daoist, is truly the fortune of three lifetimes for me! From now on, we must get closer and visit each other often~"

"Oh, we really hit it off like old friends! Come, come, let's plan carefully how we're going to empty out the Sword Burial Mound Sect's foundation! Happy cooperation, happy cooperation!"

Looking at the Fat Taoist Wu De, who was rendered helpless and confused by Bai Ze's enthusiasm, Ye Haocheng shook his head helplessly, though a hint of anticipation curled at the corner of his mouth.

One was a "grave-robbing expert" proficient in unorthodox arts, and the other was a "battle maniac" who thrived on chaos.

With these two gathered together, there was no telling what kind of spectacular storm they would stir up in the Sword Burial Mound Sect.