74: It's not like a young boy

Shepherd watched the two of them get up and leave, a sudden unease rising in his heart.

Could they really know the secret of the hairpin?

“Let’s go!”

“You follow those two, and I’ll make a call to the higher-ups!”

“Okay!” Fang Qiqi nodded heavily.

Tonight’s wind was a bit boisterous, and Shepherd’s heart was filled with anxiety and unease.

A call was connected, and a robust voice came from the other end.

“Hey, Little Yang, did you get the hairpin?”

Shepherd said with extreme shame, “Sir… I didn’t get it.”

“What!?”

In the headquarters of the Taiping Divine Sect, the Seventh Apostle Zhou Sheng suddenly sat up from his grand armchair and said in a deep voice, “Why didn’t you get it?”

Shepherd’s body trembled; he was a bit scared because, having followed the Seventh Apostle for so long, it was the first time he had seen such a strong reaction from this Sir!

He quickly said, “There was a hothead who, for some unknown reason, suddenly started competing with us and spent five billion!”

Zhou Sheng’s expression darkened, his thoughts aligning with Shepherd’s; could the other party know about that matter?

Although it was a super secret, there was no impenetrable wall in the world…

“Snatch it!”

“What?” Shepherd’s expression changed slightly, and he said, “Snatch it… in Tianlei City?”

“Of course, otherwise, why would I send Fang Qiqi? It’s to be prepared for any eventuality,” Zhou Sheng said indifferently.

“But… but we are the Taiping Divine Sect!” Shepherd was utterly confused.

The Taiping Divine Sect snatching things in Tianlei City? If such a thing were to be exposed, their reputation of so many years would definitely be problematic!

Zhou Sheng took a deep breath and said, “The code on the hairpin is related to something very important.”

“It’s normal to use some less glorious methods for this.”

“This…” Shepherd suddenly felt his faith collapse. Would our Taiping Divine Sect also do this?

Zhou Sheng sensed the other party’s emotions and smiled faintly, “Little Yang, in this world, how can there be absolutely clean hands?”

“Don’t worry, I will bear any consequences for you!”

At this moment, Shepherd’s attitude suddenly became less respectful. He nodded indifferently and said, “Then, Sir, I will do my best.”

“Good.” After Zhou Sheng hung up the phone, his brows furrowed tightly, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes!

He looked at the sacred mountain, faintly visible in the clouds in the distance, his eyes subtle and mysterious!

On the sacred mountain.

The Priest was sitting under a lush banyan tree, enjoying the breeze, with his legs crossed, drinking hot coffee with one hand, and holding a copy of “Three Hundred Tang Poems” with the other.

He appeared utterly relaxed and at ease.

From time to time, he would even exclaim, “It’s so damn well written!”

“If only I could write such good poems too!”

At this moment, an extremely seductive female secretary hurried over.

“Priest Sir, Zhou Sheng has gone mad!”

“Listen to this call record!”

The female secretary turned on the voice recording, a recently intercepted call, with Zhou Sheng and Shepherd’s conversation being very clear!

After listening, the female secretary looked at the Priest with a tense expression.

This call involved the bottom line of the Divine Sect!

She stood nervously, fearing that the next second, the Priest Sir would fly into a rage and go down the mountain to kill the Seventh Apostle.

But after a long while, the Priest leisurely recited a line: “Wishing to buy osmanthus and drink wine together, it’s ultimately not like the youthful journey…”

After reciting, he curled his lips, full of smiles, and slapped the table in admiration, saying, “This line is truly amazing, so wonderful!”

“Shanshan, what did you just say?”

Geng Shan was startled and said, “I… Priest Sir, please listen to this.”

Looking at the recording device Geng Shan took out, the Priest pouted and said, “Don’t listen, go away, go away.”

“Now is my pleasant afternoon tea time; no electronic devices, it will affect my scholarly Qi!”

“Cough cough, damn it!”

“This Three Hundred Tang Poems is a pirated copy; this poem is clearly from the Song Dynasty!”

“Alas, thousands of years have passed, and even I can’t get an original copy of a book… ”

“The wheels of history roll on; even such a magnificent era will turn to dust, and even the most beautiful cultural traces will not be preserved much. How sad, don’t you agree?”

Geng Shan listened in a daze. It was no longer a rare thing for the Priest Sir to be obsessed with ancient poetry recently, but to even neglect such important matters for it was truly… incomprehensible.

Within the Taiping Divine Sect, the trend of division had become increasingly obvious over the years. Would those who yearned for peace back then still maintain their original intentions after possessing super strong power?

The Priest looked up at the bright moon, at the distant and endless starry sea, a hint of melancholy in his eyes.

“Old brother… you left quite gracefully.”

“You want me to manage the Divine Sect, well, you should already know what I will do, and you won’t blame me then, right?”

Finally, he took out an ancient notebook, which already had more than a dozen names on it, and he wrote down another one: Zhou Sheng.

…

In Tianlei City, Bai Zhuangzhuang had finished payment, his brows tightly furrowed, holding his phone, and said, “Wait, I’ll take a picture and send it to my dad, and call him!”

“I always remember seeing something quite similar!”

“I just can’t remember what it was.”

Xiao Fan stood by, waiting for good news.

The call connected.

“Hello, Dad, did you see the picture I sent you? What is that?”

Bai Duojin said in a deep voice, “A code, an encryption code exclusive to the Taiping Divine Sect.”

“Then can we decipher it?”

“No.”

“Ah? Not at all?”

“If it could be deciphered, would it still be called an encryption code? What do you take the Taiping Divine Sect for?” Bai Duojin’s disdainful voice rang out.

“Dad, tell me, could this thing be related to the Divine Ape Golden Body?”

“Perhaps.”

“Hey, Dad, that’s the Divine Ape Golden Body, aren’t you anxious at all?” Bai Zhuangzhuang said eagerly.

Bai Duojin pouted and said, “Is being anxious useful?”

“How many forces have competed for how many years for the Martial Arts of the Divine Ape Golden Body?”

“What if you get the second, third, and fourth forms? Before the first form comes out, there’s no need to be anxious!”

“Can something that can be handed over to you be an important matter?”

“Little idiot.”

Bai Zhuangzhuang’s face stiffened, feeling his self-esteem insulted, and thought aggrievedly, how could there be such a father.

Xiao Fan, on the side, inexplicably wanted to laugh. It was truly the first time he had seen a father call his child a little idiot, and the tone was very natural, as if he was… stating a fact.

The call hung up, and Bai Zhuangzhuang looked at Xiao Fan with a helpless expression and said, “There is indeed a mystery.”

“However, as you heard, the mystery has nothing to do with us.”

Xiao Fan chuckled, “So that means you wasted five billion?”

“The money is fine.” Bai Zhuangzhuang sighed and said, “But not knowing the secret inside, honestly, it’s really bothering me!”

Xiao Fan nodded slightly. At this point, he could be 100% sure that the person who had been bidding against them was one of the two mixed-race individuals from his hotel.

Their goal was the code on this hairpin!

Related to the Divine Ape Golden Body? Then he absolutely had to get it, the first form was in his hands!

Moreover, Xiao Fan thought, if he took these second, third, and fourth forms to exchange for the Bai family’s fifth, sixth, and seventh forms, then he would have seven moves. Damn, how tough would that be? He could probably press Kuang Xing to the ground and rub him around as he pleased!

Suddenly, a rapid force came from behind!

Xiao Fan’s pupils suddenly contracted.

What the hell?

Someone dared to make a move here?

He suddenly dodged sideways, looking at the… cat girl in front of him with an uncertain expression.

A woman was on all fours, wearing black clothes made of strange Materials, her movements and gaze like those of a feline!

“Are you out of your mind?” Xiao Fan cursed angrily.

If this guy’s strength was too great and touched the threshold of that protective shield, then everyone would be dead!

But Fang Qiqi completely ignored Xiao Fan and charged forward with all four limbs!

Her movements were as swift as the wind, her target being the Storage Ring in Xiao Fan’s hand.

Xiao Fan’s eyes narrowed, his attention highly focused, and he immediately began to counterattack.

The two intertwined, seemingly intimate, but in reality, full of killing intent.

Xiao Fan’s grappling techniques were also very well practiced. In this narrow and cramped alley, the black-clad person and the cat girl fought, retreating as they fought!

Both of their movements were as swift as the wind, but completely without any force!

At this moment, Fang Qiqi’s heart was extremely shocked. Her talent was to have the speed and reaction of a cat, coupled with Acquired training, in the matter of snatching things, she believed she was absolutely top-notch in the world!

But now, the opponent’s reaction speed, movements, and combat awareness were also incredibly strong. So far, she had been unable to touch his Storage Ring!

Xiao Fan snorted coldly, turned, and ran, deciding to rush directly onto the main street!

He didn’t believe that this madman would still dare to act recklessly in a crowded place!

Bai Zhuangzhuang on the side was stunned, shocked by the two’s battle scene and by the cat girl’s behavior.

The other party must have come to snatch the Ink Fragrance Green Jade Hairpin, but…

He really wanted to say, the Ink Fragrance Green Jade Hairpin is in my hand, snatching Xiao Fan’s Storage Ring is useless!