113: Chapter 113 Both Arrested

Xia Shaoxin was gripped tightly by Gao Zao, just like catching a chick.

The gap in cultivation was visible to the naked eye; there was no choice but to submit.

"Kid, we don't want to be your enemy. We're just sending you back to the Chiyan Sect. I expect the Chiyan Sect won't do anything to you, but you are too important to the Chiyan Sect, which is why a wanted order was issued."

Xia Shaoxin was startled: "When was the wanted order issued?"

"It only arrived a few days ago; it hadn't been sent out before."

So, he hadn't been wanted for three months. It was his own carelessness; he had actually stayed at the Weiming Sect Immortal Market for three months. If he had left the Yue Kingdom earlier, none of this would have happened.

"Fellow Daoist Xia, although the Chiyan Sect issued a wanted order, we inquired, and the Chiyan Sect has no intention of killing you. They are just anxious for you to return, so they had to resort to this strategy."

Gao Zao's tone suddenly became gentle.

"I don't like holding you like this. I'll let go, but don't run away."

Gao Zao gently released his hand, and Xia Shaoxin bolted.

But he was caught up to by Gao Zao in a few steps and grabbed again.

"Fellow Daoist Xia, if you're going to be so uncooperative, this won't be any fun."

"If you take me back, what benefit do you get?" Xia Shaoxin asked angrily.

"Sending you back earns us one thousand Spirit Stones."

Xia Shaoxin was shocked. Am I worth that much?

"Then is Liu Tingting also wanted?"

"Yes."

"Then how many Spirit Stones can she be sold for?"

Gao Zao paused for a moment, then laughed heartily: "How can you use the word 'sold'? She isn't as valuable as you. Sending her to the Chiyan Sect earns eight hundred Spirit Stones."

Xia Shaoxin couldn't believe it. I'm actually worth more than Liu Tingting?

"Don't get cocky. You're worth more, so you might suffer more."

Xia Shaoxin was both annoyed and amused. Where did he see me looking cocky?

"Alright, little brother, we aren't enemies, and you aren't a prisoner. You're just too valuable, which is why we had to make a move on you. You'd better stop struggling."

Gao Zao let go again.

This time, Xia Shaoxin didn't run. He asked calmly: "In other words, they want me alive, so you wouldn't dare kill me, right?"

Gao Zao frowned, suddenly raised his hand, and a spiritual talisman shot from his palm, striking him in the chest.

Xia Shaoxin hurriedly tore open his clothes, but the spiritual talisman was already gone.

"What are you doing?"

"I added a tracking talisman to you. No matter where you run, I can find you."

"So what if you find me? I won't go with you." Xia Shaoxin roared.

Gao Zao waved his large hand, lifted him up, threw him onto the horse's back, and then stuck a talisman on the horse.

"You have been firmly nailed to the horse's back by me; you can't escape even if you want to."

Xia Shaoxin struggled hard, but his body felt as if it had grown together with the horse, unable to move away.

Gao Zao took out another talisman and stuck it on the horse's belly.

"This is a Thousand-Mile Gallop Talisman. With it, the horse can run continuously. We can reach the Chiyan Sect very quickly. You return to the Sect, I take the Spirit Stones and leave. Everyone wins."

Watching this fluid series of actions, Xia Shaoxin muttered: "Are you a Talisman Maker?"

Gao Zao shook his head: "No, I'm just especially rich."

Cao Ben asked anxiously from the side: "Am I going with you too?"

Gao Zao nodded: "You provided the clue, so you have a share. This kid doesn't look honest; you can be my assistant."

"Alright!" Cao Ben quickly got on his horse.

Smack, smack. Gao Zao used the Thousand-Mile Gallop Talisman on both his own horse and Cao Ben's horse.

Xia Shaoxin asked nervously: "Have you caught Liu Tingting?"

Gao Zao smiled and said: "She was only caught the day before yesterday and has already been sent to the Chiyan Sect."

This answer made Xia Shaoxin feel a bit devastated.

So Liu Tingting hadn't even left the borders of the Yue Kingdom in three months?

"Where did you catch her?"

"The capital."

The capital? Xia Shaoxin was extremely surprised.

Remembering Elder Qian Yunchang's instruction not to go to the capital, the old fellow was far-sighted and must have already guessed this would happen.

The imperial court was subservient to the Chiyan Sect; going to the capital was just walking into a trap.

"How did you catch her?"

"It's quite a coincidence. Miss Liu lived in the capital for two months, wandering the streets every day. Others thought she was just a wealthy Young Miss; no one could tell she was a Cultivator," Gao Zao said with great interest.

"As it turned out, one day she saw a drunkard harassing a woman on the street. She raised her hand and threw the drunkard into a tree, and then everyone realized she must be a Cultivator."

"With such great strength and such beauty, it caused a sensation, and the news reached the imperial court, so she was caught."

Xia Shaoxin was speechless.

She actually lived in the capital for so long!

But he could understand; after all, Liu Tingting had never left home. How could she have seen the prosperity of a top-tier mortal city? Once she encountered it, she would naturally be reluctant to leave.

He remembered back when he escaped from the Gu Bureau, encountering prefecture cities and county towns along the way, he had also lingered in each one. Only after seeing more did the novelty slowly fade.

He sighed inwardly, after we return to the Chiyan Sect, how will we face Elder Qian?

Gao Zao got on his horse and warned with a smile: "Little Fellow Daoist Xia, I don't want to make things difficult for you. If you cooperate well, we can have a pleasant journey, and it will all be over in a few days."

He reached out and patted the back of Xia Shaoxin's horse, and the horse instantly bolted forward.

The sound of hooves was urgent, and the clouds flew by.

The Thousand-Mile Gallop Talisman was much more powerful than the Galloping Talisman.

After half a day of travel, they arrived at a roadside tea stall. Xia Shaoxin, having sharp eyes, was shocked to see three people sitting there drinking tea, one of whom was actually Liu Tingting.

Xia Shaoxin shouted hurriedly: "Liu... Ting... ting..."

Gao Zao stopped his horse, turned it around, and rode over. The two people in the tea stall had also stood up.

"Brother Ren, why are you here? Is this Liu Tingting? Didn't you send her to the Chiyan Sect the day before yesterday? How have you only made it this far?" Gao Zao asked in confusion.

"I..."

The imperial court's Golden Guard, Ren Kan, was about to speak when Liu Tingting jumped up from her seat and grabbed Xia Shaoxin.

"Good for you! Why did you dare not come after me that day?"

Xia Shaoxin was bewildered: "I chased after you for half the night that day. Heaven knows which road you ran down."

"Then where the hell have you been these past few months?"

"I... I've been wandering around, trying to find you."

Xia Shaoxin didn't dare mention what happened at the Weiming Sect. He had already killed Yue Bin because he exposed his wealth; did he really want even more people to know he was very rich?

Liu Tingting's gaze softened slightly: "You're such a fool. I was waiting for you in the capital; why didn't you come!"

Xia Shaoxin whispered: "Didn't Elder Qian instruct us not to go to the capital?"

Liu Tingting blinked her large eyes: "I don't understand, why would he instruct that?"

"The capital is the imperial court's territory, and there are many Cultivators. If the Chiyan Sect wants to catch someone, they just need to issue an imperial decree. If you arrive in the capital, you definitely won't be able to escape."

"But I stayed in the capital for three months before I was caught. If you had come earlier, we would have run away long ago."

"Because the wanted order was only issued a few days ago."

Liu Tingting realized she was wrong. Her eyes rolled, and she said angrily: "You see me and still don't dismount? How rude!"

She reached out to pull Xia Shaoxin, but couldn't move him.

"I've been locked onto the horse by a spiritual talisman," Xia Shaoxin said very helplessly.