Chapter 141: Spy

"What kind of joke is this!"

Ye Xiaotian slammed the table and stood up. He could sense some implication in Sang Lao's words. "Did you send him to find the Zhen Jie Zhi Bao?"

"Not at all, don't talk nonsense." Sang Lao gestured for him to calm down and explained, "I just told him to go to Hei Luo Ya for cultivation."

"Are you sure you didn't reveal any information?" Ye Xiaotian furrowed his brow, still doubtful.

"What could I say? If he gets it, that's his opportunity. If not, at least he'll make some breakthrough in his cultivation." Sang Lao said indifferently.

Asking him to cheat and reveal the method to break the seal on the Zhen Jie Zhi Bao was out of the question.

But he was confident that once this kid went to Hei Luo Ya, he'd stir up something for sure.

"Want to bet?"

Ye Xiaotian didn't respond, but Qiao Qianzhi laughed. "Sang Lao, if you're not cheating, how could Xu Xiaoshou get something that even Qianqian couldn't?"

"That might not be the case!" Sang Lao shrugged.

Ye Xiaotian was about to refuse outright, but Qiao Qianzhi's words made him think twice. Instead, he said, "What if you lose?"

"I won't lose!"

"Heh!" Ye Xiaotian sneered. Thinking of backing out again?

"Don't believe me? Fine, if I lose, I'll owe you a favor." Sang Lao grabbed another large elbow of meat.

The three of them were stunned. Ye Xiaotian felt tempted and asked, "What if Xu Xiaoshou doesn't get anything?"

"Same deal!" Sang Lao took a bite, his mouth full of sauce.

"Alright, I'm in!" Ye Xiaotian slapped the table. "You two are the witnesses. If this guy tries to welch later, don't let him off!"

Qiao Qianzhi nodded with a grin, while Xiao Qixiu frowned worriedly.

Unlike Ye Xiaotian, he knew full well about Xu Xiaoshou's destructive power. What if this guy actually dug up the Zhen Jie Zhi Bao? What would happen to Tian Xuan Men?

Sang Lao glanced at him at the right moment. "There are treasures that stabilize the boundary. At worst, we can find a few lesser ones to replace it. Don't worry, it won't be a big problem."

Xiao Qixiu hadn't been too panicked before, but hearing "don't worry, it won't be a big problem" made his heart sink.

Last time you said the same thing, and what happened?

The Ling Zang Ge even caught fire!

"Knock knock knock!"

A series of urgent knocks interrupted their private conversation.

Qiao Qianzhi went to open the door, and there stood Zhao Xidong, looking flustered.

The four of them fixed their eyes on the Ling Pan in his hand. One bead on it had already dimmed, and another was flickering unsteadily, shining brightly one moment and dim the next.

Ye Xiaotian's face darkened instantly. They had just placed the bet, and now the situation had blown up?

"What's going on?"

"Come in and talk." Before Zhao Xidong could speak, Qiao Qianzhi pulled him into the room and closed the door.

The cramped space felt even more crowded with five men inside.

Zhao Xidong swallowed hard, forcing his gaze away from the table, and said, "It just exploded. On my way here flying over, another one blew up, but the bead's light hasn't fully gone out yet."

The four of them: "..."

Seeing their silence, Zhao Xidong panicked, realizing he'd phrased it poorly.

"It wasn't me! One exploded on its own while I was flying, and it was only about a dozen breaths after the first one."

The four fell silent again.

The twelve Zhen Jie Zhi Bao of Tian Xuan Men were far apart, making it impossible for one person to sabotage two seals in just a dozen breaths.

Qiao Qianzhi said in surprise, "Two spies?"

If only one had exploded, it would have been within their expectations.

This time, Tian Xuan Men was opened as a trap, just waiting to see if the spy would take the bait and show themselves.

But now... two?

Xiao Qixiu hesitated and said quietly, "Is it possible that one is a spy, and the other is Xu Xiaoshou?"

Everyone froze. It seemed... quite possible?

Zhao Xidong couldn't help but ask, "Exactly what spy are we talking about, and where did they come from?"

He was extremely curious. Xiao Qixiu had only told him that there might be a spy among those entering Tian Xuan Men, but hadn't elaborated.

How did they know about the spy in Ling Gong, and be so certain?

Qiao Qianzhi glanced at the other three, and seeing no objection, explained, "Do you remember the night the masked assailants attacked?"

"If it had been an inside-outside collaboration with the masked assailants forcing their way through the Ling Gong array, we would have detected it right away."

"But even so, he still fell into my trap. He hadn't been in Ling Gong long before my hidden array spotted him."

Qiao Qianzhi said proudly, then sighed, "Too bad the inside man escaped quickly and left no traces."

Zhao Xidong suddenly understood, but asked further, "How did you know this inside man would definitely enter Tian Xuan Men?"

"I wasn't sure at first, but now I am." Qiao Qianzhi looked at the Ling Pan in his hand.

The other three smiled knowingly, realizing Qiao Qianzhi wasn't telling the full truth.

With Bai Ku about to open, if Sheng Nu wanted to collect the Ming Jian Er Shi Yi, then the ones with the Four Swords wouldn't want to miss out either.

Though this sword wasn't among the famous ones, it carried the title of one of the Da Lu Wu Da Shen Qi, making it even more prestigious.

Add to that the reputation as the "eighth sword immortal's former weapon," and who wouldn't be tempted?

Even Xiao Qixiu was tempted!

And such a divine weapon's scabbard was right in Tian Xuan Men... Whoever got the scabbard would be halfway to success.

Zhao Xidong thought it over and asked, "Could the spy be Xu Xiaoshou?"

Xiao Qixiu couldn't take it anymore and smacked him on the head, nearly making Zhao Xidong drop the Ling Pan.

"Use your brain!"

"The spy has been hiding deep, so they must have planned this for a long time. Those outer court kids haven't even been in Ling Gong long enough to see the arrays, let alone understand them!"

Zhao Xidong shrank back, thinking to himself, who could be more like a spy than Xu Xiaoshou?

This guy was always dismantling things, blowing stuff up, and even killing people now and then. Wasn't that just maliciously sabotaging Ling Gong's talents?

If not a spy, what else could he be?

Then he thought of Chao Shu. Last time, Xu Xiaoshou had used Sang Lao as an excuse to escape enforcement.

Though he'd mentioned it to Xiao Qixiu later, there was no reaction at all.

Should he ask about it?

Zhao Xidong looked at the four men, hesitating, but in the end, he chickened out.

Forget it—better not risk his life over it!

Sang Lao watched the young man with interest and asked, "Besides Xu Xiaoshou, who do you think the spy could be?"

Xu Xiaoshou was impossible, as his disciple; Sang Lao had scrutinized him thoroughly, with no flaws.

Zhao Xidong pondered for a while and finally spat out a name that surprised everyone:

"Mo Mo!"

Xiao Qixiu's face darkened. He'd already said the spy had been plotting for a long time, so new inner court disciples were out. Why was this guy bringing it up again?

He was about to scold him when Sang Lao stopped him with his chopsticks and turned to Zhao Xidong. "Why do you think that?"

Xiao Qixiu was too worried to think straight, but the other three knew this kid was no ordinary person.

After all, he was the top of the Thirty-Three, so how could he have forgotten what was just said?

Everyone looked at Zhao Xidong expectantly, hoping for a solid reason. To their surprise, he puffed out his chest and said, "A man's intuition!"

The four of them: "..."

Xiao Qixiu took a deep breath and took the Ling Pan from Zhao Xidong's hand.

"What are you doing?" Zhao Xidong asked, confused.

The moment the Ling Pan left his hand, he was slapped to the ground, making the whole hut shake.