Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
âHmph, are you a thief trying to catch a thief? Arenât you the one who assassinated the head of our Dong family? Let me tell you. If you think you can leave alive after showing up, youâre delusional!â Dong Jian shouted.
Zhou Shu curled his lips up slightly, unconcerned.
The status of the sixth brother of the Dong family should be above Dong Jianâs. He waved his hand, and Dong Jian shut up.
The sixth brother looked at Zhou Shu with a solemn expression. âI can give you a chance to talk. If what you say canât satisfy our Dong family, then Iâll take your life here in the Dong familyâs headquarters.â
Zhou Shu smiled indifferently. âThat depends on whether you have the ability.â
âPlease!â
Compared to Dong Jian and Dong Qinglong, the sixth brother was at least much more imposing.
He made an inviting gesture.
Zhou Shu wasnât afraid at all. He calmly stepped through the door of the Dong familyâs headquarters.
Although the sixth brother of the Dong family was quite imposing, he wasnât a fool.
It was impossible for him not to be on guard against a suspected enemy entering the headquarters.
The few experts of the Dong family who had just come with him followed Zhou Shu closely.
These experts were all at the Grotto-Heaven realm. If Zhou Shu really had ulterior motives, no matter what he wanted to do, he would first have to pass through these experts.
And with so many Grotto-Heaven realm experts, even Nomological realm experts couldnât kill them instantly.
With them watching, the Dong family would be able to react no matter what Zhou Shu wanted to do.
Only at this moment did Zhou Shu feel that the Dong family was like a large family that controlled a region.
Zhou Shu already had some understanding of the layout of the Dong familyâs headquarters when he entered Dong Jianâs dream.
Therefore, when he saw the scene in the Dong familyâs headquarters, he wasnât curious at all. He followed Sixth Brother Dong and the others to a hall. When they entered, Zhou Shu saw the first elder of the Dong family sitting at the head seat.
He could no longer sense the aura of the connate divine weapon from him.
It seemed that the first elder had either given away the connate divine weapon or placed it in the treasure vault.
âYou must be the Dong familyâs first elder.â Zhou Shu cupped his hands.
âYou know me?â The first elder was puzzled.
âIâve heard a lot about you,â Zhou Shu said. âDecades ago, Mad Lion Dong Tailaiâs name shook the world. Everyone knows about you. You have always been my idol.â
Zhou Shut s words made the first elder of the Dong family, Dong Tailai, look smug.
Dong Tailai looked at Zhou Shu and narrowed his eyes. âWho are you?â
âIt doesnât matter who I am,â Zhou Shu said indifferently. âFirst Elder, you have sharp eyes. You should be able to tell that Iâm not the assassin who tried to assassinate the head of the Dong family.
âIâm here to remind you, First Elder, that a hidden enemy has sneaked into your Dong familyâs treasure vault. Heâs eyeing your treasure vault.â
âHuh?â Dong Tailaiâs expression changed.
The expressions of the other Grotto-Heaven realm experts changed drastically.
âThatâs impossible!â Dong Tailai said grimly. âOur Dong family has already strengthened our defense. With you here, is there anyone else who can transform?â
Zhou Shu smiled and asked, âFirst Elder, didnât your Dong family recruit a group of apprentices just now?â
Dong Tailaiâs face darkened. âAre you here for them?â
Dong Tailaiâs eyes flashed, and a murderous aura spread from his body.
Zhou Shuâs heart skipped a beat. Just the mention of the apprentices made Dong Tailai want to kill him. One had to know that when Zhou Shu first entered, Dong Tailai didnât have any killing intent.
It seemed that what they wanted to do with these apprentices wasnât simple.
âIâm here to help the Dong family.â Zhou Shu shook his head. âPreviously, I had a misunderstanding with your familyâs Dong Jian. I played a small joke with himâ¦â
âThe lives of dozens of knights of the Dong family are not a joke,â the first elder said coldly.
âIâve never killed anyone from the Dong family.â Zhou Shu shook his head. âI can swear on the Great Dao that if Iâve ever killed a member of the Dong family, I will suffer the backlash of the Great Dao and die.â
Zhou Shu was confident. He didnât personally kill.
What a joke. His strength hadnât recovered. Even if he wanted to kill someone, he didnât have the strength.
Previously, the Dong family knights had all died at the hands of Cao Yue and the village chief of Boundary Bridge Village, Dong He. What did it have to do with Zhou Shu?
When Dong Tailai heard what Zhou Shu said, his expression softened slightly. âWhether our Dong family recruits apprentices or not is our own business. It has nothing to do with you.â
âOf course it has nothing to do with me.â Zhou Shu smiled. âWhat if I say that one of those apprentices has ulterior motives?â âHahaâ¦â Dong Tailai suddenly laughed.
The other experts of the Dong family also laughed.
They didnât seem worried that there would be people with ulterior motives among the apprentices.
Zhou Shut s eyes flashed as he seemed to understand something.
âThereâs one more thing. Didnât you obtain a connate divine weapon previously?â Zhou Shu continued. âSomeone deliberately let you obtain that connate divine weapon, First Elder. The goal is to use the connate divine weapon to determine the location of your Dong familyâs treasure vault..â