Volume 9 Chapter 21 Wangcai, Is That You?

I stopped while chasing after Boss to pick up my old nemesis - the inkstone that smashed my face countless times - and stuffed it in my pocket, unsure of why it dropped there.

Wait. Even if I can catch up to Boss now, all I can do is repeat myself. If I say the wrong thing, she might bludgeon me. Plus, Luo Ming is probably crapping out of his mouth right about now. Although I do want to know why he stated all three of the greatest sects have assembled, it can wait. Besides, somebody else can fill me in. My priority right now should be to draw up a map to navigate Repository Island so that I can look into what Luo Ming won’t tell us.

I’d draw attention without a doubt if I suddenly vanished after entering the gazebo given how heavily guarded Repository Island was. I went with the easiest solution, sleeping the guards and dumping them in the lake. Done. No, using Eclipse wouldn’t have made sense since Luo Ming would immediately detect me even though his guards couldn’t.

I moved about using my qinggong. Howbeit, I occasionally had to seal the guards’ meridians using Night Net Celestial Silk to move around because of the tight security. Once I was safe, I would free them. I rinsed and repeated until I had a general idea of the island. As for discoveries… there were none to speak of. Not even secret passages.

I guess there couldn’t be too many people who are informed of the island’s secrets seeing as Luo Ming even fooled his son.

Damn, what is the old fox planning? How do I predict and stay ahead of him?

Suddenly, I caught something similar to a small black animal flit past, puzzling me. I thereupon gave chase, catching up by the side and grabbing it with one hand. I was right. The trembling little guy… was a rodent, one hell of a plump rodent.

“… Wangcai, that yo