The bells rang with earth-shaking force, deafeningly loud, but they could not completely drown out Li Long's smug, mocking laughter!
"You have thirty breaths left to run. After thirty breaths, the nearest military guards will arrive. When that happens, you can explain yourselves to the Divine Machine Steel Crossbow! You little thieves from the Thieves' Den actually dared to steal from the Chang'an Military Mansion!"
He had every reason to feel smug, because guards only had value because of the bandits they guarded against. In peaceful times, guards were no different from flower stands. In the past, although the commanders of the Chang'an Military Mansion had all been responsible for guarding the secret realm beneath the dungeon, decades of unbroken peace had left them no chance to earn merit. At most, they received an extra allowance.
So when Li Long discovered them, his first reaction was delight. He finally had a chance to earn merit and make an impression before the Dragon Locking True Person. Even the slightest reward leaked from a Foundation Establishment True Person would benefit a Third Rank Herald immensely... Wasn't the recent Duke of Jin proof of that?
When he saw their thieves' masks, Li Long felt that fate had finally favored him. As long as he captured this group of thieves, he could enter the Divine Marquis Manor directly. Perhaps he might even find a way to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill!
The battle at the Divine Marquis Manor ten years ago had made Ying Le's supreme reputation. Li Long could only look up at her Foundation Establishment Fourth Rank as a stepping stone beneath her feet, and he would never forget that humiliation. Now that he had finally encountered a chance at Foundation Establishment, he had to consider whether this was the only opportunity