Lola and Mountain Girl were discussing it when Gu Qingshan suddenly said,
"Don't do anything."
The two women froze. Lola asked, "Why?"
"If you steal his Money Bag now, then when someone investigates carefully later, they'll find that he put a bounty on my head. They might suspect us."
He continued unhurriedly, "That's not even the biggest problem. More importantly, if anyone realizes that the world's treasures have been getting stolen ever since his Money Bag was taken, they'll trace it back to the source and discover us."
"What should we do, then?" Lola asked.
Gu Qingshan said seriously, "I told you before: we absolutely can't let a single whisper of this ability escape. Otherwise, countless beings in the void will hunt us down."
"So for now, let's do nothing. After this blows over, we'll go and empty out the whole world."
Mountain Girl said, her voice full of murderous intent, "Young master, that man is using money to buy your life."
"Mm. Right now, we just have to play the part of evildoers and muddle through."
"Muddle through? How?" Lola asked, puzzled.
"Let me think..."
Gu Qingshan looked toward the others on the Gladiator Arena. The fighters were all sizing him up with ill intent.
His eyes narrowed slightly. He simply stepped forward, pulled Earth Sword from the void, and drew a line on the ground.
His expression was calm. "I don't like killing people. But if even one of you crosses this line, I'll kill every last one of you—"
"And to the person in the stands who said he'd pay to have me killed: don't leave later. I'm going to kill your whole family."
With that, he sheathed the sword and returned to his place.
Silence fell all around.
Even the stands went quiet for a moment.