767: Evil Thoughts (Part 1) [Monthly Tickets Requested]

"Third Brother?"

"Seventh Brother?"

For the first time, Chao Lian hated how sharp-eyed Martial Gall Warriors were.

He could not only see the inscriptions on the two new tombstones, but even the grain of the wood was crystal clear. That ability stripped him of any hope of deceiving himself. His mind went blank with a roar, and the world plunged into darkness. By the time he came to, he was crawling on all fours. A few times along the way, his strength gave out and he collapsed, but he managed to drag himself to the two new graves. "Third Brother—Seventh Brother—"

"Grave of my worthy younger brother, Qi Chen. Weeping, your foolish elder brother, Gu Ren, erected this."

"Grave of my worthy younger brother, Zhu Wen. Weeping, your foolish elder brother, Gu Ren, erected this."

Chao Lian collapsed before the graves, weeping so hard he could not speak. But after only a few breaths, he roughly wiped the tears from his face with his sleeve and stared at the two small mounds, steeling his resolve. He closed his eyes and regulated his breathing, suppressing his surging emotions as he let martial energy steadily fill his meridians. Then he rose calmly to his feet.

"Thirteen, stay here and watch over our two brothers. Your Twelfth Brother is going to find our eldest brother and the others." Chao Lian tried to make his voice sound casual. If he could not even fool himself, how could he fool Thirteen? "They must have carelessly left us behind. I'll go find them and settle the score."

Unexpectedly—

Shao Chong asked him in return, "Twelfth Brother, do I really look that stupid? A few years ago, you might have been able to fool me, but now—do you think I don't know where you're going? Do you