The Supreme Clarity Sect's treasury blazed with light.
The two elders on watch, Pan Dechang and Tang Ren, hurried to the scene.
"Shang Zhen, what's the situation?" Pan Dechang asked as soon as he arrived.
"I've kept watch at the treasury entrance while waiting for you and Elder Tang," Shang Zhen said.
"Well done."
Pan Dechang praised him. Shang Zhen was steady and dependable, and handled things properly.
Tang Ren said, "The person who entered the treasury must be that boy surnamed Lü. He's got some nerve, trespassing in the Supreme Clarity Sect's restricted grounds! Clearly, he's no upright gentleman."
Pan Dechang frowned. "We were in the wrong first. If he entered the treasury and took a few spiritual treasures, let him. This isn't the sect's secret vault. It won't affect our foundations. What worries me is whether he triggered any formation restrictions."
With that, Pan Dechang stepped forward to inspect the restrictions on the treasury door.
What he found left him astonished. "This... This young man called Lu Wang is that capable?"
Tang Ren and several patrolling disciples gathered around, along with Chen Rong, who had arrived afterward.
Pan Dechang pointed to the embedded Formation Talisman. "Lu Wang didn't break the restriction with brute force. He used a deft touch to sever the core pattern of the Formation Talisman. No wonder its warning function never activated! Even I might not be able to manage something this precise."
Tang Ren muttered, "The more capable a man with bad intentions is, the more harm he can do."
Pan Dechang finally lost patience. In front of the disciples, he rounded on Tang Ren:
"Junior Brother Tang, what grudge do you have against Lu Wang? He foiled the Black Heaven Cult's plot in Sword-Test Valley and saved our Supreme Clarity Sect and the