Shopkeeper Sui watched Mi Chengtian's smug, triumphant expression and inwardly sneered. This fellow held no high status among the Thief Sect cultivators, yet now he had truly latched onto a powerful patron.
An Embroidered Uniform Guard Thousand-Household Commander was already a figure of considerable rank.
After Mi Chengtian strutted off with the gait of someone who acknowledged no kin or authority, Shopkeeper Sui formed a hand seal and cast a spell to ensure no one could break into the room, then took out a transmission talisman from his storage ring.
After activating the transmission talisman with his true essence, Shopkeeper Sui appeared in an underground vault the next second. Several formations and various restrictions had been set up around it.
These formations and restrictions were all meant to safeguard the vault's secrecy and security.
Should anything go wrong, they could destroy the items inside the vault at any time or move them elsewhere.
He was not particularly familiar with this vault. Most of the time, he simply transmitted the stolen goods and account books he collected here.
The last time he had personally come here was three hundred years ago, when an urgent matter had forced him to make the trip himself.
He had not waited long in the vault.
A figure appeared within it—a middle-aged woman who still possessed considerable charm.
Only a few ever-burning candles lit the vault. Under the dim light, the middle-aged woman's face was obscured in shadow as she asked, "What is it?"
The woman's voice was hoarse and deep. From the sound alone, it was clearly a man's voice.
Yet Shopkeeper Sui was unsurprised. He cupped his fists in salute and said respectfully, "Chief Thief, there's a youngster below named Mi Chengtian who has teamed up with the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He's helping them