At his words, leaving Desert North Mad Blade aside, everyone else's first reaction was not interest, but ridicule.
Who the hell do you think you are, Bei Yuanlei? The rest of us are still completely in the dark, and you claim you've found something? With your standing? Are you qualified? Qualified to cut keys, maybe? How many fucking keys?
Yet Desert North Mad Blade suddenly burst out laughing.
His laughter grew louder and louder. If not for the Inn's own rules, he would probably have drawn everyone's attention long ago.
A long while passed.
Only then did his laughter subside.
He pointed at Zhou You, speaking between gasps.
"Good, good, good! I knew I hadn't misjudged you. Tell me, what exactly did you find?"
Unmoved by either praise or scorn, Zhou You simply took the sheet of paper from inside his robe and placed it on the table.
Someone immediately sneered at the sight.
"And here I thought it was something special. It's just the Inn's notice. Doesn't everyone have one of those..."
His voice cut off abruptly. The reason was simple.
They had also seen the two extra lines written in blood at the bottom.
As the room suddenly fell silent, Desert North Mad Blade calmly picked up the paper and examined it.
Two lines, merely a few dozen words, yet he studied them for over ten minutes before letting out a long breath and setting it down.
"That gives us two more ways to stay alive. No wonder Wen died like that. He hadn't acted in accordance with his assigned role..."
Then Desert North Mad Blade tapped the table.
"But that raises another question. How did you get this?"
He was still smiling.
Yet his killing intent spread without the slightest attempt to conceal it.
Zhou You answered