Slaying the Thief

The middle-aged scholar said, "You must have made a mistake. This trip is no different from any of our previous ones."

The bandit surnamed Zhang chuckled. "If that's the case, let us inspect every one of your storage rings, and we'll let you pass."

Yan Chihuo was secretly puzzled. These bandits still refused to name the treasure they wanted. Presumably, its reputation was too great, and they did not wish to expose it. Yet though they were powerful, their top combat strength was roughly on par with that of these merchants. Even if the merchants had lost many Tribulation Stage cultivators and had just emerged from the spatial turbulence, defeating them would be easy enough for the bandits—but seizing the treasure would be beyond their means.

It turned out that these bandits had long robbed travelers within the spatial turbulence and were intimately familiar with everything here. If they came to blows, cultivators of the same rank would die at their hands eight or nine times out of ten. Thus, despite having only two Origin Core Stage cultivators, they dared come here to rob them.

The middle-aged scholar sighed. "Second Brother Zhang, that's going too far. The Wanjia Commercial Alliance may value harmony as the path to prosperity, but it is still somewhat renowned among the human race. If you do this, how can the Wanjia Commercial Alliance continue to hold its head high?"

The bandit surnamed Zhang said, "Li, you were only hired by the Wanjia Commercial Alliance. You are not one of them. Leave. We won't make things difficult for you."

The monk White Stone's expression changed slightly before quickly returning to normal. He had long since calculated everything. Even if all these Tribulation Stage cultivators were killed, the bandits could not kill the two of them. Though