"Where are those people?" Lu Ye asked.
Lin Yinxiu had been responsible for guarding the people they had captured earlier. Now, instead of keeping watch over the prisoners, she had come running over. Didn't that mean no one was guarding them?
Lin Yinxiu smiled confidently. "Don't worry. Nightingale is watching over there. They won't get away."
The three hurried back. Only upon arriving did Lu Ye understand where Lin Yinxiu's confidence came from.
On the Spirit Boat, the five people were not only bound by her net-like artifact, but Explosive Fire Spirit Stones had been piled all around them. Nightingale, sweating profusely, clutched an Explosion Talisman and watched them vigilantly.
It was as though the moment anyone dared make a move, he would activate the Explosion Talisman and send them all down the road together.
With things like this, who would dare run? They all stayed obediently where they were, not daring to so much as twitch.
Although Nightingale had been bought off by the Zhou Family and failed to pass on intelligence, he was still, in the end, a member of the Law Enforcement Division. Lu Ye had exposed his actions through Insight, and he now had a chance to atone for his crimes through meritorious service. Lin Yinxiu had given him that chance, and Nightingale naturally seized it.
Only when he saw Lu Ye and the others return did Nightingale finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Lin Yinxiu stepped forward, put away the Explosive Fire Spirit Stones, and retrieved her great net artifact as well.
Lu Ye tossed Zhou Wang onto the Spirit Boat and waited quietly.
The Zhou Family was quite efficient. Not long after they returned, Zhou Ze hurried over with a Medical Cultivator.
The Medical Cultivator examined Zhou Wang and treated his injuries, while Zhou