The one who had caused Elder Ming to sense the change in airflow was naturally Mo Ning. After spending so long as a thief in the Heaven Dou Empire, slipping past the guards outside the treasury—who were not even soul masters—and a dozen or so soul masters was nothing to him.
Mo Ning had previously used Scout Flying Bugs to observe the inside of the treasury. He could not exactly be called familiar with it, but he would not run around like a headless fly either. He knew his mission and objective very well. Still following his usual style, he strolled about as if visiting a marketplace, seemingly treating this treasury as anything but a secret stronghold of the Heaven Dou Empire.
"You there, young man. What are you doing in a place like this?"
Mo Ning's brazen behavior naturally made him easy for Elder Ming to spot.
Normally, anyone entering the treasury at this hour would certainly be up to no good. Yet when Elder Ming discovered Mo Ning, his utterly relaxed manner of strolling around made him look like someone who had swaggered in through the main entrance. So Elder Ming first asked a question, wanting to see how Mo Ning would react.
Mo Ning's reaction was naturally exceedingly calm. In particular, after entering, he had put away his nightwear in the Devouring Pouch Mo Lin had given him and changed into a perfectly ordinary outfit with a faint touch of luxury. He truly looked like someone who had swaggered in through the front gates.
"You must be Elder Ming, right? You've worked hard guarding the treasury all these years!"
Mo Ning's words immediately left Elder Ming somewhat confused.
Could this kid really have entered through the main gate? Isn't he a little too composed?
Under normal circumstances,