Kill and Burn for a Golden Belt

"Hm?"

Ji Yuan, who had just taken out the three Storage Bags, looked up at Qiu Qianhai. "Didn't we agree to split everything fifty-fifty?"

"I did nothing to kill them. You did it all. And this whole mess started because of me, yet I dragged you into running for our lives."

Qiu Qianhai's expression turned grim.

"Let's leave it at that. You take everything in those bags. If I took a share of their valuables too... my conscience wouldn't let me rest. I wouldn't sleep a wink at night."

"Well..."

Seeing that Qiu Qianhai's expression held no trace of pretense, Ji Yuan could only nod.

Qiu Qianhai breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile spread across his face. "Damn it, those Qin Household bastards were fucking loaded. Who knew they'd have this much good stuff on them?"

With that, he emptied everything from the Storage Bag.

Ji Yuan had noticed it too.

For one thing, this Storage Bag was bigger than his.

He was still using the one-foot-square bag he had started with, and by now it was proving a little small.

He had nowhere to put that Stone-Armored Crab he had killed, for example.

Hu Da's Storage Bag, though, measured three feet on each side. It clearly held much more.

"Plenty of Magical Artifacts, too."

Qiu Qianhai rummaged through the pile and pulled them all out.

Both men had carried a throwing-knife Magical Artifact, as well as a protective Mystic Light Shield. The Qin Household had likely prepared them specifically for the pair.

The man who had fought Qiu Qianhai had died to the Golden Seal Talisman and the Yin Ghost, leaving the robe he wore undamaged.

But only the man who had fought Ji Yuan had possessed the boot Magical Artifact.

After some discussion, they each took