Chapter 59: The Infiltrator (Part Two)
The Bandits' methods were vicious. Not a single high-level intelligent being remained alive on the entire planet. Even the Lineage's slaves had been driven into a valley and bombarded with indiscriminate spells, leaving the valley carpeted with mangled corpses. They passed several of the Lineage's outposts along the way; every one was a ghastly sight.
Nangong Jue hurried ahead, urging them on. "Quick! The owner of this planet is dead, but the Saint Court hasn't designated it a Main Planet yet. If we take a few things, its owner can't blame us, and the Saint Court won't pursue it. This is a golden opportunity!" His nose twitched. He crouched, dug into the ground with both hands, and brought up a stone no bigger than a thumbnail. Luo Qian laughed. "That Saint Soul Stone is so small it barely counts as a piece."
Despite his words, he snatched it without hesitation. "Oh well. Li Shu... Why does that name still feel so awkward? However little this is, it should be enough to stick between his teeth." Nangong Jue kept running northwest. "Come on! I've found it!"
Among the rocky hills near the sea stood a kneeling stone statue. In its hands rested a stone orb covered in strange markings. "That's it?" Luo Qian asked, puzzled. Only Nangong Jue could have found a statue like this amid such vast hills without knowing a thing about it beforehand.
He had no idea what made the statue valuable, but he had always trusted Nangong Jue's nose. "I wondered why those Bandits would target a Lineage still in its early stages of development. There wouldn't be much fat for them to skim. Looks like they came for something else—probably this."
Nangong Jue said, "But they killed everyone in the