"There really was something new to see every time."
On the mountain behind the Gao Household, a dark shadow slipped soundlessly out of the shade within a rock crevice and took the shape of a black-robed figure. It was Li Fuchan, who had arrived only a short while earlier.
He had intended to search for Jia Hua's whereabouts, but instead, he had inadvertently overheard Gao Gongjin and Gao Gonglu's secret conversation on this back mountain.
With Muffled Crow in Ambush and Embrace-Lock Crouching Cicada at his disposal, and Gao Gongjin and Gao Gonglu's cultivation realms so far below his own, they could not possibly have noticed him. Thus, he had heard the whole exchange from beginning to end.
"Gao Gongjin actually survived the Wisdom King's return to his rightful place. He wasn't converted into a novice monk, and instead got tangled up in something like this."
As for Mu Suli's desire to slay the thief and seize Changze, he could understand that.
The Changze obtained by slaying the thief was something anyone in the world would covet.
Such a treasure should only have existed within the Wisdom King's Sanctuary. But Mu Suli had attained the Dao through a bargain. Everything that should have belonged to him had been traded away for that opportunity, and because of Huici, he had failed to realize the Dharma Form he had originally wanted.
One could say that every loss no one had suffered in centuries had fallen upon Mu Suli alone.
Under those circumstances, it was hardly surprising that he would secretly plot to reclaim a few strands of Changze.
At present, only one thing truly puzzled Li Fuchan.
"Is Gao Xianxiang dead or not?"
When Gao Gongjin and Gao Gonglu went to inspect the cave chamber, he had not rashly followed them inside.