"Hand it over? And if we refuse?" As he spoke, Jiang Zhizhou took two steps back, quietly positioning himself in front of Yang Qing.
Duan Tianyu sneered and moved his hand, drawing his blade. "The sword in my hand has been waiting a long time."
"Do you think that sword alone can stop us, General Duan? Utterly laughable!"
Jiang Zhizhou turned to Pei Buji. "Let's go, Great Hero Pei."
Pei Buji also glanced up at Duan Tianyu, then escorted Yang Qing toward the exit.
Since Duan Tianyu and his men had managed to enter this place, there had to be a secret passage.
Where there was one, there could be another. Finding another way out would not be difficult.
Seeing the four of them turn a deaf ear to his words, Duan Tianyu felt his blood surge. "Are you actually intending to defy an imperial decree?"
"How are we defying it? His Majesty wants to find the Dragon Vein. There's neither a dragon nor a vein here, and nothing here is what His Majesty seeks. Why should we hand anything over? Since this isn't the place we were sent to find, naturally, we're leaving."
Jiang Zhizhou swept Duan Tianyu with a cold glance. "By behaving this way, General Duan, are you disregarding His Majesty's command?"
Duan Tianyu had not expected Jiang Zhizhou to keep using the Dragon Vein as a pretext even now.
But he had to admit that, with this argument, even Duan Tianyu could not think of a way to browbeat Jiang Zhizhou.
Yet the object in Jiang Zhizhou's hands was the very purpose of his journey. How could he let him simply walk away with it?
"Under all heaven, every inch of land belongs to the sovereign. His Majesty has long since ordered us to search day