The box was filled to the brim with gold leaves.
Yang Qing and the others had picked up these gold leaves in passing when they left the formation within a formation at Mo Yi's Plum Blossom Villa.
The gambling house attendant glanced at the gold leaves in the box without any change in expression. He merely extended a hand and said to Yang Qing and the others, "Please follow me."
The small building housing the Four-Square Gambling House bustled with activity, but the attendant leading them did not take them inside. Instead, he led them around the building toward an utterly ordinary-looking courtyard behind it.
Only when they reached it did he stop and raise his hand to knock twice on the door. "Visitors request an audience."
Not a sound came from beyond the door, but it slowly opened.
After Yang Qing and the others filed inside, the door closed again without a sound.
The little courtyard was completely silent, but a small oil lamp burned in the center of the little room.
A light breeze passed, yet the little oil lamp's flame did not stir in the slightest.
Then Yang Qing and the others saw a figure suddenly appear beside the lamp.
Even Jiang Zhizhou at their side and Bu Er, who trailed a step behind, failed to see how this person had arrived.
"Have you come to ask something? You have only the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. If you do not speak now, you will lose your chance."
Fen Liyou steadied himself and glanced at Yang Qing before speaking. "We have come to inquire about something. Have you ever heard of the Four-Square Land?"
"The Four-Square Land?" The figure remained shrouded in murky darkness, but his voice drifted out coldly.
"That is right,"