If they won this gambit, the road ahead would be smooth sailing, with no more obstacles.
If they lost, they would die here, their heads severed from their bodies, the entire game lost.
Even Xia Siheng tensed, his gaze sweeping the surroundings as he tried to find that figure from all those years ago!
Sure enough.
The East Lin assassins hiding on the eastern hillside were already stirring.
"Chief Ye, the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup! Shouldn't we strike now?"
If they waited any longer, the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup would fall into the hands of the Southern Mei Death Warriors.
Once they left this road, nearly all the remaining routes were official roads, guarded by Great Xia's government soldiers.
If they tried to seize the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup from the Southern Mei Death Warriors then, never mind how difficult it would be.
The mere fact that they would alert the Great Xia court meant they dared not risk their country!
Aye still said nothing.
"Chief Ye!" the attendant urged nervously again.
"Quiet, he's thinking!" another attendant interrupted him.
Below them, the Southern Mei Death Warriors had already surrounded the Gold-and-Jade Glazed Cup.
The death warrior leading them was just about to reach out and check whether the Glazed Glass Lamp was genuine!
But at that moment.
Aye's gaze turned cold and fierce, and he raised his hand!
"Attack!"
Arrows shot from their hands in an unending stream.
The people below instantly tensed, and Xia Siheng's men shouted for everyone to protect the princess!
The scene descended into chaos.
For a moment, the East Lin assassins actually believed these death warriors had truly come to receive the handover from the Eldest Princess!
Under A Shu's protection, the Eldest Princess kept retreating toward safety.
The Southern Mei Death Warriors fiercely guarded the Gold-and-Jade Glazed