Gang Baduo and Xima followed the thief. Gang Baduo warned her, "Watch his escape route. Follow his path, and whatever you do, don't walk into an ambush." Neither knew where they were. All around them was pitch-black, without a single lit room. The thief reached a small building and climbed straight up over its eaves. Gang Baduo inwardly admired him. This man's agility was no worse than his own; why would someone with such ability become a thief? The more he thought about it, the less it felt right. He watched the thief climb to the third floor, open a window with practiced ease, and slip inside.
Xima also felt that something was strange. She said quietly, "Master, it looks as though he deliberately led us here."
Gang Baduo nodded and used Secret Voice Transmission to tell her, "Something is wrong. Let's leave first and report to the Northern Courtyard King before deciding what to do."
Xima bit her cherry-red lip. Although unwilling to give up, she understood that pursuing him any farther might lead to trouble.
Just as they were about to leave, someone suddenly shouted, "Thieves!" Countless torches flared around the courtyard, lighting the entire place as brightly as day. Gang Baduo's and Xima's faces fell. In the end, they had still walked into someone else's trap. Gang Baduo wondered to himself how, with his level of cultivation, he had failed to detect so many people lying in ambush. Regret was useless now. He looked toward the small building ahead and saw several large characters on its plaque-Seven-Treasure Exquisite Tower. Xima saw the plaque too and wondered, What exactly is this Seven-Treasure Exquisite Tower? Why is it so heavily guarded?
Gang Baduo looked around and saw that more than two hundred people had surrounded them. Their formation was