While Li Tianming and the others were inspecting the venue, Zhao Longju's phone suddenly rang.
"Hello? Second Brother, what's up?"
"Professor Li and I just got our passes. We're at the Thesis Hearing venue."
"Qin Siyang? He and Professor Lu stayed at the clubhouse to take care of their own business."
Hearing that the caller was Zhao Longfei, Li Tianming and the others stopped what they were doing and looked at Zhao Longju.
"What? You're saying someone has sealed off the area around the clubhouse?! I'll head back and check right now."
Zhao Longju lowered his phone and said, "Second Brother told me someone seems to have isolated the clubhouse with a God-Hunting Artifact. He can't probe what's happening inside. Xiao Qin and Professor Lu might be in danger!"
Li Tianming hurriedly said, "Then let's not wait! Get back there now! Old Lu, your Capsule Pod... forgot, Old Lu isn't here either! We'll have to take the private car back!"
Hao Liang checked the time. "It'll take another ten minutes to get back. I don't think we'll make it!"
Li Tianming clenched his fists. "Even if we can't make it in time, we still have to hurry back! Let's go!"
The Zhao Merchants' Association clubhouse in District 134 stood beside a quiet street.
The building remained as imposing as ever.
But anyone who approached and examined it closely would discover a layer of fine, sandlike particles clinging to its outer walls, trembling faintly in a steady rhythm.
On the clubhouse's third floor, Qin Siyang's and Lu Daoxing's guest rooms were not adjacent.
Lu Daoxing was fast asleep, snoring like thunder.
After working himself to the bone researching God-Hunting Artifacts to pay off his debts, he had finally found a chance to sleep peacefully without a care.
Bang-
At the soft