Chapter 388
The members of the Starlight Convoy settled down on the Level Nine Aberration for the time being to rest.
Nine Nether took flight and soon vanished into the night.
He Butan did not dare let Nine Nether stay for too long, either. After all, the Spiritual Cultivation Society had a way to locate him, so there was no telling when they might come looking.
That meant he could only keep Nine Nether flying through the sky, landing only when there was no other choice.
"Brother-in-law, is the Spiritual Cultivation Society that He Butan offended really powerful?"
Inside a room, Zhu Cheng and Lin Yi sat by the doorway, looking out at the small, vulnerable human settlement in the dim light.
Lin Yi nodded. "The Spiritual Cultivation Society is definitely powerful. Even the Chosen Principality falls somewhat short of them. After all, the Spiritual Cultivation Society started preparing for the apocalypse a long time ago."
"Don't go feeling sorry for He Butan. He brought this on himself. He probably stole a Curio from the Spiritual Cultivation Society, and very likely a highly ranked one."
"Otherwise, they wouldn't be hunting him down so relentlessly."
Based on what Lin Yi knew of He Butan, the reason the man was being hunted was definitely that he had stolen a Curio.
There was no other possibility.
In other words, He Butan had only himself to blame.
"It's just one Curio. Is all that really necessary?" Zhu Cheng could not quite understand it. After all, her brother-in-law had plenty of Curios.
Her brother-in-law could even mass-produce those things!
"That's different."
Lin Yi shook his head and explained, "None of the top hundred Curios are simple. Remember that Curio the Chosen Principality had that could stop time? That one was probably numbered in the top