"Wutu, you three brothers still haven't reaped a single grain, have you?"
"Helian, you only managed to kill a few while these refugees were still reeling with fear. The contest has only just begun. Nightfall is when we'll truly see what we're made of."
"Very well. Since you're so confident, Brother Helian, how about we wager on who kills the most tonight?"
"What are the stakes?"
"If we win, send your Ninth Sister to serve us for nine days. How about it?"
"And if you lose?"
"Haven't you always fancied my Eldest Sister, Wutu? If we lose, I can find a way to send her to your residence. What happens next will depend on your own abilities."
"What are the rules?"
"When killing, we mustn't alert any of the refugees. We have to let them die silently amid their dread."
"You're on!"
"Splendid!"
In a thicket within Maplewood Forest, Xu Taiping let Nanxing and the others listen, one by one, to the voice transmissions exchanged between the black fish in the Fish-Seeking Disc.
"Young master, could you truly have the power to know the future without divination? You actually guessed everything right!"
His mouth slightly open, Zhai Mo stared at Xu Taiping opposite him in astonishment.
Xu Taiping was speechless.
"Brother Zhai Mo, don't make wild guesses."
Nanxing shot Zhai Mo another glare.
Unlike the careless Zhai Mo, the perceptive Nanxing had long since realized that this was a secret Xu Taiping was unwilling to reveal.
"Young master, could this treasure of yours be Youyun Prefecture's Fish-Seeking Disc?"
Beside them, Gu Qingcheng suddenly looked at the jade disc amid the group with amazement.
"You've seen one before, Miss Qingcheng?"
Xu Taiping turned to Gu Qingcheng.
"I have, but the one I saw was nowhere near as exquisite as yours, young