At the sight of the treasures on the ground, Gu Yu's eyes immediately went wide as he said:
"So you came to my home to steal!"
The treasures before him were precisely those the Divine Turtle had given the four of them while they were fishing last month, which was why Gu Yu recognized them at a glance.
His face flushed red, Jiang Jiuxuan muttered:
"What the hell would a mortal like you know about cultivators' affairs!"
Gu Yu's expression immediately turned cold.
"Stealing is stealing. What does it have to do with who you are? Your clothes and speech seem quite refined, yet you commit such vile theft. I wonder how your parents raised you!"
For a moment, not only Jiang Jiuxuan but Jiang Li and Du He as well turned red in the face.
Du He even shot Jiang Jiuxuan a glare brimming with killing intent and said through gritted teeth:
"Say one more word, and I'll tear that mouth off your face!"
Sensing the killing intent emanating from Du He, Jiang Jiuxuan ultimately chose to obediently shut his mouth, despite the humiliation on his face.
Du He then turned his gaze back to Xu Taiping.
"Everything is here. Can you let us go now?"
Xu Tianping did not answer. Instead, he went about counting the treasures on the ground with Gu Yu and the others beside him.
Only when they had nearly finished counting did he raise his head and look at Du He with a frown.
"Some are missing."
Du He frowned.
"Impossible!"
Hearing this, Gu Yu immediately counted them again with a nervous expression. When he discovered that none of the treasures were missing, he breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Upper Immortal Taiping... no..."
"No mistake, right?"
Before Gu Yu could finish, Dongfang