It was late at night.
Snow filled the sky.
A fire burned Professor Wen's little courtyard to ashes.
The sudden blaze alerted the school and certain interested parties.
Across the road from the courtyard, inside a luxury car, the busy firefighters were in view.
Tian Ke watched the courtyard, already a sea of flames, his expression shifting.
"Young Master Ke, Professor Wen is dead."
The driver ran back through the heavy snow to the car and quietly reported what he had learned.
"He only agreed to help Little White Tiger this afternoon, and now he's dead tonight..."
Tian Ke unconsciously rubbed his thumb over his phone screen, frustration weighing on him.
He still hadn't obtained the map's exact location.
"Could Little White Tiger have killed him?"
The driver asked cautiously.
"It's possible."
Tian Ke said with certainty, "The map is so important. Knowing Little White Tiger, he wouldn't let Professor Wen live."
"Since Professor Wen was killed by Little White Tiger, he must have worked out the exact location and been silenced."
Tian Ke rubbed his temples, his head aching. "I spoke to the professor tonight. He said the place marked on the map very likely involved an exceedingly rare treasure-Emperor Ying's Sword."
The first emperor in the Dragon Kingdom's history.
Back then, Kou Island had plundered countless treasures from the Dragon Kingdom, and this sword was said to have been among them.
However, the sword never reached Kou Island. It sank to the bottom of the sea along with the entire ship.
"If this sword really exists, it could very well become a divine artifact on par with the Western Pope's staff."
"Legend has it that this sword was the symbol of Emperor Ying's unification of the realm. Whoever obtained it could unite the Nine Provinces."
After the Great