Cui Jiuyang frowned slightly and pressed, "In that case, let me ask you this. You just said 'rescued from that place.' Where exactly is 'that place'?"
At his words, He Feixu's smile faded somewhat. He looked troubled, clearly unwilling to say more. "Well... well..."
Cui Jiuyang asked again, "If you won't tell me that, then let me ask something else. I once saw a scholar, half man and half skeleton, riding a giant python along the railway tracks in Taian Prefecture. Do you know who he is?"
This time, He Feixu did not even stammer. He merely stayed silent, his gaze evasive.
His eyes shifted, and he suddenly spotted the two gold-and-silver cards hanging at Master Tiger's waist, the ones won on the third floor. His eyes lit up, and he hastily changed the subject, putting on another smile. "I imagine neither of you will be coming to the Moonlit Tower again.
"Wouldn't it be a shame not to exchange those two gold-and-silver cards for treasures?
"We can discuss everything else later. Let me take you both to the treasure room first."
Without waiting for Cui Jiuyang or Master Tiger to respond, He Feixu stepped forward and led them toward the second floor.
At the far end of the second-floor hall stood a seemingly ordinary wall. He Feixu reached out and pressed lightly on a certain spot. With a soft click of machinery, a concealed door slowly opened, revealing a dark corridor beyond.
He Feixu shook his head as he walked and explained, "I suggested to the proprietor before that there was no need to hide the treasury away like this.
"If we openly displayed the treasure room to the gamblers and let them see its rare treasures with their own eyes, every one of them would be green with