Hu Liena, who had been eavesdropping all along, had not heard a sound. Just as she was wondering why she could not hear their conversation, Qian Renxue came out first.
"Why are you here?" Qian Renxue looked at Hu Liena in feigned surprise, as though she had no idea Hu Liena had been eavesdropping outside the door.
"I'm afraid of the dark. I didn't dare go down." Unable to find an excuse, Hu Liena stiffened her neck and made up a reason no one would believe.
"Heh!" Qian Renxue glanced at Hu Liena and let out an odd chuckle whose meaning was unclear.
The instant she heard that chuckle, Hu Liena suddenly felt a surge of irritation, though she did not know why.
When Tang Mo walked out of the room, he felt something indescribably strange about the atmosphere. He thought it would be better to keep quiet for now, so he took the lead and headed for the ship's lowest deck.
The instant Tang Mo stepped into the bottommost hold, the glare dazzled his eyes. Gold Soul Coins piled into little mountains stood on either side of the stairway, while a Soul Tool lamp hung in the very center of the ceiling, casting bright light that made every Gold Soul Coin shine rather brilliantly.
Tang Mo lowered his head to look at the Gold Soul Coins on either side, then discovered that the designs on them were actually different.
He picked up several Gold Soul Coins and examined them closely, discovering that two bore the designs of a swan and the Hell White Tiger respectively. They were clearly Gold Soul Coins minted by the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
Tang Mo had never seen the designs on the other Gold Soul Coins. They were probably unofficially