The Heavenly Evil Sect expert frowned. He had not expected these people to refuse to leave for the sake of the treasured saber. Though this angered him, there was little he could do, since he could not deal with so many people alone.
"Very well. Refuse to leave now, and none of you will be leaving later," the man said coldly.
"Anyone can make threats. The Heavenly Evil Sect may be the greatest sect of the Evil Dao, but you're just one man. What can you do to us?" someone said.
But when the Heavenly Evil Sect expert fixed his gaze on him, the man involuntarily shrank back. Whatever else might be true, the Heavenly Evil Sect's fearsome reputation still frightened him. He only dared to speak like this because so many people were here.
"You're from the Divine Might Escort Agency, the one that accepted Fan Zhongkun's escort commission?" the expert asked, staring at Gao Jin and Du Qiu.
When the two nodded, he asked again, "They say Fan Zhongkun's escort was ambushed and he was killed. In that case, you must have obtained the Inugami he was carrying. Hand it over, unless you want your escort agency wiped out."
This time, the Jianghu people nearby did not speak up, since this man was also demanding to know the Inugami's whereabouts, which was exactly what they wanted.
Du Qiu and Gao Jin were, in fact, still somewhat dazed. They could not make sense of the situation either.
They had never expected the Inugami in the wooden box to be a fake. After all, they had never opened it.
But who would believe them if they said that?
In these people's eyes, the two of them must have switched out the real Inugami.
"We didn't know it was a fake