"Who's there?" The envoy's expression changed, and he shouted.
Jin Hu's face went pale.
He recognized that voice. Wasn't it the new Deputy Sect Master?
"It's all right." Jin Hu forced himself to calm down. "This envoy is a Void Realm expert too. With so many people on our side, how could we fear him alone?"
"It's you?" the envoy said in surprise when Huang Xiao appeared before them.
"It's me," Huang Xiao said. "What a coincidence, my lord, finding you together with a thief from our Wild Ox Sect."
The envoy had already guessed that Jin Hu was the thief from the Wild Ox Sect.
He had heard about it just as he entered the Wild Ox Sect's main hall.
At first, he had thought the Wild Ox Sect was putting on a show for him, trying to make him believe they had been robbed clean and therefore could not scrape together the two hundred thousand taels.
Only after Jin Hu intercepted him did he realize that was not the case at all.
"A thief? Who's a thief?" The envoy pretended not to quite understand Huang Xiao's words.
"Jin Hu, where do you think you can run now? Hand over the valuables you stole, and I can spare your life," Huang Xiao shouted directly at Jin Hu.
"Hmph, what valuables? Don't spit blood and slander me." As Jin Hu spoke, his gaze involuntarily flicked toward the envoy's subordinate who was carrying the bundle.
Huang Xiao had noticed the man with the bundle long ago.
Clearly, Jin Hu had probably handed these valuables to the envoy in exchange for his help and protection.
The envoy raised an eyebrow. He could see through Jin Hu's little scheme.
He wanted him to step in.
But since he had already given his word,