It looks like it should be in the bedroom, or perhaps in some hidden chamber, Huang Xiao thought.
He felt this had become rather troublesome.
There was simply not enough time to search the mansion.
Suddenly, something stirred in Huang Xiao's mind.
He noticed that Xu Zhantong had returned and was already at the study door.
"Outrageous! To think there was another one!" Seeing the disciple's corpse lying outside the study, Xu Zhantong roared into the room.
These disciples had clearly still been alive when he had given chase earlier.
After pursuing the other man for a while, he had realized that the man seemed intent on luring him away, so he had decisively turned back.
Now it seemed his decision had been very wise indeed. Something really was amiss. This was a ploy to lure the tiger away from its mountain, and he had nearly fallen for it.
Now that he had been discovered, Huang Xiao actually calmed down.
Seeing the door of his study open and a masked man dressed in black walk out, Xu Zhantong barked coldly, "You spineless rat! Too ashamed to show your face?"
"I never expected Grand Elder Xu to return so quickly. It came as quite a surprise," Huang Xiao said, altering his voice to make it somewhat hoarse.
Xu Zhantong frowned slightly when he heard him speak.
The voice was completely unfamiliar to him.
Of course, that did not mean the man was not someone he knew.
This fellow had clearly altered his voice, and he had very likely altered his build as well.
Unless he captured him, there was no way to know his true identity.
"Is that so? When you're stealing chickens and sneaking off with dogs, you must be terrified of being caught red-handed, mustn't you?" Xu Zhantong said.