Huang Xiao threw the bundle on his back onto the ground. He certainly would not take the cultivation manuals inside with him; they had only been intended to coax the truth out of Xu Zhantong in the first place.
Xu Zhantong had still been far too confident. Perhaps he had looked down on Huang Xiao because of his true cultivation realm, which was why he had dared to tell him the truth.
Having succeeded, Huang Xiao swiftly left the Xu residence.
When he returned to the inn, Huang Xiao found that the Patriarch was already there.
"How did it go?" Huo Lian asked as soon as he entered.
"It worked," Huang Xiao said with a smile.
As he spoke, Huang Xiao took the thirteen bank drafts out of his robes.
After glancing at them, Huo Lian exclaimed, "They really did prepare some extra. The Heart-Devouring Sect truly spared no expense this time."
"And now we've reaped all the benefits," Huang Xiao said. "I never expected Xu Zhantong to have been carrying these bank drafts on him all along. It was only because he underestimated his enemy that I succeeded so quickly."
Huang Xiao briefly described what had happened, and Huo Lian could not help sighing. "Had I known, we could have joined forces when I lured him out and finished him off long ago, instead of going to all this trouble."
"No one could have known for certain," Huang Xiao said, shaking his head.
They had still been unable to find out exactly where the bank drafts were kept.
But the outcome was good now.
The two carefully thought everything over once more, and only after confirming that they had left no traces did they return to their respective rooms to rest.
The Heart-Devouring Sect was certain to be thrown