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Chapter 217: This Is Stable

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: This Is Stable

Bai Yunqi looked bewildered, "What do we know?!"

Jiang Yuan slightly frowned with some hesitation. The side mission was already successfully completed; whether to continue with the heist was the question.

Leaving now would obviously be the safest. Without alerting others, they could leave the treasure vault with its special restrictions and use the teleportation scroll to return to their courtyard. But after all the hard work, should they not even collect some interest? freeNovelFire

"Choose one out of the twenty-two doors," Hu Zhile asked softly, "If we force it open, it will attract others. Should we take the risk?"

"Is that really a risk? We haven’t even made a move, if anyone comes, we’ll just take them down," Bai Yunqi was all in for grabbing some Immortal Jade, especially after receiving a great confidence boost from the Venerable Family’s earlier actions. Bloodthirst Hall wasn’t a formidable force, so how could they leave empty-handed?

Zhu Shi, upon hearing them pretend to discuss, sneered a few times, "You’ve been seen through by an old man like me, so stop pretending.

Why choose tonight to raid Bloodthirst Hall? Your master is clever; most people in the hall were deployed elsewhere tonight. Except for a few small patrol teams, only the Hall Master is left, my forced entry into the secret room can only attract the Hall Master."

He paused, suspiciously guessing, "Could you two be sent by the Hall Master? Personnel deployment was under his command. It just so happens that even those two old things are out tonight, huh, I was left here to wait!"

The three exchanged glances and reached a consensus — they felt confident.

Jiang Yuan silently thanked the system for its gift.

"Originally, this was a friendly trade, but your Bloodthirst Hall doesn’t do things the right way. We painstakingly had to trace and come to retrieve, there must be some running fees as a lesson, so you might do business properly in the future," Bai Yunqi didn’t want to take the blame. The trip was merely to help Yin Mountain’s ghost woman retrieve her items, he had to clarify.

But the more he tried to clear his relationship, the more Zhu Shi saw the opposite.

Hu Zhile tried hard to use his talent skills to discern which door had the treasure aura, but found nothing and frowned in thought; Bai Yunqi squinted his vertical pupils to observe, hoping to find some trace left behind that would lead them to the correct door.

[There is a 100% chance of existence of Immortal Jade and medium quality magical artifacts one meter behind the door]

Jiang Yuan’s Earth Mirror Book skills had automatically locked onto a stone door nearby, its shining surface quite conspicuous.

"Open this door," he pointed out the target without any fuss.

Zhu Shi felt more confident in his guess, throwing sarcastic looks at the other two, "Your leader is sensible, untie me and I’ll open the door for you, saving time and effort for all."

With the countdown of the Demon Suppression Net still underway, Jiang Yuan signaled to the other two to keep an eye on the old man to prevent any tricks, and after removing the net, he held it ready to capture anyone who came in.

"Once this door opens..." Released from the binding, Zhu Shi began to let his magic power flow, moving his wrists hoping for a chance, "I cooperated by pretending to be robbed, and later I’ll have to face trial for you, surely I won’t be killed for this, right?"

Hu Zhile flicked his fingers, releasing faint red smoke, his tone gentle, "Open this door and we won’t kill you."

Despite being hit by the confusing spell, Zhu Shi hesitated only briefly before regaining his senses, clearly resistant to magic targeting demon cultivators.

Jiang Yuan wasn’t sure if being caught in the illusion realm under the Moon Illusion Grass’s effects would hinder him from opening the secret room door, but he couldn’t let the old man stall. After thinking quickly, he threw a handful of powder at his face.

Sure enough, Zhu Shi’s eyes went vacant, mouth slightly open, even drooling, obviously out of sorts.

"Open this door!"

"This is the secret room door to Bloodthirst Hall’s vault. Once I open it, the personnel inside will be alerted."

"You don’t need to worry, just open it."

"Alright..." Zhu Shi’s cultivation realm was far higher than Qing Wu, his disciple. Even after being hit with hallucinogenic powder, he was not as compliant, but grudgingly moved forward after some time and forcibly unlocked the door with a secret technique.

About ten minutes later, the door opened with a "click" without any damage.

At the same time, a violent vibration spread throughout the vault, likely due to not opening it via the customary process, triggering the array.

"Quickly, take everything and let’s go!" At this critical moment, although Bai Yunqi was excited he wasn’t reckless, he didn’t step into the secret room, yet threw out a length of white silk that swept all the items into a storage bag in less than ten seconds.

Without even checking what treasures they had, he turned to make their escape.

But with the tremors, the entire Bloodthirst Hall was alarmed.

Seated in meditation, the Hall Master abruptly opened his eyes, instantly appearing in the vault, only to have a broken fishing net thrown over him, quickly realizing his magical power was trapped.

"Who are you?!" the Hall Master roared, turning to see the Great Elder, trapped in illusion, facing away from him, the empty secret room gaping open before them, "Zhu, it was you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yuan sprinkled another dose of Moon Illusion Grass powder, leaving the Hall Master dazed after a short struggle.

"Venerable family, should we kill them?" Bai Yunqi questioned as he snatched the storage bag from the Hall Master’s waist.

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and asked Hu Zhile to take out a Memory Stone, then let the Hall Master and Great Elder confess the heinous deeds they committed over the years against unsuspecting cultivators.

"Bloodthirst Hall trained many disciples, sending them to markets populated by demon cultivators through various connections. Besides secretly hunting lone cultivators to extract hearts and refine magical artifacts, and sending bodies to be made into puppet armies, under the Demon King’s instructions, they’ve set up arrays in various locations to transmit demonic energy from the Demon Realm seafloor, hoping to corrupt the world so that when war breaks out, with puppet armies and sufficient demonic energy, the Demon King would dominate all realms!"

The Hall Master’s confession was explosive, even causing Bai Yunqi to pale slightly.

"If what he says is true..." Hu Zhile whispered, indicating this was beyond their purview, "perhaps we should turn them over to the Demon Realm Alliance."

Bai Yunqi explained to him, seeing his confusion, "The Demon Realm Alliance is an organization comprising major demon cultivation sects and families. The market was set up by the Alliance, if the Demon King is scheming in the market through demon cultivator infiltration, they should be handed over to the Alliance.

However, getting involved is quite tricky, I suggest we leave them along with the Memory Stone at the Alliance’s gate and retreat."

"That’s a great idea!" Jiang Yuan hadn’t expected the side mission to uncover such a big plot, contemplating new maps and the potential for more side missions.

At just this moment, the remaining patrols arrived, he casually tossed more Moon Illusion Grass powder and used the Demon Suppression Net to drag the Hall Master and Great Elder out, teleporting the group to the Demon Realm Alliance’s front gates with a scroll.

"Leave them here," Bai Yunqi, familiar with the location, teleported right into a bamboo grove before the Alliance gates, kicked the entrapped duo into the illusion, removed the Demon Suppression Net handing it to Jiang Yuan, tossing the Memory Stone away.

Effortlessly finishing the sequence, he opened the teleportation scroll, whisking the two back.

[New Map: Demon Realm Alliance Headquarters. Unsuccessful in triggering side quests, reaching courtyard level eight will randomly trigger]

Just as Jiang Yuan felt his feet touch the soft bamboo leaves, before even reading the system prompt, the scene shifted to find himself back in the courtyard.

"We did a great deed today!" Bai Yunqi wasted no time, putting down the teleportation scroll and beginning to empty the storage bag, "let’s get everything out and split the loot!"