Chapter 1350 — Depressed Xiaoke as Cannon Fodder
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Mighty General had been held in Chen Yuxuan's arms all along, but now he too was set on the ground. He was very obedient, however, merely lying beside Wei Zhao and paying no mind to anything else.
Watching the three of them cultivate, Old Yu could not help a cold snort. "Apart from the male bandit, the other two are innately lacking and advance too slowly. Cultivating is wasted effort for them!"
In Old Yu's eyes, Wei Zhao, Qiu Lingshan, and Chen Yuxuan had to be at least in their thirties, nearing forty. After all, the husband-and-wife bandits had been active in the tomb-robbing world ten years ago, so they could not be too young. If at forty they were still at the peak of the late Yellow-rank, their future progress would not amount to much.
"No need for you to worry. If you do not strive to break into the Heaven-rank, I reckon you will be dead yourself in a few years," Wei Zhao said lightly.
"Hmph!" Old Yu snorted and said no more.
In a blink it was time to eat. After everyone had some instant food to fill their stomachs, Old Hei went back to work. Only when darkness was nearly falling did a crisp "click" suddenly sound from the stone door. Clearly Old Hei had cracked its code.
"Done!" Sure enough, the next moment Old Hei cried out in excitement. "It is open!"
"You cracked it, so why not open the door? What are you waiting for?" Hearing that Old Hei had opened the stone door, Old Yu rose to his feet. Seeing him make no further move, he urged impatiently.
"Well... Old Yu, no one knows if there are traps or hidden weapons behind the stone door, so to open it rashly..." Old Hei looked utterly speechless. Talking to a layman was such hard work! Look how calm everyone else was, why was the old man in such a hurry? He had no choice but to say, "Why don't you try it yourself?"
"Hmph! If I knew how to do this, what use would I have for you juniors?" Arrogant as Old Yu was, he was no fool. Every trade has its barriers, and he would never do such a dangerous thing himself. His earlier talk of lending a hand along the tomb-robbing journey had been mere pretext, to make his plundering look rightful.
Old Hei gave a bitter smile and turned to Yu Xiaoke. "Heroine Yan, your lightness skill is superb. Opening the mechanism is up to you!"
The ten percent he paid Yu Xiaoke was not for nothing. When there was danger, naturally Yu Xiaoke would go first.
Yu Xiaoke nodded with a grave expression. From the very beginning, she had been prepared for this. Inside the ancient tomb, dangerous tasks would surely fall to her, for how else would such easy profit come? That was a ten percent share!
There is no free lunch in this world, so Yu Xiaoke said no more and walked carefully up to the stone door.
In the past, Yu Xiaoke's life or death would have meant nothing to Wei Zhao. After all, she was but a stranger, in his eyes no different from the dead Mr. Qiu, Old Keng, and Master Hao, mere passersby.