Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 153 Interception

As dusk settled, the area outside the barrier was enveloped by an endless curtain of darkness, chilling and eerie.

Guan Xun squatted on the ridge of a bluestone house, the darkness casting a heavy shadow on her profile.

A robbery was unfolding in the deep alley below, and she was happy to watch the show.

The young man who bought the storage ring earlier, no matter how bad his character was, was originally thought to be a well-behaved young master. I never expected that he would do something like ambushing and robbing someone.

Numerous corpses lay scattered on the ground; in the dim light, only their blurry outlines could be seen from afar.

The stench of blood wafted out from there.

The young man held a blood-stained blade, which he held horizontally to the neck of a young master who was already pale with fright and whose legs were trembling uncontrollably.

"You, do you know who I am?! If you dare to kill me, Father will never let you off!" The young master's voice trembled.

"Stop talking nonsense and obediently hand over the pills you won! Unless you want to end up like them." The young man's tone was sinister, and he had a strange smile on his face.

The young master's gaze swept over the old man behind the youth, and he shuddered. All the elite guards he had brought had died tragically at the old man's hands. He didn't want to die now, so he had no choice but to obey.

However, the moment the pill left his hand, he suddenly felt the blade pressed against his throat tighten, and a sharp pain swept over him. Blood spurted out, and before he could even utter a sound, he fell straight to the ground, dying with his eyes wide open.

The young man licked the blood off the blade, gripped the pill tightly in his hand, and his eyes burned with fervor: "Hahaha, so what if I don't have enough gold coins? The pills will still be in my hands!"

"Young master, it's time to go. Someone will inevitably come later," the old man reminded him in a deep voice.

"Okay, let's go back first, and leave as soon as the island surfaces."

Just as the two were walking away, an inexplicable, invisible force snapped the young man's arm in two.

With his scream, the pill he was clutching in his palm was sucked away and flew towards the roof, where it was caught by a fair hand.

"Everyone wants it, it must be a really good thing. Thank you for your gift, young master."

Guan Xun held the dark gold pill with a faint luster in his hand and then stuffed it into Chi Rong's mouth.

Chi Rong glared at its master, who kept stuffing it with garbage to eat... It didn't dare to object and could only swallow it.

The young man had already collapsed in pain onto the pile of corpses on the ground, and his agonizing screams finally brought the old man back to his senses from the sudden turn of events.

He immediately swung his palm towards the roof ridge, but no one moved. Instead, a mocking laugh suddenly came from the roof on the other side.

"By the way, where's my storage ring?"

The old man was immediately filled with horror, and turned his head to look at the person with a sinister gaze. He couldn't detect any aura under the black robe; this person was very strong.

The young man's face drained of color. He scrambled to his feet, leaning against the wall, his cold eyes flashing with overwhelming killing intent: "It's you! My hand... Elder, kill him now!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a hand beneath the black robe flicked, and dark red flames swiftly swept toward the old man. Before he could even resist, he was reduced to a charred corpse.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The young man watched helplessly as the old man fell, his pupils dilating instantly, and extreme fear pierced his heart.

Guan Xun shrugged: "Hand over the storage ring, and I'll spare your life."

"You keep your word!" The young man's voice trembled, his eyes fixed on the ceiling. The elders hadn't even had time to act; if he wanted to run, he certainly couldn't, mainly because his legs were weak...

"count."

The young man gritted his teeth, threw the storage ring in his hand into the air, and turned to run.

Guan Xun grabbed it casually, a cold glint instantly flashing in his eyes. He swiftly leaped and landed in front of the young man.

"A storage ring?" she said coldly.

"Didn't I already give it to you?" The young man swallowed subconsciously, taking an imperceptible step backward.

Just as he took off flying, the dark flames transformed into a giant spike, piercing straight through his heart. Before he could even scream, he had already fallen to the ground and died.

Guan Xun stepped on his wrist, picked up the dark ring in his palm, and instead of leaving, he casually searched the storage ring that the young man had thrown up, taking away the gold coins and other things that caught his eye.

Most of the items were from the auction house; this guy snatched quite a lot.

Suddenly, a golden invitation caught her attention, and she opened it and glanced at it casually.

"Shen Zixian...Crescent Island?"

After a moment's thought, she decided to take it with her.

Immediately, he slipped away and left the place.

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Upon returning to the inn, Guan Xun immediately checked the obsidian storage ring and breathed a sigh of relief after finding that it had not been marked.

Such a rare item being auctioned off suggests it was obtained through questionable means; I wouldn't dare use it myself, so I'd have to resell it.

She put the ring on her hand, looked it over, and a look of joy immediately appeared on her face. It matched the bracelet on her wrist quite well.

But the next second, the smile on her face vanished abruptly.

"what happened?!"

The storage ring could not be opened; it seemed to be protected by a barrier.

There are no marks but there is a barrier. Could there be something shady inside?

"Sigh..." Guan Xun sighed deeply, leaned down on the table, and fiddled with his storage ring, a look of helplessness on his face.

If it can't be opened, what's the point of having it?

"Master, let me try." Chi Rong crawled over her wrist and blinked his little eyes.

Guan Xun scoffed and pushed it a few times with the back of his finger: "Get out of the way. If it breaks, you'll pay me back with a beast core?"

"How cruel! It's just a ring, yet they want my life in return." It grumbled indignantly, then muttered under its breath, "I can't afford it..."

Guan Xun chuckled, tilted his head to the side, letting his long hair fall onto the table, and gazed wistfully out the window.

There are people who can open the storage ring, for example... Hao Aman.

But he is not in Zhongzhou, so it is unknown whether his family members have this ability.

I need to pay more attention to this in the future...

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The next day.

A massive earthquake struck the island.

Under the sunlight, the barrier that blocked the waterway turned into specks of white dust and faded away.

After taking a few deep breaths of fresh air, Guan Xun's gaze swept across the endless sea and landed on the crowded dock below.

Then, he leaped into the air.

It seems the seventh island hasn't been made the main island; we'll have to take a boat out of the old town from here on out.

She asked around and found that there were no flying monster rental points in Yong'an Ancient Town, only in Chuyunzhou, which is far away from Changlian Island.

Crescent Island is located to its west.

"Sir, are you heading to Chuyun Continent? Taking our ship is not only safe and fast, but the spirit masters on board are also strictly guarding the area, so no monsters will dare to cause trouble."

Several boatmen rubbed their hands together, their eyes darting around as they scanned the crowd. They approached and asked questions of the wealthy, elegantly dressed people.

Guan Xun had only taken a few steps when someone jogged up to her and asked her in a fawning tone.

"Young lady, you can't go wrong taking our boat." The boatman's face was beaming with joy, and he kept bowing.

"Alright." Glancing at the other's fake smile, Guan Xun raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly, and followed him onto the ship.

After the boatman who was leading the group came down, the group immediately huddled together, talking about something, and then became even more eager to solicit customers.

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