Seeing the Bad Commander standing there with his hands behind his back, both Fan Qinghui and Li Shimin felt a chill in their hearts.

Li Shimin, in particular, felt a chill rise from his spine and ascend straight to the top of his head. Cold sweat also poured out from his back and forehead as the chill rose.

My heart sank to the bottom.

Compared to Li Shimin, who had a guilty conscience, Fan Qinghui quickly bowed and said after regaining her senses, "Greetings, Commander-in-Chief."

Upon hearing Fan Qinghui's voice, Li Shimin's attention was drawn back.

Forcing himself to calm down, he bowed and said, "Li Shimin greets the Commander-in-Chief."

Seeing the two men's actions, Wang Chong beside Li Shimin and the four great monks beside him all showed puzzled expressions, and their brows furrowed when they looked at the Bad Commander.

I feel that I don't quite understand the situation on the field right now.

After changing his clothes, the Bad Commander did not respond to Li Shimin and Fan Qinghui at all. Instead, he raised his face slightly and said to Chu Qinghe slowly, "Now it seems that you deliberately revealed the Yang Gong Treasure Vault in order to lure me out."

Chu Qinghe smiled and said, "The commander is indeed exceptionally intelligent; he reacted so quickly."

Upon hearing this, the Bad Commander slowly said, "As expected of Li Chunfeng, you have indeed grasped my psychology very accurately."

After a brief pause, the Bad Commander continued, "Now that I'm already involved, why did Li Chunfeng only send you here? What does that mean? After killing eight of my Divine Throne Realm experts, are you going to throw you out here to die so I can vent my anger?"

In the eyes of the Bad Commander, Li Chunfeng's secret elimination of the Divine Throne Realm experts he had accumulated over the years was nothing more than an attempt to suppress him.

Now, with eight Divine Throne Realm experts under his command killed, Li Chunfeng has not appeared, but Chu Qinghe and the others are standing here, and the meaning is all too clear.

It's nothing more than the same old routine of giving a slap on the wrist and a sweet treat, all to teach themselves a lesson.

"Li Chunfeng?"

Over here, Chu Qinghe raised an eyebrow as he listened to what the Bad Commander said.

But as his mind raced, he suddenly understood.

Then, Chu Qinghe began to struggle with his decision.

The next second, an even more genuine smile appeared on Chu Qinghe's face.

"Since the Commander-in-Chief is aware of these things, shouldn't we have a proper chat?"

Hearing Chu Qinghe's words, the Bad Commander said calmly, "Do you think you're worthy of talking to Commander He?"

Chu Qinghe's smile remained unchanged as he said, "As for whether we're a good match or not, that depends on what we'll discuss later, doesn't it?"

These seemingly pointed words caught the attention of the Bad Commander, and a thought flashed through his eyes.

After a few moments of contemplation, the Bad Commander raised one hand.

"You all go out first."

Upon hearing the voice of the Bad Commander, Fan Qinghui and Li Shimin, who were standing nearby, immediately responded.

"Your subordinate obeys."

After getting up, Fan Qinghui immediately looked up at the four holy monks, including Daoxin and Jiaxiang, and said, "I would like to trouble you holy monks to help me avoid this situation for a while."

Li Shimin quickly waved his hand and led Zhao Xuetu, Wang Chong, and other members of the Li Tang dynasty back to the passage they had come from.

Although the four holy monks were unclear about the situation, they still chose to follow Fan Qinghui's advice and leave together, given the uncertain circumstances.

A moment later, as the group entered the passage that Li Shimin and his entourage had just traversed, and seeing Zhao Xuetu trigger the mechanism to lower the hidden door, the monk Di Xin, one of the four great monks, immediately spoke up: "This time, I was invited by Cihang Jingzhai and the Li Tang dynasty to go to Yang Gong's Treasure Vault, originally only to exorcise demons, but given the current situation, shouldn't the Tang emperor and Abbess Qinghui offer some explanation?"

When asked by Abbot Dixin, Fan Qinghui shook her head and said, "Abbot Dixin, please don't be offended. The commander-in-chief has a noble and special identity. I dare not reveal his identity rashly. After the matter is settled later, you masters will naturally know the commander-in-chief's identity. At that time, it may be an opportunity for you masters."

However, upon hearing what Fan Qinghui said, Abbot Daoxin shook his head and said, "There is no need for such an opportunity. As a monk, I follow the natural course of things. This matter has come to this point and is beyond my ability to participate. I hope Abbess Qinghui and His Majesty the Tang Emperor will not take offense."

Hearing the implication in Daoxin's words, Fan Qinghui hurriedly stopped him, saying, "Master, you mustn't."

Monk Daoxin frowned and asked, "What does Abbess Qinghui mean by this?"

Noticing the monk Daoxin's dissatisfaction, Fan Qinghui said with a bitter expression, "The situation is really special. If you leave now, Master, you may be in danger of being killed. Please wait a moment."

Seeing that Fan Qinghui's expression seemed genuine, the monks Daoxin and the others frowned even more deeply.

But recalling the scene of the villainous commander shattering his armor into dust, Monk Daoxin hesitated for a few moments before making his move.

Instead, he said solemnly, "I hope that the two of you can give the four of us a reasonable explanation afterward!"

Fan Qinghui nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master."

On the other side, inside the stone chamber.

After Li Shimin and the others moved away, Dongfang Bubai and the other women also voluntarily retreated to a distance.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuyan hesitated for a moment before following them.

However, unlike Li Shimin and others, they retreated to another passage and closed the door.

Dongfang Bubai and the others retreated to a corner of the stone chamber.

The Bad Commander didn't pay any attention to this.

After all, in the mind of the Bad Commander at this moment, this Yang Gong Treasure Vault was the place where Chu Qinghe and the others would be buried today.

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