"Let...let go and I'll...I'll tell you!" the left-eyepatch stammered with difficulty.
Judging from his appearance, he probably didn't take poison.
If he wanted to commit suicide by poison like he did with the right eye patch, he would have had enough time to take the poison long ago.
Thinking of this, Bai Hao released him, but remained vigilant, so that he could stop him immediately if the left eye patch made any unusual moves.
"Speak, who are you? Who sent you? And how did you know there were pills worth a million gold coins in my carriage?" Bai Hao's gaze was icy.
The fact that such a confidential matter has been leaked to others, and that someone has even robbed us on the way, is no simple matter. It involves many things, big and small, and we must find out the truth.
If it had been any other disciple of the Falling Sea Sect instead of Bai Hao today, they might have been doomed.
"You...you listen to me slowly...say what I have to say." The man with the left eyepatch sat up on the ground, panting heavily. After catching his breath, he began to answer Bai Hao's question.
“We…we’re just doing things for money. Yesterday someone came to us and gave us…ten thousand gold coins, telling us to come and rob your things,” the left-eyepatch stammered, revealing all the important information.
"Who gave you the money? Was it someone from the Pill Sect?" Bai Hao asked.
“No…I don’t know.” The man with the left eyepatch shook his head. “The man was completely shrouded in…his robes, so we couldn’t see his face, and we didn’t…know his identity.”
He received money to do something, but didn't reveal his true identity. These two points combined provided no information whatsoever; all that was known was that someone wanted to sabotage his trip.
As for who it is, we have absolutely no clue right now.
"Did you discuss a meeting time with that person? Do you know where to meet him?" Bai Hao asked again.
"I...I don't know. After that person left the money...the money, they just left...left without leaving any contact information," the person with the left eyepatch stammered.
"So, what are your identities?"
“We’re just people who do things for money…money. As long as you give us money, we don’t care who the other person is, we just do it,” said the person with the left eye patch.
They have no special identity; they're just people who take money to solve problems for others. All of this combined yields no useful information whatsoever.
Bai Hao only knows that someone wants to harm him, or rather, wants his batch of pills. He doesn't know who it is or whether they will make another move.
I know nothing about it.
"I've said everything I need to say... Now, can you let me go?" The man with the left eye patch looked at Bai Hao.
Bai Hao looked at him and said, "You take people's money and do their jobs, and you don't know how many people's blood you have on your hands. Moreover, if I hadn't been more skilled today, I would already be a corpse under your command. For that reason alone, I can let you go!"
As he spoke, he raised his finger, and a sword aura condensed at his fingertip.
"You...you promised you'd let me go...how could you..."
Before the man with the left eye patch could finish speaking, a sharp sword aura slashed across his throat, ending his life.
Bai Hao is not one to kill indiscriminately, but he will not show mercy to those who initially tried to kill him. Even if these two people were just doing favors for someone else, they will still have to pay the price.
He's not the kind of person who would just swallow his anger and suffer in silence if he was bullied.
However, the underlying issues remain unresolved.
"Who is behind all this? And they even know I bought a million pills from the Pill Sect. They're very well-informed." Bai Hao narrowed his eyes, thinking rapidly in his mind.
This should be related to the Pill Sect, but Bai Hao doesn't really believe that Gu Changsheng sold him the pills and then had someone rob him.
Putting aside the fact that Gu Changsheng has no reason to do such a thing, even though one million gold coins is a considerable sum for a first-class sect, it shouldn't be done through such means.
Would a prestigious sect like Danzong really be short of one million gold coins?
Moreover, Gu Changsheng knew that Bai Hao was already at the Zhixing Realm. Even if he wanted to be strong, he would at least need to send two elders to have a chance of defeating him. Now he only invited two people at the Breaking-Bound Realm. Wasn't that underestimating him?
The most likely explanation is that the person behind Bai Hao was unaware of his strength.
It's just that people who don't know his strength are also attacking him... He shouldn't have offended so many people, right?
"I can't figure it out, forget it, my head hurts." Shaking his head, Bai Hao simply gave up and turned to drive the carriage on its way.
Who cares who he is? The most important thing now is to get back, so he can only keep going. No matter who's hiding behind him, he won't come out; he'll just have to wait for the next opportunity.
We can't just keep waiting here, can we?
"When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. I'll see what tricks you can pull."
Bai Hao was betting that the person behind him didn't know his strength. After sending people to attack several times and failing each time, they would definitely come out. He just needed to wait for them to come to him.
...
It did take quite a while to get back. It only took Bai Hao thirteen days to go there, but it took him seventeen days to return to Bailu Town at the foot of Luohai Sect Mountain. He was only one step away from returning to the sect.
"Thirteen days plus seventeen days, that's exactly one month. That woman should have no excuse to talk about me now." Looking at the distant peaks of the Falling Sea Sect, Bai Hao walked back around Bailu Town. He had just walked out of a forest when a large group of people suddenly rushed out of the forest on both sides and surrounded Bai Hao and his carriage.
Bai Hao quickly pulled on the reins and glanced around at the people—twenty or thirty people, wearing clothes he recognized—the clothes of the Divine Sea Sect!
These are all disciples of the Divine Sea Sect, each wielding a weapon, looking fierce and menacing; they are clearly not good people.
The one leading the group was also an "old acquaintance" of Bai Hao's—Elder Yue Jiu of the Divine Sea Sect! He was the first elder to represent the Divine Sea Sect to deliver pills to the Falling Sea Sect, and Bai Hao still remembered his arrogant attitude.
And now, Yue Jiu has already reached the early stage of the Execution Realm!
"So it's Elder Yue. Long time no see. How have you been? I know you haven't seen me in a long time either, but you didn't need to make such a big show of welcoming me," Bai Hao said with an awkward smile.
But Yue Jiu showed him no respect whatsoever, saying coldly, "You're finally back. I've been waiting for you for so long."
"Elder Yue can wait for me at our sect if he wants to see me. How can I bear to wait here all this time?" Bai Hao scratched his head, looking embarrassed.
"Enough talk, let's go!"
Yue Jiu didn't waste any words or even offer any explanation. He simply waved his hand, and the surrounding Shenhai Sect disciples immediately surged forward!
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