Chapter 424: Taking the Pearl
"You think I don't dare?"
The little fat man grunted twice, and suddenly a hideous smile appeared on his ugly face.
"I heard that you are from the imperial court... If people from the imperial court kill innocent people indiscriminately, what will happen if it gets out?
Hehehe, you don't dare to kill me, as long as I still have a breath left——
No one! Don’t even think about touching my baby!!!”
He almost shouted the last sentence at the top of his lungs.
Murong Jing sneered, "Then I will chop off your hands and feet first."
Although there was some fear in the little fat boy's eyes, he still refused to give in.
Murong Jing was already in a bad mood, and she became even more furious when she saw his attitude of willing the treasure over his life. She immediately raised the dagger high.
The fat boy stiffened his neck and looked ready to die.
"Wait." Zhu Lan suddenly spoke and stopped Murong Jing.
"Let me try."
After Zhu Lan finished speaking, he squatted in front of the little fat boy again and whispered something in his ear.
Unexpectedly, the little fat man's face suddenly changed after hearing Zhu Lan's words. He stared at her with wide eyes and cursed:
"You are so vicious... It is true that women have the most vicious hearts!!!
I...I will fight you!"
He struggled to stand up and wanted to pounce on Zhu Lan, but his leg was injured and he fell to the ground again and rolled twice. The curses from his mouth continued to reach everyone's ears.
Zhu Lan looked indifferent and looked at him quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, the little fat boy finally had enough of cursing, and lay on the ground panting, his face gradually becoming pale.
"…You are so cruel. I will return the orb to you."
He reached his hand into his clothes and searched for a long time, finally pulling out a fist-sized bead and holding it up.
Zhu Lan stepped forward to take it, but Zhu Qingyan and Murong Jing reached out to stop her at the same time.
"Be careful, there might be a trap." Zhu Qingyan said vigilantly.
Zhu Lan smiled slightly, nodded at her, and walked towards the little fat man.
She carefully took the gem from the fat boy's hand, stepped back a few steps and looked at it carefully. The gem was shining and had exquisite patterns inside, and it was extremely gorgeous.
It was indeed the lost Nine-Curve Pearl.
"Just put it in your pocket and you won't have to worry about losing it." Zhu Qingyan muttered.
"Finally I can report back." Zhu Lan breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to the fat boy and said, "Thank you very much."
The little fat man glared at her fiercely, wishing he could eat her, but in the end he didn't dare to do anything rash.
Now that the most important orb has been found, Zhu Lan plans to go back and report first. As for catching the little thief named A Fei, he believes that with the abilities of Dali Temple and Si Ying, they will be able to catch him soon by following the clues in the ghost market.
Zhu Lan had no intention of staying in the ghost market any longer, so he walked out with Zhu Qingyan and Murong Jing.
Hu Ping'an, who was standing by, also hurried over and followed behind the three of them.
After leaving the Golden Lotus Tower, Zhu Qingyan couldn't help but ask:
"Then why did the host suddenly hand over the treasure when he was not afraid of death just now?
What did you say to him?"
Zhu Lan leaned close to her ear and spoke in a serious voice. Zhu Qingyan hurriedly listened carefully.
"you guess."
"I'll tell you if you guess right."
Zhu Qingyan glared at her speechlessly, "I'm not saying anything, Zhu Lan, you're so grown up, yet you're so childish..."
Zhu Lan's smile was somewhat smug, and he told the truth.
“The color red is taboo in Jinlian Building. From the decoration inside the building to the guests who enter the building, no red can be seen.
Have you ever wondered why? "
Murong Jing thought without thinking, "The people in this ghost place are so mysterious. They must have made some inexplicable rules to show how mysterious they are."
"Hmm..." Zhu Qingyan thought for a while, "I read in a book that the customs in some places are different from those in other places. Red is considered an ominous color. Could this be the reason?"
Zhu Lan pursed his lips and smiled, "It is possible, but I was not sure at first - until the little princess threw the owner of the building down from the building."
Zhu Qingyan and Murong Jing both looked at her in confusion.
"You may not have noticed at the time that the host avoided looking at the little princess."
Zhu Qingyan recalled it and realized that it was true. "Are you saying that he is afraid of the red dress on Ah Jing?"
Zhu Lan nodded.
"Yes. Even if the little princess forced him to look at her, he only dared to stare at the little princess's face and didn't dare to look at her body at all.
Later, when so much blood came out of his legs, he just covered it with his hands and didn't dare to lower his head to look.
So I concluded that this person was very afraid of the color red for some reason."
"So...what did you say to him?" Zhu Qingyan asked.
Zhu Lan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile:
"Nothing. I just threatened him that if he didn't hand over the orb -
I threw him into an airtight house, and covered the entire house from top to bottom, including the walls and furniture... with red satin.
Let him eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep in it until he hands over the pearl."
"Is this possible?" Zhu Qingyan found it hard to believe.
"Mental torture can sometimes drive people crazy more easily than physical pain," said Zhu Lan.
Just then, Hu Ping'an's voice came from behind.
"Three girls, wait... wait for me!"
"Brother Hu, is there anything else?" Zhu Lan turned around and asked.
Tiger Ping'an caught up with him, panting and giving a thumbs up:
"Oh my... I didn't expect that the three girls actually got the Nine-Curved Pearl from the owner of the Golden Lotus Tower. They are really capable!"
Zhu Lan thought that he wanted to see the legendary gem to feast his eyes, but he didn't expect Hu Ping'an to walk in front of Murong Jing.
"By the way, young lady...were you looking for the owner of that scimitar just now?"
Murong Jing's eyes lit up, and she immediately asked, "Do you know where she is?"
Hu Ping'an nodded, "There is also a three-story tower in this ghost market. I remember a woman went up there. Her face is somewhat similar to yours. I wonder if she will leave any clues inside."
"Where is that tower? Take me there!"
"It's just in front. I'll take you there."
Not long after they walked, the three-story tower that Hu Ping'an had mentioned appeared in front of the three of them.
"I saw the girl appear on the third floor. I saw her from a distance and had some impression of her."
Hu Pingan added: "But this tower is usually locked, and I don't know how she got up there."
Murong Jing glanced at the height of the third floor. With Murong Lin's kung fu, it would not be difficult to go up.
"You wait here for me, I'll go up and take a look, maybe I can find some clues about my sister." Murong Jing said to Zhu Qingyan.
"Little..." Zhu Lan felt something was strange in his heart and wanted to call out to Murong Jing, but the other party was eager to find her relatives and had already leaped to the third floor of the tower with the help of a long whip.
Zhu Lan looked at Murong Jing's back, and the strange feeling became stronger and stronger.
Why would Murong Lin enter a locked tower for no reason?
And it just happened to be seen by Hu Ping'an... How could such a coincidence happen in the world?
Zhu Lan turned around and found that Hu Ping'an, who had just stood beside him, was gone, but appeared behind Zhu Qingyan, who was more than ten steps away, with a harpoon flashing with cold light in his hand.
"Qingyan, be careful behind you!"
Zhu Qingyan was standing at the foot of the tower, looking up at Murong Jing who was climbing up the rock with full concentration, not noticing anything happening behind him.
As Hu Ping'an's distorted voice sounded, the extremely sharp harpoon stabbed fiercely into Zhu Qingyan's back!
“Go to hell!!!”
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