Scourge Messenger

Chapter 238 Returning to the Thieves' Home (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"They actually dared to put it into their storage ring?"

Yakushi Tsukito laughed in anger, stomping his wooden clogs hard: "Explode!"

Although she couldn't use the Dragon-Locking Seal to scout the surroundings of the rare iron, why should she need to? She could simply fire chains in all directions and surely catch someone. The thieves' household was nothing more than a group of mortal messengers; once caught by the golden chains, they had no chance of breaking free. Even at a distance of five hundred miles, her Foundation Establishment supernatural powers wouldn't diminish in the slightest!
If Yellow Dog had only rescued Rabbit Girl, Pharmacist Moon would have let him go, but he stole the rare iron, which meant he was already courting death.

Rare Iron is one of the important legacies left by Emperor Taizu of Zhou. It is a rare material produced in the Sixth Rank Secret Realm and can be used as an important base material for forging Sixth Rank Relics! Although Pharmacist Yue is not yet qualified to forge Sixth Rank Relics, the scraps scraped from Rare Iron alone have been her most important source of income for the past hundred years. Rare Iron scraps, when used in conjunction with repair tools, can greatly restore the durability of weapon relics, and are especially effective for Fourth Rank Relics.

The value of this item goes without saying. More importantly, Yaoshi Yue can use it to control the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou Kingdom. No one dares to offend the Yaoshi family too much, otherwise, if she raises the price, it will be painful for the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou Kingdom. Moreover, they have no choice but to buy it, since repair items are not plentiful. Everyone relies on various methods to improve repair efficiency, so that if a fierce battle occurs and there are no items to repair the token, they will die with regrets.

Because the rare iron was so important, Pharmacist Yue spent a year inscribing it with the Dragon-Locking Seal, precisely to prevent it from being stolen by other Foundation Establishment cultivators. He just hadn't expected that the people who tried to steal it wouldn't be Foundation Establishment cultivators, but rather a group of petty thieves.

The Dragon Locking Seal has no other effects; it cannot detect locations, only vaguely pinpoint their location. It also cannot be activated within the secret realm. However, conversely, if Pharmacist Moon can activate the Dragon Locking Seal, it means that the rare iron has already been stolen from the secret realm!

Just then, Yaoshi Yue felt the Dragon-Locking Seal's perception weaken again, like looking at the stars through a veil. She was familiar with this; it meant the rare iron had been stored in her storage ring again. These little thieves still wouldn't give up… Well, leave it here then!

Dragon Seal - Eightfold!

……Um?

Yaoshi Yue was stunned. She had indeed activated her supernatural powers, but the perception of the Dragon Locking Seal had not changed, indicating that it was still inside the storage ring. Her expression turned slightly cold, and she activated the Eighth Layer of the Dragon Seal again, her spiritual energy almost completely depleted.

no effect.

Unconvinced, she replenished her spiritual energy and activated the seal twice more, but still received no response. Although she could still sense the Dragon-Locking Seal, it seemed to no longer respond to Yaoshi Yue's supernatural powers, quietly remaining in her storage ring.

How is that possible... Even other Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to come up with a solution so quickly. How did they manage to do it?
Yakushi Yue's face was ashen, but her hands were already hanging down.

If the yellow dog could prevent her from activating her supernatural powers through the Dragon-Locking Seal, then she was merely wasting her spiritual energy, which was pointless. Undeterred, she activated it again, but to no avail. Without further hesitation, she leaped from the observation platform, chains shooting from her sleeve to bind distant trees, and transformed into a white blur, charging towards Chang'an City!
……

...

"Be quick, and don't get entangled with the enemy. She might react quickly. We only have this one chance."

Inside the golden barrier, Yan Qing removed his storage ring, tied it with a strand of hair, and then gripped the hair tightly with his right hand. This way, if the storage ring malfunctioned, he wouldn't directly face the golden locks shot out by the rare iron.

The command to return to his left hand was now completely reduced to dust and dissipated into the air.

That's right, Yan Qing's strategy was simple: use the invincible barrier of the Return Token to prevent Master Suolong from triggering the trap of the rare iron.

According to his observation, the chains shot out by Qizhen Iron were random, relying purely on quantity to win, indicating that Master Suolong was unaware of the situation here; Qizhen Iron would immediately explode after being put into the ring, indicating that Master Suolong could sense Qizhen Iron's predicament.

Therefore, Yan Qing went directly to store the rare iron in his storage ring and immediately activated the return order. A mere Lock Dragon True Person could not possibly bypass the invincible barrier and affect the rare iron.

Yan Qing was gambling. He was betting that Master Suolong wouldn't immediately associate the Return Order with him. After all, the Return Order had only been demonstrated once by Jiang Shi in Liang Kingdom, and only the three guardians saw it when it was with the Bunny Girl. Most people in the world didn't understand the effects of the Return Order, so they naturally wouldn't regard it as a regular method.

Moreover, the Return Token is meant for escaping, and Yan Qing put the rare iron into her ring before activating the Return Token. How could Master Suolong have imagined that someone would waste such a precious escape tool in such a place? Ten seconds later, she only needs to trigger the Suolong Seal again to make all their efforts vanish into nothingness.

But would Master Suolong know how? To her, the rare iron was suddenly stored in her ring, and she could not trigger it again no matter what. Should she take this opportunity to rush to Chang'an, or continue to try in vain?
Of course, there were too many of Yan Qing's delusions involved, so he was prepared to lose everything and took off the ring in advance, intending to give up if it broke.

But in any case, his efforts will not be in vain this time.

Yan Qing looked at the pharmacist Yuan and Ying Rushi, who had regained their freedom outside the barrier, and then at Shang Xinlei. The chains were bound to the rare iron; when the invincible barrier isolated Yan Qing from the outside world, the chains of the black wolf and the white fox naturally dissipated as well.

They exchanged a glance, nodded slightly, and the moment the barrier disappeared, the thieves immediately rushed towards Ankokuji Temple.

The guards had already arrived, after all, the golden light barrier of the Return Order was too obvious. They quickly spotted the thieves running swiftly on the rooftops, shouting and cursing, some even drawing their bows and arrows, but the thieves didn't even have time to glance at them. To linger for even a second would be disrespectful to Master Suolong.

Shang Xinlei reached the top of Anguo Temple Pagoda the fastest. She reached out and pulled Ying Rushi up from behind. Then Ying Rushi threw the snake-patterned rope down. Yaoshiyuan and Yan Qing grabbed the snake-patterned rope and were pulled up by the two of them!
The four of them practically lunged towards the top of the pagoda, but as the scene shifted, they all crashed onto the cold floor of the Thieves' House's main hall.

Yan Qing lay on the ground, panting heavily. Running wasn't tiring, but the psychological pressure was immense. Every second felt incredibly long, as if the Dragon-Locking Master would seize them and refine them in an instant.

Suddenly, the rare iron appeared, startling everyone. However, the rare iron did not shoot out the golden lock, and Yan Qing's storage ring did not break. A beam of colorful light descended from the ceiling of the hall, and the rare iron floated above the stone table, officially coming under the control of the thieves' household.

Yan Qing turned his head and saw that everyone was looking at him. It seemed like he should say something at this moment, but someone laughed first, and everyone relaxed, with laughter of relief echoing in the hall.

(End of this chapter)