Chapter 64, The Trapped Black Duo

Translator: Tamon

 

The two scrambled through the earth to the minor Transfer Array.

 

Dang!

 

A resounding ringing overcame the entire Augury Sect.

 

It reached the ears of all disciples and elders, even those in seclusion or cultivating.

 

It was a call for urgency, summoning everyone to attention. They stopped what they were doing and rushed to the gathering point.

 

“What happened?”

 

Xu Hei was startled by the ringing coming from the Alchemy House area.

 

“It’s too soon!”

 

Hei Huang expected it, since the robbing of the Alchemy House was a dead serious matter, shaking the entire leadership.

 

But it came way too fast.

 

“Did you make too much noise?” Hei Huang questioned.

 

“No, I only killed one person.” Xu Hei replied.

 

“That’s odd.”

 

Hei Huang couldn’t figure it out. “Whatever, it’s all within expectations. While everyone’s running for the Alchemy House, we’ll be going for the Augury Pavilion and empty its coffers.”

 

They reached the minor Transfer Array in moments. Its name showcased its purpose, transferring the user a short distance.

 

Augury Pavilion, the main treasury of the Augury Sect, was covered in arrays in and out, as well as having an elder allowing entry only to those with a legitimate token.

 

Unless someone used a Transfer Array to bypass everything.

 

Hei Huang took as long as two hours to place it, and it was high time to put it to good use.

 

The two were inside the array when Xue He had a bad feeling. “Hei Huang, let’s call it a day. I don’t like this.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Hei Huang gave him a startled look.

 

“Since the plan went off script, it’s prone to accidents. I don’t want to risk it further and want leave with what we got.” Xu Hei had a firm tone.

 

Hei Huang widened his doggy eyes. “I spent loads of spirit stones and ingredients on this array to take us in and out of the Augury Pavilion. And you want to leave just like that?

 

“Xu Hei, we shook on it to follow the plan. Don’t go having second guesses on me now.”

 

Hei Huang didn’t know when to stop, wanting not only to clean up their Alchemy House but also all their treasury.

 

Why else would he waste so much effort to set up the minor Transfer Array anyway?

 

Xu Hei gnashed his teeth. “Hei Huang, you have to trust me! You can either listen and leave with me, or I’ll go alone and leave you with a puppet. I won’t risk it.”

 

His words triggered Hei Huang, especially about using some puppet at such a crucial time.

 

But with the snake’s firm gaze and his recent mood, he calmed down.

 

“Xu Hei, why do you think it’s going to end up badly? What’s your basis? Or is it all just intuition?” Hei Huang stressed every word.

 

Xu Hei only stared back.

 

Hei Huang locked eyes with him and sighed.

 

He knew everything had risks. How could one rob without stealing? How could one become immortal without cultivating? Even if he were to leave this instant, he wasn’t completely sure he could escape.

 

Hei Huang loved danger; he thrived walking such a perilous path of cultivation.

 

He’d take a gamble even if it had as little as a third chance of success, let alone ninety percent.

 

That was what set Hei Huang apart from the average, turning into an apex existence on this planet.

 

That was why he got his body destroyed and reduced from the all-fearing Wandering Celestial Demon to having this ugly mug.

 

“Haa, I’ll believe you for now, but we can’t just let this array go to waste. Since you’re using a puppet, so will I.”

 

Hei Huang cursed for a moment, then took out an identical large, black dog, a puppet in his own dark image.

 

Xu Hei took out his large snake puppet.

 

The past two days refining it wasn’t enough to finish it, but controlling it wasn’t an issue.

 

They watched the dynamic duo’s copycats flash from the minor Transfer Array at Hei Huang’s urging.

 

Xu Hei closed his eyes, connecting to the puppet’s sight.

 

It arrived in an expansive room, gaudy and filled with shinies. Even the walls were decorated with treasures.

 

Pills, magic treasures, talismans, ingredients, everything, and anything was at his fingertips, or tail.

 

“This is the Augury Pavilion’s treasury!”

 

Xu Hei looked around, his eyes fixed on the pile of pills.

 

“Average Minor Boosting Pill, 50 contribution points!”

 

“High Minor Boosting Pill, 70 contribution points!”

 

That was the only pill inside that pile, exactly what he needed.

 

He’d noticed Foundation Establishment Pills as well, but they were priced at twelve thousand.

 

“Anything is yours with enough points. Human cultivators capitalize on their blessed nature, unlike demons such as us…”

 

Xu Hei was overcome with greed.

 

Hei Huang’s gaze passed the pills and settled on a compartment where a purple mirror lay, simple and worn out, yet with a demonic nature.

 

It was priced at half a million.

 

“I knew my stuff would be here!”

 

Hei Huang’s eyes flashed and charged for the mirror.

 

Xu Hei didn’t dawdle, throwing himself at the most expensive earth magical art jade slip.

 

The Mountain Tying Gulf was the highest-priced earth magical art, at three hundred thousand contribution points.

 

Xu Hei used the barrier-bypassing array disk Hei Huang gave him and snatched the jade slip to read it at lightning speed.

 

In the meantime, Hei Huang was upon the purple mirror, about to take it. But then he switched directions, bypassing it for the two million-priced gourd, a Golden Core magic treasure.

 

Slipping past the barrier, Hei Huang’s paw reached out for his prize inside the case.

 

A large array took this moment to activate,  encompassing the pavilion into an oval shape.

 

The minor Transfer Array blew up.

 

“Ambush!” Hei Huang panicked.

 

The duo opened their real eyes and ran with explosive speed for the edge of the Augury Sect.

 

Xu Hei’s heart shook and cut off his connection to the puppet. He could do without it since he already had a nice harvest, and making another couldn’t be easier.

 

However, he only got to read half of the three hundred thousand contributions art.

 

…

 

An aged figure appeared in the Augury Pavilion and huffed.

 

“I’ve been waiting for you to show up! Talk, why have you come to Augury Sect?”

 

The old woman loomed over the stiff Hei Huang, frozen from the overpowering Attraction imposed on him.

 

“Eh?”

 

The woman found something was off and squeezed. Hei Huang popped into metal scrap.

 

The large snake was also a puppet.

 

They were tools!

 

A shadow fell over her aged features.

 

She’d noticed the minor Transfer Array since the start as it targeted the Augury Pavilion, so she cooked up a plan to ambush by activating a large sealing array and blocking any escape.

 

But the enemy was so crafty, they came as puppets!

 

She was played.

 

The old woman couldn’t understand how she was found out. How could the other party have such high skills to notice a Golden Core’s involvement while blindsiding her as she planned her ambush?

 

“No one leaves!”

 

She let out a large bell and rang it, its booming sound reverberating throughout the sect.

 

“Activate the defensive array this instant and seal the exits! Nothing gets out, not even a fly!”

 

The woman’s voice reached the ears of every disciple and elder.

 

The Augury Sect’s protective array triggered, and its barrier warped, thickening three times. This was the result of a Golden Core cultivator’s empowerment.

 

The array had completely changed, making the previous gaps seal shut.

 

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