Chapter 1601: Chen Bo Walks Into the Net

Not long after, Lao Gui Shī xiōng had drawn Chen Bo's portrait.

Jiang Ming handed it to Shi Song, smiling.

"Èr Zhǎnglǎo, send the portrait to the entrance; give Chen Bo a surprise."

"Don't worry, I'll definitely handle this matter perfectly."

"Um... two seniors... what about me?"

"You? Please stay in the prison cell for two days; we'll talk after your senior brother comes."

Upon hearing that, Shi Song said calmly, "We still haven't even seen Chen Bo's shadow; who knows if what this guy says is true or false."

The disciples of the Thief Sect are quite sly, after all they're just a bunch of all sorts of dubious people; how many honest words can they have?

As soon as the words fell, not giving the old ghost a chance to speak, Shi Song waved his hand, and immediately two stewards stepped forward and dragged the old ghost out of the main hall.

This time, the old ghost didn't struggle anymore; at least his life was temporarily spared.

Just upon arriving at the prison, this time they changed his cell; coincidentally, the old man previously captured by Xu Jie was being held there.

Upon entering the cell, the old ghost saw the old man, first stunned, then with a suspicious look he asked.

"How are you also here? Were you captured?"

"Hmm."

Upon hearing that, the old man nodded somewhat guiltily.

"But I didn't sell you out."

"I also don't know what's going on, ah.........."

The old ghost had sold out only Chen Bo, not this old thing; how could he have been captured so quickly, and looking at his situation, it seems he arrived even earlier than I did.

At first he didn't notice anything abnormal, but as the old man's eyes darted about and his speech was hesitant, the old ghost instantly sensed something was off.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked in a probing tone.

"I was captured; it wasn't you who sold me out, was it?"

"How could that be? We're fellow sect brothers; how could I sell you out?"

"Then it's strange, but oh well; the matter is already out in the open, and even if it were you, I wouldn't blame you."

"Really?"

"You bastard, you still say it's not you—die!"

The old man had just lifted his head when his eyes lit up; the next second he heard the old ghost let out an angry shout, leap up, and throw a punch that landed on the old man's face.

Since both of them had their cultivation sealed, at this point they looked like ordinary mortals.

After being punched, the old man also grew angry, and likewise raised his fist to strike back.

In a moment, the two were grappling together in the cell, cursing at each other.

The old ghost was still puzzled, his movements had been so secretive, and he had always acted with utmost caution.

How could he have been discovered so suddenly?

Moreover, his portrait had been posted all over the city at that time; surely someone had betrayed him.

Furthermore, recalling the old man's earlier message, the old ghost had merely been playing it safe and thus hadn't replied.

But now looking at it, that old thing probably had already sold him out back then.

What a bastard, even selling out his fellow sect brother.

The two were fighting fiercely, and soon it attracted the Law Enforcement Hall disciples.

Seeing the two tangled together, the arriving Law Enforcement Hall disciples forcibly separated them.

Seeing the two with bruised noses and swollen faces, the two disciples exchanged a glance, and the leader said.

"Better to keep them separated; I think they have a blood feud."

"But aren't they fellow sect brothers?"

"What's so strange about that? You'd think every sect was like our Dao Yi Shengdi."

"Junior brother, let me tell you, some sects are really chaotic—you mess with my dao partner, I mess with your older sister, he messes with my daughter; such things are already commonplace."

"Really?"

"Can I still deceive you?"

The two disciples grabbed the old ghost's collar, lifted him out of the room, and gave him a different cell.

As they walked, they said.

Upon hearing this, the old ghost couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, looking at the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples with a complex expression.

"No, where did you guys hear such stories? Our Thief Sect isn't that chaotic."

"What older sister, younger sister nonsense, and even more exaggerated, you brought in a daughter—are you talking about a respectable orthodox sect or an evil heretical path?"

"Even if it were an evil heretical path, they might not be able to do something like this."

"This is still utterly twisted."

However, the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples didn't know what the old ghost was thinking; they casually threw him into an empty cell, activated the formation, and then left.

The old ghost behaved quite honestly in the Law Enforcement Hall prison cell; three days later, on this day, at the entrance to Haotu Shijie, a group of five seemingly ordinary outside cultivators were preparing to register for entry into Haotu Shijie.

But the next second, they were all subdued by the surrounding Dao Yi Shengdi disciples.

The sudden change startled them, but the next second they shouted in unison.

"What are you doing? We've always followed the rules and done nothing."

"Yeah, what do you mean, Dao Yi Shengdi?"

"The rules are yours; we follow them, what are you doing?"

The several people kept complaining until Lin Potian stepped up to the leading middle-aged man and said with a light laugh.

"Stop pretending, Chen Bo; we've been waiting for you."

「You.............. you know me? 」

Hearing Lin Potian's words, Chen Bo, who had been loudly shouting his grievance, suddenly lifted his head.

His heart was full of shock; no, that's wrong—he had never come to Haotu Shijie, so the people of Haotu Shijie shouldn't know him.

However, Chen Bo wasn't stupid either; it was obvious the other side had long been prepared, specifically waiting for him.

In this situation, there was no second possibility—he could only have been sold.

And the person who sold him was only one; thinking of this, Chen Bo gritted his teeth and shouted that person's name.

「Lao Gui, I%#￥%#￥%……%」

His cursing was extremely unpleasant; hearing it, Lin Potian also couldn't be bothered with nonsense, waved his hand, and Chen Bo's group directly boarded the ship, being escorted to Dao Yi Shengdi.

Running was definitely out of the question; the Law Enforcement Hall had Shi Song summon Ye Zhangqing, and Ye Zhangqing then inquired in detail about the matter of the spirit pepper powder.

At this point Chen Bo had already become a prisoner, and being pragmatic, he did not dare conceal anything in the face of Ye Zhangqing's questioning, answering each question in turn.

Having confirmed that Lao Gui's words were true, this Chen Bo really knew the whereabouts of the spirit pepper powder.

Afterward, Shi Song had someone also bring Lao Gui up.

Inside the hall, upon seeing Lao Gui, Chen Bo's eyes instantly turned red, looking as if he wanted to swallow him whole, and he growled in a low voice.

「Lao Gui, you despicable villain, you betrayed your fellow sect members—are you still human? 」

「Senior brother, I have no choice either. 」

「No choice? 」

Seeing Lao Gui dressed in clean, neat clothes, with no visible injuries, his face glowing red, Chen Bo realized that this guy must have undergone some severe torture.

In other words, this guy basically sold himself almost immediately—how can you call that having no choice?

You should at least endure a bit—you have no injuries at all, yet you claim you have no choice; who could believe that? No one would probably believe it.

「Lao Gui, wait for me—if I don't die, I will definitely kill you. 」