Return of the Immortal Emperor Daddy novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174: Chapter 174 Liu Clan Orthodox?

Wu Tian walked up to the stone coffin and peered inside, where he saw a skeleton and a wooden box.

The skeleton was perfectly intact, presumably that of Guo Jia. The fact that the Corpse Turtles hadn’t consumed his bones suggested that Guo Jia must have employed some special method. After all, Zhuge Liang could borrow life from the seven stars. It wasn’t impossible that Guo Jia, a master of Qimen Esoteric Arts, had a few extraordinary techniques of his own.

This wooden box, then, had to be the object that both the Zhao Family and the foreigners were after. Wu Tian reached out, took the wooden box, and opened it. Inside was blood. The blood hadn’t coagulated; its color was unchanged, a vibrant, deep red. It was truly peculiar.

"Is this the treasure? Hahaha, everyone who sees it gets a share," the Xieling Leader laughed as he and his followers approached, his eyes fixed on Wu Tian. "This blood is definitely no ordinary item. One drop for each of us would be a substantial gain."

The followers behind the Xieling Leader nodded eagerly. "Yeah, I don’t know what kind of blood this is, but with one drop each, we might..."

"That’s right, we’ve all struck gold this time!"

Having followed the Xieling Leader on countless tomb raids over the years, they could easily recognize the value of this blood.

"What do you think you’re doing?" Zhao Zetian demanded, her face flushed with rage. Her beautiful eyes blazed with fury as she pointed at the Xieling Leader. "That’s not what you said when you joined me! You said you only wanted to witness an extraordinary tomb, that you were pursuing the thrill and a chance to surpass your limits, not the treasures within! I even made you swear an oath. Have you forgotten it already?"

Zhao Zetian was furious. That blood was crucial to the prosperity of the Zhao Family; how could she possibly let the Xieling Leader have it?

"Heh heh, you actually took an oath seriously? Miss Zhao Zetian, everyone says you’re intelligent, but in my opinion, that’s an exaggeration. We’re tomb raiders. We plunder the graves of the dead. Do you think we’re afraid of divine retribution?" the Xieling Leader scoffed.

"Indeed," the Mount Mover Daoist chimed in as he stepped forward. "This humble Daoist deserves a share of this treasure as well. Otherwise, did you really think your Zhao Family was powerful enough to simultaneously hire the Mount Movers, the Xieling, and the Faqiu from the world of tomb raiding? To be blunt, most of us came because of this treasure."

Zhao Zetian’s face turned red with anger. These people of the Jianghu are truly unreliable. So despicable and shameless.

She turned to Zhao Mulan. "Sister, can you handle this many people?"

With the Green Light Sword in hand, Zhao Mulan was about seventy percent confident she could handle the Xieling Leader and the Mount Mover Daoist. However, she was afraid that if a fight broke out, someone might seize the opportunity to grab Zhao Zetian and use her as a hostage.

Zhao Zetian had obviously thought of this as well, and she immediately turned to Wu Tian. "If you and your daughter help me, we’ll split this treasure evenly. What do you say?"

The Xieling Leader, the Mount Mover Daoist, and their men tensed up and stared at Wu Tian, waiting anxiously for his decision.

But Wu Tian just chuckled and said calmly, "Have you all forgotten what you said? Bao Bao, tell them what they said."

"Okay." The little one nodded, her big, adorable eyes fixed on Zhao Zetian and her people. "I remember you said that just making it out of here safely would be enough, and that you were no longer concerned with any treasures. Yes, those were your exact words."

Hearing this, the faces of Zhao Zetian and the others stiffened. They had indeed said that. They felt lucky just to have escaped the vampire with their lives. At that moment, they truly hadn’t cared about any treasure. But now that the threat was gone, of course they wanted the treasure.

Wu Tian chuckled. Such is the human heart.

Zhao Zetian thought for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Mr. Wu Tian, we are all people of the Great Han. Do you understand what ’Han’ symbolizes?"

The emperor’s throne changes hands; next year, it could be my family’s turn. Where is there any true legitimacy in this world? The Liu Clan claims to be the legitimate line, but what about the Ying Clan? What about the Ji Clan? Or the Yin Clan? At the end of the Eastern Han, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei revered Liu Bei simply for being part of the Liu Clan. How laughable.

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