The silver-haired youth felt a bit relieved. The number of members in his Dark Shaman n was not as many as they were in their glorious past, but there were still hundreds of them, most skilled in dark witchcraft. Even ordinary special forces’ soldiers posed no threat to them.


    For the sake of safety, however, the silver-haired youth still made a phone again and this time, his call was on hold for a while before it got picked up.


    "Can we have more discussion about this issue, Monsieur?"


    "Do you think it’s still necessary for us to talk?" asked Tang Xiu with a chuckle. "20-plus of my men, all of which are cultivators, have arrived in Thand now, and they should appear in thend of your Dark Shaman n within several hours. You can expect thend of your n to be littered with corpses and rivers of blood hourster. Ah, right. There’s something I gotta tell you, though. Take a look below if you’re inside the Northern Gold Edifice."


    The silver-haired youth looked down the building and was shocked that four ck SUVs were parked outside the main entrance of the edifice. Twelve stalwart men were standing in front of the SUVs, while a handsome youth was holding a mobile phone and waving in the direction of the building.


    "How did you find us?" the white-haired youth asked with a bit of a trembling voice.


    "Well, I forgot to tell you thest time I spoke with you," said Tang Xiu with a chuckle. "I’m not only a cultivator, but also a member of the Chinese Special Bureau. I only need a phone call and I can make the entire informationwork in China work for my own use. Macao is Chinese territory, so I can naturally track your position when you called me."


    "Goddammit!" The silver-haired youth cursed, preparing to hang up and flee immediately.


    "Don’t rush to hang up. I would think about how to live instead of just escape if I were you," said Tang Xiu. "Believe me. With my ability to spend a billion or two billion US dors to purchase the zodiac jade carvings, I’m also able to put out a hundred or two hundred million US dors worth of bounties to hunt members of Dark Shaman n, including you. Do you think you’ll have a safe hiding ce on Earth if I were to throw tens of billion US dors at it?"


    "You indeed have the ability to mercilessly exterminate all the members of the Dark Shaman n if you’re really a Chinese cultivator," said the silver-haired youth in a deep voice. "But I can also tell you something—if you dare touch anyone in my Dark Shaman n, you’ll never find the jade rat—ever."


    With that said, he directly hung up the phone and took the jade rat out before handing it over to the petite woman. He stated in a heavy voice, "Take this and do your best to escape Macao. Remember, go to the next safe ce and wait for me there. If I die here, throw this jade rat into the Pacific Ocean."


    "I don’t wanna go, Young Master," called out the petite woman.


    "Do what I told you to do if you don’t want me to die," said the youth sternly, "He wants the jade rat and he won’t kill me as long as it’s in our hands. Hurry up and find a way to escape this ce and avoid them."


    "I..." the petite woman bit her lower lip before she firmly nodded her head and dashed toward the outside. Of the entire Dark Shaman n, she was the best at hiding and deserved to be called the ’first’, the only one in the entire n who had thoroughlyprehended the Dark Domain.


    However, she met Tang Xiu, a freak who could cover several hundred square meters of area with his spiritual sense. With his shadow shing, he had already arrived in the corridor on the fourth floor of the building and blocked her.


    "You won’t be able to fly and escape, even if you have wings. That’s what your situation is now," said Tang Xiu while folding his arms smilingly at the petite woman.


    The petite woman’s eyes held some contempt as she released Dark Force to billow out. The tens of meter long corridor was instantly covered by a thick ck mist while she shed away toward the nearest room.


    "Still wanting to escape, huh?"


    A sneer snickered out. Just as she rushed near the window, a big hand grabbed her neck like steel pincers. The contempt on her face also froze in an instant.


    Tang Xiu took out the red, lifelike jade rat from her sleeve as a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He then went outside while pinching her neck.


    A few minutester.


    BAM...


    The door was kicked open, causing the white-haired youth and the five ck-robed old men in the room, as well as the middle-aged man who managed to get them here from the second safe house, have a drastic change in expression.


    After Tang Xiu, Mo Awu, and the rest entered the room, he smiled faintly as he looked at the six people inside. He then threw the petite female to the front of the sofa as he took a seat and put his feet on her back. He looked at the silver-haired youth and said, "Those who once threatened me have been sent to hell by myself. You dare to threaten me with the jade rat—you truly have the guts to act recklessly. You didn’t know how to differentiate the good from the bad, huh?"


    The white-haired youth’splexion turned ghastly pale as he looked at Tang Xiu and his men. It was his first time that he finally felt intense regret inwardly. He knew perfectly well of the escaping ability the petite woman possessed, yet she couldn’t escape and was caught by these people. It was evident that these people had absolutely terrifying abilities to the point that they were people he needed to look up to.


    "I still have one thing that I can use to negotiate with you," said the white-haired youth in a deep voice after taking a deep breath.


    "You have piqued my interest," said Tang Xiu grinningly. "Tell me then. What do you got to escape your death, eh?"


    "It’s about the jade pig," said the silver-haired youth quietly. "I know its whereabouts."


    The jade pig?


    Tang Xiu’s expression slightly changed. His eyes were as though turned into sharp arrows, causing stinging pain in the white-haired youth’s eyes that made him subconsciously close them.


    "Tell me. Where’s this jade pig?" asked Tang Xiu with a deep voice.


    The white-haired youth opened his eyes and said solemnly, "I’ll tell you where the jade pig is if all the enmities between us are written off! I’ll give you the jade rat, but I wanna buy the lives of most members of my Dark Shaman n with the information of the jade pig."


    "You only need to buy the lives of more than half of your nsmen?" Tang Xiu knitted his brows and said, "You... seem you want to use me?"


    "No, it’s not that," the white-haired youth shook his head and said, "I don’t mean to use you."


    "Your life in my eyes is simply worthless." Tang Xiu, who was silent for a while, slowly said, "All I want are the zodiac jade carvings; it was your greed that enraged me, to be honest. Else, I’d have bought it from you for 100 million US dors. Alright, tell me where the jade pig is! As long as your information is correct, I can spare the lives of most members of your n, including yours."


    With his spirit more mellow, the white-haired youth answered, "That jade pig is in my big brother’s hands. I’ve been nning topletely have my n under my control and then grab the jade pig, but I never thought..."


    "You didn’t expect that you’d lose the jade rat instead of sessfully conning me. Is that correct?" interjected Tang Xiu.


    "That’s right," said the white-haired youth bitterly.


    Tang Xiu squinted his eyes and slowly asked, "Do you also know that the zodiac jade carving is a valuable object, by chance?"


    "It is a great object as it contains enormous energy within." He nodded and said, "My Dark Shaman n can improve our power by absorbing the energy inside it."


    "Come again?"


    Tang Xiu stared nkly with disbelief on his face. He had been studying the zodiac jade carvings as for how he could absorb the energy inside them; yet, the Dark Shaman n had actually figured it out?


    He fell into silence and instantly made up his mind. Regardless of what method he used, he must get the ability of the Dark Shaman n to control these objects. If the technique was indeed able to absorb the energy from the zodiac jade carvings, he could make use of it to boost his strength, making his cultivation likely rise sharply.


    "Tell me the method to absorb the energy contained in the jade carvings then. I’ll help you get rid of your big brother and his men. Also, I can give you a billion US dors," said Tang Xiu with a deep voice.


    The silver-haired youth was startled and immediately beckoned to the ck-robed old man.


    The ck-robed old man understood tacitly and took a book out of his sleeve as he handed it to Tang Xiu, saying, "This is our Shaman Devouring Art which has been passed down by our Dark Shaman’s primogenitors from generation to generation. The method to absorb the energy inside the jade rat is written on it."


    Tang Xiu received it and kicked the petite woman away. He then spent two hours to carefully read the whole book.


    ’I understand it now.’


    Tang Xiu suppressed his excitement inwardly and turned to look at Mo Awu, "Contact Hao Lei. Tell her to transfer a billion US dors to this kid. Also, inform our men who have snuck into Thand and tell them to put the attack on the Dark Shaman n on hold and wait for my new order."


    "Roger that!" Mo Awu immediately nodded.


    Tang Xiu looked at the white-haired youth and then pointed at him, asking, "What’s your name?"


    "Singluen," answered the white-haired youth.


    "You got a good name." Tang Xiu smiled and said, "So what’s your status in your Dark Shaman n?"


    "My father is the patriarch of the Dark Shaman n and I’m the Second Young Master of the n," replied the white-haired youth.


    "Well, I was going to kill you, but it turned out that not only did you provide me the whereabouts of the jade pig, but you also told me how to absorb the energy inside the zodiac jade carvings, so I’ll make an exception and change my decision," said Tang Xiu. "Now tell me the detailed information about your big brother, the person you want to get rid of."


    "His name is Singkuo. I’ll tell my men to give you detailed information about him," said Singluen hastily. "I won’t take your one billion US dors as long as you can get rid of him."


    "No. I’m going to get rid of your big brother not because you want to use me, but because of the jade pig. I’ll still transfer the one billion US dors into your ount." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "That is on the premise that you take me to Thand right away. I’ll keep my word as long as I can get the jade pig, but you’ll know the consequences if I can’t get it there."


    "I know," said Singluen respectfully.


    Tang Xiu nodded and was about to speak some more when Jin Shi walked in from the outside and quickly whispered next to his ear, "Your father is looking for you, Boss."


    Tang Xiu raised his brows and recalled that he stored his handset inside his interspatial ring which barred any cell signal. He immediately headed outside and took Jin Shi’s cell phone and said, "Are you looking for me, Dad?"


    "I’m afraid I need your help to deal with my problem here, Xiu’er." Tang Yunde’s voice came out of the phone. "You bettere in person if you have the time. I’m afraid that there will be an ident here."