Chapter 453 - 126: What You Struggle to Find Is All the More Precious (2)

"Who knows? If the boss wants us to do it this way, we just follow orders. What’s the point of asking so many questions?"

"Exactly. Whatever benefits you’re supposed to get, when has the boss ever shortchanged you?"

"That’s true!"

Although no one really knew exactly why.

But who cares? As long as the benefits are real—ever since they’ve been with Ye Liuyun and got some money, Si Nan’s getting a lot more generous.

Come on, who in the Embroidered Uniform Guard isn’t fond of cash?

Can’t expect everyone to actually join just because they want to protect Great Qian, right?

...

Nighttime.

Inside the bamboo grove outside the Imperial City.

Right now, Yun Hu and Guan Bao are busy searching, hoping to find that ’rare cultivation technique.’

"Second Brother, what if there’s really nothing here!"

"Did we get scammed?"

After searching for hours and still coming up empty-handed, Guan Bao—always the impatient one—couldn’t hold back anymore.

He grumbled, clearly annoyed.

If they’ve been played and came here on some half-baked rumor, they’ll be the laughingstock if people find out!

"What do you know!"

Compared to Guan Bao, Yun Hu still had some hope left.

"If it was that easy to find, those Embroidered Uniform Guard guys would’ve gotten it ages ago. Where would there be anything left for us?"

"But..."

Guan Bao really wanted to say something.

But thinking it through, Yun Hu’s logic actually made a lot of sense.

No helping it.

Guan Bao could only lower his head in frustration and keep searching.

Another half hour passed, and still nothing.

"Damn it, we must’ve been punked. Unless this manual can fly, how could it possibly take us this long to find nothing?"

The bamboo grove’s big, sure, but they’ve scoured it for hours, carefully.

How is it possible to come away empty-handed?

Guan Bao was now convinced they’d been duped.

"Fly to the sky?"

But Yun Hu, when he heard Guan Bao say that, suddenly had a lightbulb moment.

He looked up toward the thick bamboo leaves above.

"Second Brother?"

Seeing Yun Hu ignore him and stare at the sky, Guan Bao was momentarily confused.

Just as he was about to ask—

Yun Hu stepped down hard, then leapt straight up into the air.

"Found it!"

Finally, Yun Hu found a spot that looked different from the rest of the bamboo leaves.

After a little careful poking around, he actually discovered the manual, deliberately torn to pieces and tucked beneath the leaves.

Though it was shredded, piecing it back together wouldn’t be too hard.

"Wait, wha..."

Guan Bao never expected his offhand comment would really lead Second Brother to find it.

No time to think about anything else.

He hurried over to help Yun Hu piece the manual together.

"Are you stupid? Why would we put this together here? Let’s head back first!"

Sometimes, Yun Hu really wondered about his little brother’s brain. Piecing this thing together would take time—if someone strolled by, they’d be screwed.

"Right, right!"

Guan Bao, realizing, nodded repeatedly.

"Second Brother, you’re smart!"

Without further ado, he left with Yun Hu!

Clearly, neither Yun Hu nor Guan Bao noticed—just not far off in the bamboo woods, Ye Liuyun stood with arms folded, watching with great amusement as the pair scuttled away under the moonlight like sneak thieves.

"Boss!"

Si Nan, who was trailing nearby,

timed it perfectly and spoke up.

"How could anything you get handed to you compare to something you sweat blood to find yourself? Bet those brothers are convinced now that the manual is truly precious!"

If you simply handed them the cultivation technique, they’d surely be at least a little suspicious.

But when it’s like this—

With all this drama and effort spent searching, those two will never suspect it was all someone’s plan.

"Nicely done!"

This whole thing, Ye Liuyun had put Si Nan fully in charge.

Turns out, the outcome was pretty great.

When it comes to scheming, Si Nan is smarter than Shi Sheng and the rest.

"All credit goes to you, boss! Without you, I wouldn’t even get chances like this!"

Si Nan was quick to butter him up, but Ye Liuyun just waved it off without caring.

Then he said flatly,

"Next up, get those two thinking about replacing Wei Hongfang!"

Ye Liuyun was already a little excited.

If even Yan Fuhai’s most trusted Wei Hongfang turned traitor, could Yan Fuhai still lounge around recovering like nothing’s wrong?

...

"Whoever hid this was good—ripped it to shreds, stuck it up in the leaves. No wonder the Embroidered Uniform Guard couldn’t find it!"

Back with Guan Bao and Yun Hu,

once they’d returned home, they immediately set about piecing the manual back together.

Soon enough,

seeing the reassembled manual, Guan Bao couldn’t help complaining,

"War God Skill? How come I’ve never heard of this technique?"

"They say it was passed down more than a hundred years ago; it’s normal you wouldn’t know about it."

Yun Hu clearly remembered all the Embroidered Uniform Guard gossip.

"Makes sense!"

Guan Bao listened and nodded.

There’s no end to the number of cultivation techniques out there—it’s normal he wouldn’t know every single one.

"Second Brother, so should we..."

Obviously, Guan Bao wanted to start training, his eyes looking at Yun Hu full of excitement.