I pondered briefly, "Restore the Nine-tailed Fox's soul first, then seal it with the Soul-Confining Pouch. I think I understand the Nine-tailed Fox's purpose."

The Nine-tailed Fox bewitches emperors!

Does this emperor necessarily have to be a mortal emperor?

Why couldn't it be the emperor in Tianlao (Heavenly Prison)?

And what was our purpose in bringing the Nine-tailed Fox to the Yin-Yang Inn? It was to use the Nine-tailed Fox's characteristics to find the place where the emperor would return.

When Tianlao opens, can the Nine-tailed Fox accurately locate the position of the master of the heavenly soul amidst the thousands of troops?

If the Nine-tailed Fox can do it, the art world can send an elite squad to follow the Nine-tailed Fox and kill the leader of the heavenly soul.

This may not be a glimmer of hope for the art world!

As Wang Butcher untied the cloth bag, I also turned to look at the door of the demon tomb.

From the appearance of Feng Ruoxing and the others until now, the time was neither long nor short.

For the ever-changing battlefield, this period of time is enough for irreversible variables to occur.

However, since Ling and Zang Tianji (Hidden Heavenly Secrets) have arrived, I naturally don't have to worry about what tricks Yueying Dao (Moon Shadow Thief) will play.

Ling looked at Lanshan Dao (Blue Shirt Thief), who was still fighting with Feng Ruoxing, and said, "Su Su, bring the people up!"

"Coming!" Su Su walked in from outside, dragging three ropes. At the end of the ropes were three of the Eight Great Thieves, bound.

Ling said unhurriedly, "These three are Baishou Dao (Hundred Hands Thief), Chuanshan Dao (Mountain Piercing Thief), and Tiaodeng Dao (Lamp Picking Thief) from the Eight Great Thieves. Lao Liu has already succeeded on his side."

"They came to rescue Yueying Dao and fell right into our ambush."

I looked up at the battle and said, "Lanshan Dao, are you planning to surrender or resist to the end?"

Lanshan Dao only glanced at the three people before abandoning his defense and launching a fierce attack on Feng Ruoxing.

He wanted to capture Feng Ruoxing so that he could negotiate terms with us again.

But I didn't give him that opportunity. "Tianji, it's up to you. Kill!"

Zang Tianji's demon tear in his hand suddenly turned and pointed at Tiaodeng Dao's brow from a distance. Before the other party could shout, his head exploded.

As Tiaodeng Dao's blood spurted out, his body began to rapidly decay at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in a short moment, it turned into a skeleton covered in clothing.

I said unhurriedly, "Lanshan Dao, won't you surrender yet?"

"You have the aura of life, but you can't stop the calamity in your fate. The heavenly fate master is your nemesis. I can give you three breaths to consider. After three breaths, I will kill another thief."

Lanshan Dao sighed and threw away his twin sabers. "I admit defeat!"

I crossed my arms and said, "Since you admit defeat, then come over and kneel down! Kneeling shouldn't be difficult for you Eight Great Thieves, right? You knelt a lot when you were young in court!"

Lanshan Dao's face changed several times, but in the end, he walked over and knelt obediently next to Baishou Dao.

The Eight Great Thieves grew up in a den of thieves, and entering and exiting the court was also a way of cultivation for the thieves.

In particular, thieves who climbed up from the bottom could withstand the interrogation in court, and they were heroes in the eyes of thieves. Only then could they establish prestige in this line of work.

Otherwise, who would be willing to follow a softie to travel the martial world?

However, after the Eight Great Thieves became famous, they never knelt to anyone again.

Although Lanshan Dao was kneeling on the ground, his body was straight, and although his face was filled with humiliation and anger, there was no trace of fear in his eyes.

I looked at the demon qi flowing through the tomb door. "Yueying Dao, now, I will also give you a choice."

"Are you choosing to come out and exchange for the lives of these three people, or are you planning to complete the heavenly soul and open the tomb door!"

Although Yueying Dao didn't speak, the trembling tomb door stopped.

I returned the entanglement that Yueying Dao gave me, even more so than what she did at the time.

At least, when she took action, I hadn't seen my companions die before my eyes.

I continued, "Yueying Dao, in fact, I have never understood. You are a human术士(shushi, Taoist adept), why are you so determined to help the heavenly soul return?"

I could see that after Yueying Dao controlled the Yin-Yang Inn, he had been trying to find a way to open Tianlao.

He brought us in from the outside, probably because someone among us had the key to opening Tianlao, otherwise, we would have been blocked outside countless spaces like the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Yueying Dao didn't speak, but Lanshan Dao said, "Li Po, you are just a 江湖(jianghu, martial world) bumpkin, what do you know about a scholar dying for his confidant?"

"Scholar?" I turned my head and sneered, "Can you be called scholars? Don't think that Lord Mengchang raised a few chicken-crowing and dog-thieving people, and you people who live by stealing can be called scholars."

Lanshan Dao sneered, "You really are the same as Lingguan Sanren (Loose Immortal Lingguan). Back then, we did so many things for Lingguan Sanren, but he looked down on us from the bottom of his heart. In his eyes, we are just a group of thieves who live by stealing."

"Only Holy Lord gave us enough respect, this respect is enough for us to repay with our lives, do you understand?"

My face darkened and said, "Since that's the case, then go die! Do it!"

When Zang Tianji's demon tear pointed at Lanshan Dao again, the other party quickly shouted, "Yueying, you escape. We have repaid the Holy Lord's kindness."