Ji Fuxing roared, "Do you know who I am, you brat!"
"Ji Fuxing, huh," Yan Shouyi chuckled, "Could it be you're my illegitimate son I've never met?"
Ji Fuxing nearly spat blood upon hearing this.
To be beaten and insulted like this, anyone older might have been so enraged they couldn't breathe and died on the spot.
Yan Shouyi said calmly,
"Ji Fuxing, I can see you're not a good person. Your so-called 'robbing the rich to help the poor' is actually lining your own pockets, isn't it? It's a pity your disciples are still in the dark, working themselves to death for you."
"Shut up!" Stripped of his pretense, Ji Fuxing's voice was filled with shame and anger.
"Since you refuse to hand over the real Yangling Tiger Tally, I'll have to find it myself."
Yan Shouyi stood up and surveyed the surroundings, quickly spotting something amiss.
The study located at the back of the courtyard had an internal space that was clearly different from its external appearance. Behind the bookshelf, there must be a secret room.
An ordinary person might not have noticed, but Yan Shouyi, as a descendant of Lu Ban, immediately detected it.
He walked towards the study without a word, and Ji Fuxing's expression instantly became tense.
Seeing this, Lin Zitong knew Yan Shouyi had found the right place.
Entering the study, Yan Shouyi examined the bookshelf but found no mechanism.
Ji Fuxing breathed a sigh of relief – the mechanism to the secret room was actually under the desk, hidden very discreetly, and Yan Shouyi certainly wouldn't find it in a short time.
However, to Ji Fuxing's surprise, Yan Shouyi didn't play by the usual rules. After a cursory search of the bookshelf and finding no mechanism, he directly punched the bookshelf!
The imitation antiques on the bookshelf all shook and fell to the ground, smashing into pieces.
The wall behind the bookshelf was also smashed, revealing glittering gold bars!
These gold bars were stacked together, forming a wall, conspicuously visible in the hole.
Yan Shouyi sneered. This was likely the wealth Ji Fuxing had accumulated over the years.
He must have hidden the real Yangling Tiger Tally here as well!
At this moment, Ji Zhan, who had fainted outside, woke up and frantically called out, "Master!"
Ji Fuxing quickly shouted, "Go to the study and stop that brat!"
Ji Zhan came to his senses, feeling a pang of guilt. After all, he was the one who led Yan Shouyi here, and he never expected Yan Shouyi to be such a treacherous fellow.
He hurried towards the study, but the moment he entered, he was completely stunned.
Yan Shouyi had already dismantled the entire door of the secret room. Before Ji Zhan's eyes lay a wall made entirely of stacked gold bars.
Each gold bar was worth over a hundred thousand!
A whole wall of gold bars – one could only imagine the terrifying wealth it represented!
Ji Zhan's mind was overwhelmed.
"Didn't you say all the stolen treasures we exchanged for money were donated to impoverished mountainous areas?"
For this ideal, how many treasures had they stolen? Some fellow disciples were even arrested, and some even lost their lives!
"With so many gold bars hidden here, Master only gave us steamed buns and pickled vegetables..."
Ji Zhan stood frozen. Yan Shouyi noticed his presence and said without turning his head,
"Your master is not a good person, but you are innocent. It's not too late to turn back. When I leave, you should take your brothers and sisters away from Ji Fuxing."
Hearing this, Ji Zhan gave a bitter smile, "Where else can we go?"
From childhood, they had been trained by Ji Fuxing to be thieves, engaging in petty pilfering. But Ji Fuxing's instilled ideology of 'righteous thieves' and 'robbing the rich to help the poor' allowed them to take pride in their skills.
But now, he realized he had been doing wrong all along. Ji Zhan's heart began to loathe his own hands, considering himself a villain.
Yan Shouyi said softly, "Ji Fuxing deceived you, but your skills are still useful. If you are willing, you can find me in Rongcheng in the future. I can help you achieve your goals."
Yan Shouyi didn't want to abandon them after shattering their illusions, which was why he proposed they go to Rongcheng.
After saying this, Yan Shouyi no longer had time to dally with Ji Zhan, as he had already found the real Yangling Tiger Talisman.
The genuine Yangling Tiger Talismans were hidden in the secret room. Their texture and color were incomparable to the three pairs of fakes.
Yan Shouyi took them, stuffed them into his satchel, and immediately turned to pull Ji Zhan out.
Seeing this, Ji Fuxing couldn't help but roar, "Thief! You are a thief! The Yangling Tiger Tally belongs to me, put it down!!"
"And you dare call someone a thief?" Yan Shouyi scoffed. He hadn't even dealt with the entire wall of gold bars yet.
Ji Fuxing shouted again, "Ji Zhan, hurry and stop him!!"
However, the awakened Ji Zhan now felt no master-disciple affection for Ji Fuxing, only the rage of being deceived.
He picked up the unconscious Ji Xiong, and then asked Yan Shouyi to take the young girl who had opened the door for them, wanting to leave with Yan Shouyi.
Having obtained the Yangling Tiger Talisman, Yan Shouyi had no reason to stay in the Ghost Market any longer, so he was eager to get everyone out.
But just as he picked up the girl and met up with Lin Zitong, the previously closed courtyard gate of Ji Fuxing was suddenly violently forced open by a gust of wind!
Yan Shouyi's expression drastically changed.
He sensed an extremely overbearing aura – this aura belonged to the Ghost King!
The temperature around them seemed to drop dozens of degrees, and frost even formed on the ground. Ji Zhan shivered uncontrollably.
The invisible pressure made Ji Zhan unable to lift his head, but he still forced himself to glance at the figure outside the door.
Ji Zhan's face turned ashen.
"It's him..." Ji Zhan said tremblingly.
"Who is this person?" Lin Zitong asked with a frown.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Ji Fuxing burst into laughter, as if his appearance meant Yan Shouyi and the others could absolutely not escape.
He provided the answer, "Lord Shi Jing!"
This person is Shi Jing?!
Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong's faces also instantly turned grim.
Before entering the Ghost Market, Master Qin Six had specifically warned them that the owner of the Ghost Market was a Ghost King named Shi Jing.
Master Qin Six had repeatedly emphasized that they must absolutely not provoke Shi Jing.
But no one had expected Shi Jing to appear in Ji Fuxing's courtyard, and their relationship seemed far from simple!
"Lord Shi Jing, these two scoundrels not only beat me, but they also stole your treasures! You must teach them a lesson!"
Then, Ji Fuxing laughed heartily, "You can't escape!"
Ji Zhan also trembled in fear, muttering incessantly, "We're dead... We're dead... He's Lord Shi Jing..."