What if accessing the ruins required Li Hao’s blood, and not just a small bloodletting? Yuan Shuo could resist the urge to kill his student, but his old friends?1

What was a dead Li Hao worth to them??0

Some things didn’t require further explanation to the young man. His old friends might not commit such actions, but Yuan Shuo still had to be on his guard.0

Teacher and disciple sighed again!0

“If we have no other option, we can go to Hao Lianchuan!” Yuan Shuo suddenly said after a long while.0

Li Hao blinked. Hadn’t they just said they wouldn’t go to the Night Watchers?2

“This is the backup of backup plans. The Night Watchers are a legitimate organization of the government so they need to follow their own processes. They won’t seek to kill you straight off the bat. They’ll at least discuss the situation and see if they can offer some sort of payment. They’re a bit pedantic!” Yuan Shuo laughed at them for being fussy, then self-deprecated in the next breath. “It’s because of this obsession with detail that you can look to them if you really run into trouble. They’re the best out of a pool of mediocrity! The Night...5