When Gu Rong heard Wei Guoping call out his name, his face turned pale. He had been working hard to make it seem like he disappeared from existence.

Gu Lingzhi was his daughter. When he first raised the idea of letting him catch her, they praised him for placing his righteousness before family and when he completed the job, they would remember his deed. However, they now resented him since his plan failed. Because of his awkward identity, Gu Rong could only bottle up his anger and not speak up. With a superficial smile on his face, he said, “Lingzhi has only been promoted to a Martial Teacher for less than two months and everyone knows that. I’m afraid we may not have been able to capture her because she might have spiritual artefacts in her possession. After all, the Spirit Tribe historical remnants are in the main palace, and only the Third Prince and her have entered the seventh floor.”

“Nonsense! Don’t think that I did not know that all the treasures she had taken from that place have been taken by you and the North Qiu’s Royal Family. What other treasures could she have kept?” Wei Guoping scolded rudely, though he knew...