After some negotiations, Ning Jing and the other four experts finally threw off the yokes of servitude and were housed in a clean room. Ning Jing had even managed to take a long yearned-for hot bath and was as happy as a lark. 

The sword of Attila and a million US dollars - each were enough to move the hearts of the White Hun Tribe. Dayetia was, of course, very satisfied with Xia Lei’s offer. 

Xia Lei and Tang Yu-Yan were given rooms too but their rooms were not adjacent to each other - they were at least two hundred metres apart. Dayetia seemed to want to avoid having the two of them discussing anything and she had not only arranged their rooms to be far apart but also posted guards at their doors. Xia Lei and Tang Yu-Yan had almost no chance of communicating. 

Dayetia personally escorted Xia Lei to the room she had arranged for him, then entered it with him. 

“What is this, Chieftain Dayetia? We are setting off in the morning but you’re separating me from my companion. Are you still worried that we will conspire to escape? We Chinese are the most credible people and we will fulfil our end of the bargain since we’ve...