Peking Opera Cat Heart Feather

"Bu Zong, we've been searching high and low for so many years..." Xiao Qing blinked her bright eyes and spoke thoughtfully.

"Guardian of the Infinite Time Crystals!" Wu Song shouted loudly, his voice loud and powerful.

"It's actually Sha Wuhen!" Da Fei added in a rough voice, not to be outdone.

The three of them chatted back and forth, coordinating perfectly, as if they had rehearsed it beforehand. However, Bai Xinyu, who was listening quietly at the side, couldn't stand this scene. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and muttered to herself, "Can't we just talk properly? We have to keep talking one after another. It's like a stage play. It's really a headache!"

After they finished speaking, Hou Da, who was standing on the ground, leaped up like lightning and landed on the table. He clasped his hands together, smiled, and bowed deeply to the Xingluo troupe, muttering, "Hey, hey, there might have been a small misunderstanding earlier. Hou Da apologizes to everyone!" Despite his apologies, his eyes, which kept darting around, revealed a hint of cunning and uneasiness, making one wonder what he was planning.

"This treasure! It has been closely guarded all along. After so many long years, few cats have had the good fortune to witness such a rare opportunity. I was thinking in my heart... well... it should be... that..." Hou Dadao originally had a smile on his face, but his words stopped abruptly here, as if he suddenly didn't know how to continue expressing himself.

At this moment, Hou Er, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke up, "Brother, isn't this what you mean? We have several powerful Peking Opera masters here. If we all work together, we can capture that guy named Sha Wuhen and force him to reveal the location of the treasure. After that, we can divide up those precious Time Crystals equally. Isn't that a fantastic thing? Brother, do you think I'm right?" Hou Er just dumbfoundedly told Hou Da everything he had been thinking. After he finished, he even turned to look at Hou Da with an innocent look on his face and asked, "Brother, am I right?"

Hearing his brother's rash words, Hou Da couldn't help but frown, and subconsciously wanted to scold: "Idiot! How can you express these ideas so bluntly? What if they knew our true intentions, would they still be willing to--" However, Hou Da had just said half of his words when he suddenly realized that several cats from the Xingluo class were standing not far away, so the volume of the second half of the sentence unconsciously became lower and lower, until it finally disappeared completely in the depths of his throat.

"Great! Your Bu Sect cats are truly eye-opening! Not only do they enjoy cheating, they're even into using cunning and deceitful tactics!" Bai Tang angrily rebuked. Although he often preferred to slack off, he never slacked off in his Yun Li cultivation, always believing that only strength gained through hard work, step by step, was the most solid and reliable.

At this point, Wu Song, known for his fiery temper, could no longer contain his rage. He gripped his whistle stick tightly and pointed it directly at the three men, shouting, "You shameless scoundrels, how dare you trick us into becoming your accomplices? This is truly too much!"

Upon hearing this, Bian Ri turned pale with fear and trembled all over. He quickly waved his hands and explained, "Alas, gentlemen, calm down! I really just want to make some Childhood Crystals to enjoy my old age. I have absolutely no ill intentions!" However, his weak excuse was clearly unable to calm the crowd's anger.

Bai Xinyu, who had been sitting quietly on the side, finally couldn't bear it anymore at this moment. He stood up suddenly and said righteously: "Please leave quickly, Chief Bianri and the two brothers Hou Da and Hou Er of the Shen tribe! My Xingluo Troupe disdains to be in cahoots with such despicable villains like you!" Before he finished speaking, Wu Song and others immediately responded to the call, picked up the whistles and justice bells in their hands, and waved them at those people mercilessly, shouting and driving them away.

After mercilessly driving those men out, Da Fei's already tense nerves hadn't completely relaxed. At that moment, his sharp ears quivered slightly, as if he had picked up some subtle sound. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw something stirring in a dark, narrow alley not far away.

Dafei couldn't help but frown tightly, thinking to himself: "Oh no, I'm afraid trouble is coming. However, looking at the situation, we should be able to deal with it." Thinking of this, he calmed down, raised his voice and shouted to his companions around him: "Okay, everyone! It's getting late, let's go back and rest. Get enough rest so that you will have the energy to deal with various situations that may arise tomorrow." After that, he did not forget to wink at everyone, conveying secret codes that only they understood.

Seeing this, the others understood and immediately pretended to be extremely sleepy. They yawned loudly and muttered that they were going to sleep. After returning to the room, they quickly blew out the oil lamp, but no one actually went to bed. Instead, they tiptoed to the door and quietly put their ears to it, trying to eavesdrop on the movement outside.

Sure enough, not long after, the two sisters from the sub-clan reappeared at the door, ghostlike. They tiptoed toward the door, and just as one of them was about to push it open, her eyes suddenly fixed, as if she had sensed something amiss. Gu Feng attacked without hesitation. With a flick of his wrist, four shimmering darts shot off in a single direction like lightning.

Unexpectedly, the four darts didn't penetrate the wall as expected. Instead, they seemed to hit an invisible barrier in mid-air and bounced back at an extremely fast speed. Seeing this, Gu Yue, standing nearby, didn't dare to delay. He quickly unfastened the extremely sharp sword on his back and slashed fiercely in the same direction with all his strength.

At this moment, Bai Tang and others who were hiding in the house and nervously eavesdropping on every move outside were so frightened by this sudden change that their heartbeats suddenly accelerated. They didn't dare to breathe, for fear that any sound they made would expose their whereabouts.

"That Sha Wuhen is really not simple! It's probably not an ordinary cat. Maybe it's really the guardian of the mysterious time crystal treasure as the rumors say. Should we help it?" Bai Tang looked at Bai Xinyu nervously, obviously attracted by the fierce fighting sounds outside.

Bai Xinyu stood there quietly, her ears trembling slightly, listening carefully to every sound coming from the outside world. At this moment, she seemed to notice something unusual and said softly, "Don't worry, someone is coming this way."

Sure enough, not long after, a burst of hurried footsteps approached from afar, and then a figure suddenly leaped up from the first floor and landed steadily in the middle of the crowd. The person who came was none other than the innkeeper Pan. His face was gloomy, and his eyes swept sharply over the people in front of him.

"It's so late. Why are you running out here making a fuss instead of staying in your room and getting some sleep?" Shopkeeper Pan shouted coldly, showing no mercy to the guests in his words.

Upon seeing this, Gu Feng quickly put away the dart in his hand, bowed to Shopkeeper Pan, and explained respectfully: "I'm really sorry, Shopkeeper Pan. The weather is too hot tonight and we can't fall asleep, so we thought of coming out to get some fresh air and cool down. I'm sorry to disturb you, please forgive me." However, despite his polite words, Gu Feng's eyes never left Sha Wuhen behind Shopkeeper Pan.

Shopkeeper Pan snorted coldly, not moved at all. He still had a stern face and shouted angrily: "If you want to enjoy the cool air, go out and find that black storm. Don't get in the way here!" As he said that, he glared fiercely at the two sisters of the sub-clan, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with their behavior.