Chapter 2689: Top-Notch

"Gold?"

Upon hearing this, Little Tiger approached and circled around the two large rocks twice, tapping on the left, kicking on the right, and muttered to itself, "It really is gold."

At this moment, Xiao Taohong also floated down, standing atop the golden lion, and exclaimed, "Where did the Master find such treasures? A golden lion this big, how much is it worth?"

During her life, Xiao Taohong was a miss from a wealthy family, with broad knowledge, naturally recognizing goldware at a glance.

Little Tiger sulked and said, "Who knows where she stole it from? If I hadn’t slipped away quickly, Xiao Taohong, you wouldn’t be seeing me at all."

"But you’re a Thousand Year Striped Tiger, aren’t you better than that?"

"It’s called a disaster falling from the sky, it has nothing to do with me being a Thousand Year Striped Tiger, alright."

"How could it be unrelated? It obviously is, Heaven arranged for you to be a Thousand Year Striped Tiger, surely with some purpose."

Xiao Taohong seemed to have a point, but Little Tiger didn’t continue the argument with her. Almost being crushed to death by two golden lions earlier had him in a foul mood.

Little Tiger grumbled, "Master, next time you throw things in here, could you give a heads up? I don’t want to die unjustly."

Xuexue was about to jump onto the wall, and upon hearing Little Tiger, she casually agreed.

"Shh! My dear, don’t speak, there are many masters lurking inside!" Long Rui squatted on top of the wall, hearing Xuexue speak, hurriedly covering her small cherry mouth.

"Mmm mmm...!"

"Shh, dear, be good, don’t speak."

"Mm-hmm...!" Xuexue nodded vigorously, wondering why she was so unlucky to be treated like this just after jumping down.

Seeing this, Long Rui released his hand.

"Phew...!" Almost suffocating, Xuexue took a deep breath of air.

"What happened?" After a while, once Xuexue caught her breath, she whispered and asked.

Long Rui softly said, "Dear, although the top of the wall looks empty and unguarded, underneath in the courtyard are lurking many masters; Old Master Gu is truly insidious."

Xuexue leaned over to take a look at the courtyard below, seeing nothing but darkness, she looked confused, and asked, "Really?"

Long Rui said, "Of course, if you don’t believe it, dear, you can calm down and listen carefully, and you’ll know I’m not wrong."

Ever since eating the Ginseng Fruit, Xuexue’s martial power greatly increased. She concentrated and listened for a moment and indeed could clearly hear the breathing of many people below the courtyard, even their heartbeats were utterly distinct.

Xuexue: "Prince, what should we do? We can’t go back empty-handed, can we?"

Having finally come out this late at night, going back empty handed was not her style.

No, she didn’t go back empty handed, she had already stolen two golden lions!

Xuexue glanced at Long Rui with a guilty conscience, feeling slightly dishonest for stealing two golden lions from Old Master Gu without telling the Prince who accompanied her. Should she tell him?

Xuexue was conflicted in her heart, not worried that Long Rui would want to share the loot.

She was just afraid Long Rui would laugh at her for not even sparing the lions at the entrance.

Long Rui glanced up, seeing that inside the Gu family residence not far away, a few rooms still had lights on, he said, "Dear, let’s travel on the rooftops."

Old Master Gu was insidious, deliberately setting an outwardly relaxed but strictly guarded defense. They weren’t foolish, they would go directly on the rooftops.

Why? Because their Qinggong was superb. Even dancing on the rooftops wouldn’t alert the people below.

Xuexue’s eyes lit up, and she smiled, "Alright!"