Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"A group of nasty ruffians!" Vivian suddenly blurted out.

"Nasty? I think they are all right," Zachary answered with a smile, with his eyes fixed on those women.

"Don't look at those women, or I will dig your eyes out," Vivian warned him straight away upon seeing that.

"Oh, I will have to watch just you then." He next directed his eyes at Vivian.

"You are not allowed to look at me, either." When Vivian heard it, her face darkened.

"I would much rather that you dig my eyes out," Zachary responded and went back to staring at those women again.

"You..." His boldness made her flush with anger. If she had known how shameless he was, she wouldn't have brought him here.

Just then, a brawny man suddenly came up to her, saying, "Nice to meet you, Vivi. Our leader has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Okay," Vivian answered. She then requested the brawny man to lead the way. All of a sudden, she turned back and warned Zachary, "After you enter the room, you are forbidden to say anything. Do not mention that you belong to the Xiao Clan. Do you understand?"

"No problem." Zachary nodded with a smile.

Then, Zachary and Vivian followed the brawny man through a side door. They came across a long corridor and turned a corner. Then they saw an arch door in front of them. Inside was a luxuriously decorated palace, just like the imperial palace.

When they stepped inside the palace, Zachary saw many people seated while others just stood around. Each of them looked strong and vicious, and one couldn't mistake them as good-natured types at first glance. There was a man in his thirties sitting on a bright golden chair. His semblance appeared sensible and self-restrained, with dashing eyebrows and a muscular body. He dressed the same as a royal member in a golden robe, just like a person of the royal family. The mustache on his upper lip made him look a tad sexy. Several very seductive women flocked around him, rubbing his shoulders and massaging his legs. This particular kind of pampering was a royal enjoyment to him.

"Vivi, you finally came. I have waited for you for a long time." The man with dashing eyebrows walked up to Vivian with a smile as soon as he saw her.

"I didn't ask you to wait. Have you prepared the goods that I wanted?" Vivian snorted.

"Of course, it's all set. I'm waiting for you to

just now? Let me see your real face, Vivi. Then you can consider the two hundred thousand gold coins as my present for you," the man said, pretending to be generous at this point.

"No way. I will not agree to that," Vivian replied coldly.

"What if I insist on it?" the man said in a forceful tone. He sounded interested in Vivian's identity.

Shortly, several strong men appeared and circled them in an intimidating fashion.

"Who dares to come near?" Vivian got so angry that she released her power of a warrior of Imperial Level, which frightened those strong men.

"Oh, it's astonishing that you are a warrior of Imperial Level!" The man appeared a bit surprised.

"If you are smart enough, please don't make things difficult for us. I will give you eight hundred thousand gold coins, and you will turn over the goods to me!" Vivian raised her condition at this point.

"It's evident that you sound pretty confident you'd win against me. But don't be too confident. You are just a warrior at the first grade of Imperial Level." The man suddenly became serious. Then he released a stronger aura. Surprisingly, he was at the medium stage of Imperial Level.

"A warrior at the medium stage of Imperial Level?" Vivian blurted out of surprise. Her face turned pale. She never expected this man to be so powerful.

Zachary lifted his eyebrows and thought that Vivian certainly met a tough opponent this time. But he considered it was a terrific thing for him because he finally saw an opportunity to show off in front of Vivian so she might be fond of him.