Chapter 1026: Wasting a Precious Resource
Editor: Henyee Translations

“Say whatever you want.” Zeng Huo strode away. If Xuan Louze was the real Xuan Louze, he might still have some concerns. But now that it was Chu Qingzhi, he didn’t care anymore.

Fifth Master Xuan threw the sword in his hand to the ground with a forceful thud, furious to the point of losing his mind. Ever since Xuan Louze came back, nothing had gone right for him. This wretched star!

Meanwhile, Zeng Huo returned to Fu Dong Courtyard and directly told Xuan Louze everything. It was better to confess honestly than to be found out later, so he chose to come clean.

After listening to Zeng Huo, Xuan Louze took a key out of his bag. “This key, I got it from that leader.”

He played with it for a moment but didn’t find anything special about it. “What does this key open?”

“I don’t know either. Fifth Master Xuan just wanted me to get the key, but he didn’t say anything else.” He was also very curious about the secret, but how could Fifth Master Xuan tell him!

A key can still cause trouble? Xuan Louze waved at Zeng Huo, “You go back first. I’ll take a look.”

“Alright.” Zeng Huo left.

Xuan Louze held the key in his palm, probing it with his divine sense. “I didn’t expect this key to be made of black gold!”

Putting aside how rare black gold is, using it to make a key—isn’t that a waste of a precious resource?

But this also indicated there must be a significant secret.

Xuan Louze put the key back in his bag and headed to where Fifth Master Xuan lived. His shadow flickered in the dark, moving so quickly it felt like an illusion.

After venting his anger in the woodshed, Fifth Master Xuan returned to his room to rest. To his surprise, there was already someone standing inside when he opened the door.

He instantly became alert. “Who are you?”

Xuan Louze waved his hand, and all the lamps in the room lit up, illuminating both of them.

Seeing it was Xuan Louze, Fifth Master Xuan’s anger flared. “Xuan Louze, how dare you sneak into my room!”

Xuan Louze looked at him with disdain. “Do you think I want to be here? If it weren’t to ask about the key, I wouldn’t bother coming to this doghouse!”

Fifth Master Xuan’s temple pulsed with anger, taking a long time to calm down. “You insolent child!”

“That’s old news. Nothing new.” Xuan Louze replied indifferently.

Fifth Master Xuan, nearly fainting with rage, thrust his sword at Xuan Louze. “You wretched brat!”

Xuan Louze slightly shifted, his palm hitting the sword, shattering it into pieces. The force numbed Fifth Master Xuan’s hand, making it fall limp.

“Don’t you want to know about the key?” Xuan Louze teased.

Fifth Master Xuan froze, then turned pale with shock. “You know about the key?”

“Is it hard to know?” Xuan Louze said, “Zeng Huo is now my man. Wouldn’t he tell me?”

“That traitor!” Fifth Master Xuan cursed, not expecting to be sold out so quickly.

“Forget about him for now. Answer my question.” A light flashed at Xuan Louze’s fingertips. “What’s the deal with the key?”

Fifth Master Xuan had no choice but to explain, “The key is used to unlock the gate of the Nalan family.”

The Nalan family? Xuan Louze thought for a moment, then remembered. The ancient family was surnamed Nalan. “Do you know the Nalan family?”

“Our Xuan family originally had the surname Nalan.” Hatred filled Fifth Master Xuan’s eyes. “The Emperor of Daling deserves to die. His endless wars emptied the treasury, so he sent soldiers to rob our Nalan family. Little did he know, our Nalan family’s mastery of mechanisms was so powerful that we chose to perish together.”

This differed from what he had heard. “Wasn’t it an earthquake?”

Fifth Master Xuan sneered, “What earthquake? It was the Nalan family activating their mechanisms, causing the tremors.”

Xuan Louze, “…”

That’s indeed impressive, creating the effect of an earthquake by activating a self-destruct mechanism. “So, you know the location of the Nalan family?”

Fifth Master Xuan lamented, “No one knows where the Nalan family is. Three hundred years ago, after activating the mechanisms, our ancestors fled with some family members to Chen’an, later changing our surname. Everyone swore an oath never to speak of the Nalan family again.”

“Everyone kept their mouths shut, and no one revealed the location of the Nalan family even on their deathbeds.”

“The only clue is this key, which was taken out after locking the gate. To enter the Nalan family, you need this key. Without it, entering would reactivate the mechanisms, and you’d never get out.”

Xuan Louze thought, he didn’t expect to accidentally get the key to the Nalan family. Is this fate?

He looked at Fifth Master Xuan. “So, you wanted this key to open the Nalan family gate?”