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Su Xiaoxiao arrived fairly quickly; Qin Fang didn't have to wait too long…

"Did you get the item?"

As soon as she arrived, Su Xiaoxiao glanced around in confusion and asked.

The surrounding was just flat farmland and wasteland, utterly void of hiding places; the immense Jade Coffin would be unmissable if present.

"Let's talk when we get back…"

Qin Fang didn't say much, only hurried onto Su Xiaoxiao's car, and the two swiftly headed back towards the urban area…

With the Jade Coffin gone, Hyena would probably be furious upon discovery, possibly fearing a pursuit and search. While Qin Fang's presence here might not guarantee discovery, complications could arise.

Hyena was never a benevolent soul to begin with; in a rage, who knew what he might do.

"What exactly happened?"

On the car ride, Su Xiaoxiao also asked with much concern.

Qin Fang had been on the hearse driven by Hyena, but quickly notified her for pickup; the events took no more than a mere ten minutes.

To have dealt with Hyena in such a short span could not have been easy unless, like Hyena, Qin Fang also had a powerful mercenary team to hijack the Jade Coffin in the least time possible.

Indeed, hijack—not steal!

For such a large Jade Coffin, theft was utterly impossible.

The gigantic Jade Coffin, weighing several hundred to a thousand pounds, required at least eight strong men to lift stably. With eight men appearing, it meant a whole group, and even if Hyena's vision wasn't the best, he couldn't miss such a crowd in the night…

Besides, Hyena had been driving all along—if there had been any incident, he would surely have discreetly notified his men to come to the rescue!

However, as Su Xiaoxiao waited by the shipyard, Ericsson was dead, and all his men were controlled by that deputy leader. Ten minutes was merely the time to handle the corpses; no messages had been received…

"We'll talk when we get back…"

Qin Fang only shook his head and did not reveal much, continuing to deflect with that phrase.

"Hmph…"

Su Xiaoxiao immediately furrowed her brows, clearly displeased.

This was pre-arranged with Qin Fang: divide the task equally, get some Corpse Oil from the Millennium Ancient Corpse. Qin Fang's attitude gave her the impression he was going to shirk his promise.

Qin Fang could only give a wry smile, not bothering to explain. After all, he couldn't say that the Jade Coffin was in his Props Box, which if taken out now, could directly crush them to death…

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Outskirts of Yangcheng, at the funeral home.

Hyena drove the hearse straight here, a location he had arranged long in advance, unlikely to be searched by the Yangcheng Police Department even if they turned the city upside down.

"Boss…"

The guards here were Hyena's own men—his most trusted henchmen devoid of any dissension. Someone as suspicious as him would never allow anyone questionable to remain by his side.

"Call some of the brothers over…"

The Jade Coffin was heavy, needing at least eight strong men to lift securely. Less than that, and Hyena would be wary—the impenetrable nature of the Millennium Ancient Corpse was terrifying to think of.

Moreover, the true value of the Corpse Oil seeping from the corpse was immeasurable. Even a little wasted by ammunition would cause Hyena great distress.

While ordering his men to prepare for lifting the Jade Coffin, he also took the keys to open the hearse cargo area—cautioning them repeatedly.

"Get it together, be careful. Damage even a tiny bit of it, and I'll kill the culprit…"

With that said, the subordinates immediately perked up, a sharp glint in their eyes, eager not to be the unlucky one.

"Boss… Boss…"

But as the cargo area opened and those eight men were about to go in to lift the content, the two in front were suddenly wide-eyed with shock, their faces covered in astonishment as they called out cautiously to Hyena.

"What's the matter?"

Hyena, busy planning the next steps, heard someone call out and snapped in annoyance.

"It's empty inside the car…"

The subordinate, with an innocent expression, pointed to the inside of the cargo area.

"Empty?"

Hyena was slightly taken aback, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that the cargo space, which should have contained the huge Jade Coffin, was completely empty, with nothing inside…

"How… how could this be?"

Hyena's face went completely blank. He had seen with his own eyes the Jade Coffin being placed inside the cargo space, and it was he who had locked it himself, holding the keys at all times.

On his way here, aside from the occasional brief stop at traffic lights, he had barely stopped the car at all... Even during those brief traffic light pauses, he had continuously monitored his surroundings, without any vans ever approaching.

But... where had the Jade Coffin gone?

A few of the underlings, who were still somewhat clever, hurriedly crawled into the vehicle to start their inspection...

The interior of the cargo space was intact, with no signs of being cut, the only thing being the exhaust vent on the roof that was somewhat loose, and indeed it was movable...

"Boss, there's something wrong with this exhaust vent..."

True to form, these people, having undergone strict training as mercenaries, quickly found some clues, "Someone crawled into the vehicle through this exhaust vent..."

The vent was very small; a normal adult had no way of getting in or out through here, perhaps only a very slim woman or a child could.

In a corner near the vent, they found threads of material likely from clothing... these must have been from Qin Fang's clothing getting snagged and left behind.

After all, he used Metamorphosis related to the Bone Shrinking Skill and Yoga, which enabled him to alter the shape of his bones, but the laws of conservation of energy still applied; he still weighed the same, and there were limits to how much his body could shrink. Squeezing through such a tiny vent and getting snagged was normal indeed.

Slap~~~

Had it not been mentioned, it wouldn't have been an issue, but as soon as it was, Hyena was filled with smoldering irritation and gave the underling who spoke a slap across the face.

"Do you even have a brain? A tiny vent like that, it's already a miracle someone could squeeze through, and now you're telling me that huge coffin could fit through too?"

The Jade Coffin was nearly two meters in length and over seventy to eighty centimeters wide. Even getting it out the back door of the cargo space had to be done with great care, not to mention this vent which isn't even fifty centimeters across...

Hyena had always relied on his brains to earn his bread; he often felt that even if he couldn't match the Prophet Zhuge Kongming, he was certainly of the caliber of Sima Yi.

To believe in such a nonsensical paradox without using his brain would be to admit he was brainless and foolish, right?

"But... but..."

The underling who had been slapped was quite miserable, as after ruling out this possibility, the entire vehicle was left intact, revealing not the slightest trace of anything unusual.

Even the lock in the back of the cargo space had been meticulously examined, revealing no signs of tampering...

But the Jade Coffin had just vanished into thin air, which was truly bizarre!

Of course, it's also possible that Hyena had never actually brought the Jade Coffin over...

"Yes, that must be it!!"

The underling immediately made that deduction in his heart. His boss, Hyena, was always known for his cunning and extreme shrewdness, and this was likely just a tactic to mislead them.

"Useless…"

Hyena cursed angrily and then personally crawled into the vehicle to commence a thorough search...

There was not the slightest change to the overall vehicle; it was just as it had been when he left the shipyard, and now it was still the same... The only difference was some traces of blood on the bottom of the cargo space.

That was from the gun battle, where some unlucky fellows had been killed and blood had dripped onto the Jade Coffin, which then slowly trickled down as the coffin was placed onto the vehicle.

Only those traces could barely prove that the Jade Coffin had indeed once been inside... but now, it had vanished without a trace.

Spurt~~~

Faced with such a reality, even Hyena, who had seen much of the world, couldn't accept this harsh truth.

To obtain that Jade Coffin, to possess the Millennium Ancient Corpse within, he had even devised a scheme against his own master, Sinan, at the cost of dozens of lives.

But in the end, the Jade Coffin had disappeared out of thin air, and he hadn't found a single piece of information…

The more angry and bitter he thought about it, the more he felt a surge of blood rising instantly, and uninterested in suppressing it, he opened his mouth and sprayed it out.

A cloud of crimson mist instantly filled the scene, and an underling, who happened to stand in the wrong place, got sprayed with a face full of blood, not daring to wipe it off…

With the blood spit out, Hyena felt considerably more drained, as if he had aged several decades in that moment. His body swayed slightly before he nearly fell.

"Boss..."

The nearby subordinate was extremely anxious and immediately cried out, hurriedly supporting Hyena, fearful of any mishap befalling him.

"Quick... go find it! Even if it means turning Yangcheng upside down, find it for me..."

Although Hyena still couldn't figure out how the Jade Coffin had disappeared out of thin air, he knew it wasn't a ghostly matter, but rather someone had pulled off a trick he couldn't understand, to whisk away the Jade Coffin.

Considering the time, from leaving the shipyard to the discovery of the missing Jade Coffin, at most half an hour had passed. Whoever had obtained the Jade Coffin surely couldn't have left Yangcheng yet, and there might still be a chance to retrieve it...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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