Chapter 554: A Treasure Is a Crime in Itself
"Is everything ready?"
"All preparations are complete."
"Then we move."
With a single wave of his hand, the head of the Wen family gave the order. In an instant, figures rose into the night sky, streaking beyond the city walls like shadows slipping away from the mortal world.
Several months earlier, fortune had smiled upon the Wen family.
One of their clan elders, through sheer coincidence and extraordinary luck, had successfully hatched a mysterious stone egg. Within it slumbered an ancient exotic beast—its bloodline pure, powerful, and unmistakably extraordinary.
But joy quickly turned into unease.
The Wen family knew their limits.
Such a creature was not a blessing they could afford to keep.
To raise an ancient beast required resources, background, and protection far beyond what a mid-tier family like theirs could muster. If word spread, the Wen family would not gain fortune—they would invite calamity.
