CREAK!
The shrill sound of the coffin opening left their scalps numb!
It was so scary!
Yun Zhongke and the others had already clenched their fists as though they were waiting for something to jump out of the coffin once it was fully open.
CLANG!
The coffin cover was halfway open!
The air instantly froze.
Everyone held their breaths and didn't dare to make a sound.
Jiang Ning stood motionlessly with his eyes on the coffin interior and went into a daze.
He looked at the coffin for a few minutes without any reaction whatsoever. It seemed as though he was nailed to where he was and had been completely possessed.
"Jiang Ning?" Liu Chuandao felt worried, so he hurriedly asked, "Are you okay?"
Jiang Ning didn't turn back. Instead, he waved his hand and gestured forthem to calm down.Content provided by .
The coffin was completely empty.
Instead, there were markings on the bronze coffin's interior wall. The moment Jiang Ning saw them, his heart palpitated in disbelief.
He had seen these markings before.
"He must be looking for the Extreme Fist Technique Manual."
Jiang Ning was certain of it.
The markings inside the coffin wall were just like the ones hidden in the nine pages of the manual.
And these were markings that he had discovered much later even after holding onto the pages for so long. He didn't expect the coffin wall to be engraved with the same markings.
Jiang Ning didn't know what the markings were for. However, they were clearly special since they were carved on this bronze coffin. Also, these markings had also been concealed in the Extreme Fist Technique Manual.
But the manual markings in the bronze coffin was incomplete. Jiang Ning noticed that a lot of its contents were repeated.
Jiang Ning put the coffin lid back on and went back to shore.
"How did it go?" asked Li Xuan anxiously. "What's inside the coffin? Did you learn anything?"
He asked three questions at a go.
"There is nothing inside, so Mr Lang must have taken everything," said Jiang Ning. "But I did notice something else inside the coffin, so I know what he is after now."
"What does he want?" asked Yun Zhongke anxiously.
Everyone looked worried. It was a serious matter, so everyone had to be careful.
"He wants me," replied Jiang Ning.
Everyone was stunned. Mr Lang wanted Jiang Ning?
What did he mean by that?
"He will come looking for me again," said Jiang Ning solemnly. "Also, I think it will happen soon."
"Does he want to kill you?"
Liu Chuandao frowned. He didn't want that to happen.
Jiang Ning might be powerful, but Mr Lang was equally formidable. Also, they didn't know much about Mr Lang. To this day, they still didn't know who Mr Lang was. The less they knew about Mr Lang, the more worried they felt.
"Maybe."
Jiang Ning had no clue either.
If Mr Lang was only after the Extreme Fist Technique Manual, no one had to die.
But why was he after the Extreme Fist Technique Manual?
If he intended to harm the sects, Jiang Ning wasn't about to stand by and let him have his way.
If it had to come to a fight, one of them was bound to die.
"Put the bronze coffin back," said Jiang Ning, "Send people to guard it. They don't need to protect it, they just need to keep an eye on it. The moment Mr Lang turns up, we will
act"
"Will he come back?"
"I don't know either." Jiang Ning shook his head as he looked at them. "No one knows what he wants or how he plans to reach his objectives. We can only watch and
wait."
Everything was unknown to them.
They only knew that Mr Lang was their enemy. They didn't know his identity, his background, what he wanted, or how far he would go to attain them.
It was genuinely nerve wracking. If the sect leaders had to handle him on their own, they would probably go insane.
"I think he's hiding in the dark and watching us!"