Xiao Wu snorted coldly upon hearing this, "That's right, you're so shady. Don't you want to continue doing business with us in the future?"
"I'm only responsible for receiving the goods. As for the rest, I have no idea," Manager Wu chuckled and shook his head.
"You're in charge of such a large transaction, and you don't know? It seems to me that you just don't want to say," Xiao Wu retorted, her temper flaring as she saw the Fatty smiling at her.
"Let me tell you, these hidden weapons are consumables. If they break, no one but my third brother can fix them," Xiao Wu added.
Tang San initially wanted to stop Xiao Wu, but upon hearing her words, he had a sudden thought and silently turned his gaze to Manager Wu.
"Oh, you two, I really don't know!" Manager Wu, whose Soul Power was not high, slapped his thigh in distress as the two stared at him intently. "I'm just responsible for receiving the goods and paying for them. How could I know anything else?"
Seeing that Manager Wu indeed didn't seem to be in the know, Tang San narrowed his eyes.
He suddenly thought of a question.
Since that day at the auction house when he saw the middle-aged man who wanted to buy his hidden weapons, he had never seen him again. Even the contract for the order that day was signed by someone sent to the academy to find him.
An order worth over twenty million Gold Soul Coins was no small amount. Tang San felt that even some major nobles wouldn't be so careless.
There's a problem! Tang San's eyes flashed. If the other party had some ulterior motive or used the hidden weapons for evil deeds, he might be implicated in the future.
"Since you don't know either, then forget it," Tang San sighed, pulling Xiao Wu, who was about to speak, towards the academy. "Manager Wu, if there's no problem with the goods, we'll be leaving now."
"Ah, no problem, no problem," Manager Wu quickly wiped the sweat from his face as Tang San and Xiao Wu disappeared from view, then called out to the porters and left in a carriage.
"Brother, are you planning to follow them?" Xiao Wu and Tang San peeked out from behind the academy wall as the carriage drove away.
"Yes."
Tang San nodded as he watched Manager Wu's retreating figure. "A business worth over twenty million Gold Soul Coins—how could their employer entrust such a large sum of money to a manager with his level of cultivation?"
"It must be a cover-up."
"Then shall we follow them?" Xiao Wu suddenly understood and looked with interest at the slowly departing carriage. She had been bored with nothing to do these days.
"Anyone who can come up with such a large sum of money must have considerable influence. To avoid any accidents, Xiao Wu, go find Teacher and Dean Flender."
A cold light flashed in Tang San's eyes. The Tang Sect's hidden weapons must not fall into the hands of those with ill intentions.
...
Tang San followed Manager Wu all the way to the backyard of a small merchant guild in Heavenly Dou City.
Manager Wu smiled and bowed slightly to an elderly man in front of him, saying softly, "Boss, the goods have been counted, and I've settled the payment with that kid."
"Finally, it's done. Old Wu, you've been working hard lately," the elderly man chuckled. "I'll send the goods away now."
After speaking, the elderly man called a few workers to take some goods from the warehouse and load them onto several carriages.
Tang San carefully observed from the top of the wall and found that these goods were the Zhuge Divine Crossbows he had delivered a few days ago.
"I want to see where these people are planning to take my Zhuge Divine Crossbows," Tang San thought, a shadow flickering in his eyes.
However, Tang San didn't act recklessly. The opposing force was clearly not simple, and it would be better to wait for Dean Flender and the others.
Thinking of the dean's Owl Martial Soul, Tang San leaped to a high point to act as a signal. Soon, a dark shadow rushed through the sky.
"What's going on, Xiao San?" Flender landed beside Tang San and asked with confusion.
When Xiao Wu found him, he was discussing the upcoming Soul Master Competition with Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. Originally, he didn't want to get involved, as it was none of his business where people used the items they purchased.
But Xiao Wu mentioned that the other party had withheld a penalty of 300,000 Gold Soul Coins from Xiao San, which shocked Flender. He immediately rushed to the scene.
"Dean, I found that those who purchased the Zhuge Divine Crossbows are acting suspiciously. To prevent them from using the hidden weapons for evil, I want to see where these weapons will end up," Tang San explained, frowning as he closely watched the situation below.
"Uh, Xiao San, how much did you sell your hidden weapons for?" Flender asked, now more concerned about how much Tang San had earned from selling the hidden weapons rather than whether they were being used for evil.
"Over 20 million," Tang San replied hesitantly after a moment.
"Over 20 million!" Flender was stunned. He knew Tang San had been selling hidden weapons recently, but he never expected them to be so valuable.
"Xiao San, you did the right thing. We should indeed pay attention to where these hidden weapons end up to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands," Flender said, covering his mouth and coughing lightly.
Tang San glanced at Flender and had an idea. "Dean, I've been in a rush to finish some work recently. Once this matter is resolved, I'd like to donate some funds to the academy as a way to give back for the cultivation I've received here."
"Ah! That's great, great!" Flender was surprised but then laughed heartily.
The merchant caravan had already set off, but fortunately, Yu Xiaogang and the others arrived at the last moment.
Tang San briefly explained the situation, and both Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong expressed their understanding.
The caravan made several stops along the way, picking up other merchants and goods before finally leaving the Heavenly Dou City.
"This is too slow. Should I just capture them and interrogate them?" Flender, who was following the caravan, said impatiently.
"Let's wait a bit longer. The caravan has many people and is heavily guarded by experts. If we're not careful, we might be mistaken for bandits," Yu Xiaogang said, shaking his head as he looked at the caravan of fifty to sixty people. "Let's treat this as a few days off."
The others nodded in agreement.
Even though the caravan was moving quickly along the official road, it still took several days to reach their destination.
Yu Xiaogang took out a map and carefully compared it. "Just ahead is the territory of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."
"What!"
"..."
Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others were shocked. They never expected the hidden weapons to end up in the hands of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
"Should I just go and rob the caravan now?" Flender narrowed his eyes and adjusted his glasses.
The conflict between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Shrek Academy had occurred more than once, and this seemed like a good opportunity for revenge.
"Teacher Flender, let's wait a bit longer. Now is not the right time," Tang San advised.
Tang San's expression darkened slightly as he suppressed his astonishment and anger, shaking his head: "Including the first two batches of Zhuge Divine Crossbows I delivered, this caravan now has less than five hundred units, which is only about one-tenth of the quantity I sold to them.
"It's not worth alerting them now."
"Although this place can be considered within the territory of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it's still some distance from the school's main headquarters. Let's follow them and see what's going on."
"Perhaps we'll be lucky enough to find the Hidden Weapons I sold earlier."
In any case, the situation is already set. Even if we seize these five hundred Zhuge Divine Crossbows, it won't make much difference. It's better to follow them and see what the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is up to.