Chapter 788: Mysterious Sun Buming

In the suffocating quicksand, Jian Changsheng struggled desperately. Endless darkness enveloped him. All around him, there was an infinite amount of mud and quicksand, enveloping Jian Changsheng's body and dragging him as if they were alive. The sensation was extremely bizarre, like being inside a wriggling intestine.

This process lasted for about twenty seconds. Jian Changsheng was finally "expelled" from the depths of the earth, and after spinning in the air for a moment, he fell heavily to the ground.

"That was disgusting... What the hell was that?" Jian Changsheng felt his stomach churning, his face full of revulsion.

"Don't dwell on it," Spade 9 said, "we need to leave here quickly."

"Senior Spade 9?"

Before Jian Changsheng could fully recover, Spade 9 grabbed him and quickly fled into the distance.

Before Jian Changsheng could figure out what was happening, they were already several blocks away. He seemed to remember something and asked with a strange expression, "Senior... So, you're also being hunted, right?"

"..." Spade 9 glanced at him. "Isn't that the destiny of us Twilight Society members?"

Jian Changsheng was speechless for a moment.

A few minutes after they left, two more afterimages streaked across the sky, landing steadily at the spot where Spade 9 had left the character for "earth."

"Is it him?" one of them asked in a deep voice.

"Yaotian's residual character... In this world, only he could leave such a presence." The other person rubbed the soil with his fingertips, his eyes wide with shock. "But, didn't he die?"

"I never believed he would die so easily, never."

"If he's not dead, why didn't he come back to see us? Could it be that for all these years... he's been hiding in the Tianshu Realm?"

"I don't know," he said after a moment of silence. "In any case, we must report this to the family head as soon as possible. If he's still in the Tianshu Realm... we'll dig three feet deep to find him."

"Understood."

When Chen Ling returned to the stronghold, Jian Changsheng and Spade 9 happened to be walking from a distance.

Spade 9's eyes were cast down, as if deep in thought, while Jian Changsheng, on the other hand, had dirt all over his face and looked utterly disheveled, full of resentment and indignation.

"What happened to you two?" Chen Ling asked in confusion.

"You, Heart! Where were you just now?!" As soon as Jian Changsheng saw Chen Ling, he immediately complained with a hint of grievance. "What? That b*tch only stepped on me and not you, right? You left me to settle the score alone, and when I turned around, you were gone... If we had gone together, would that b*tch have been so arrogant?!"

Repeatedly hearing the word "b*tch," Spade 9's mouth twitched slightly. He seemed about to say something but held back.

"I went back to get the letter," Chen Ling said, looking Jian Changsheng up and down. "What? You didn't get your revenge, and you got beaten up instead?"

"Who got beaten up? That b*tch used dirty tricks! Otherwise, I would have already..."

"Um..." Spade 9 couldn't hold back any longer and gently interrupted. "Actually, there might be a misunderstanding between you two..."

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could there be?? Last time, he kicked both me and Heart, and this time, he threw me into the Dragoon Warrior's funeral, almost costing me my life! Unless I get my revenge for this, I swear I won't rest!!"

"Actually, he's also a member of the Twilight Society," Spade 9 said, spreading his hands. "He is Diamond 6, your contemporary, and he joined the Twilight Society earlier than both of you."

The air suddenly fell silent.

Jian Changsheng was stunned for several seconds before his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost...

"Diamond 6?? Him??? That b*tch??!!"

"He's Diamond 6?" Chen Ling was also very surprised.

Back in the Aurora Realm, when Chu Muyun first asked him to choose his suit, there were only three cards available: Heart 6, Spade 6, and Club 6. This indicated that Diamond 6 had already been chosen before Chen Ling. Chu Muyun had also said that although he hadn't met Diamond 6 in person, he seemed like a very interesting fellow... He never expected to encounter him here.

"If he's Diamond 6, then why did he kick me??"

"You didn't know he was Diamond 6, and he didn't know you were Spade 6..." Spade 9 said helplessly. "As I said, it was all a misunderstanding."

Jian Changsheng gritted his teeth. Although he now knew that Sun Bumian was Diamond 6, it didn't change his attitude towards Sun Bumian. After all, he had known Chen Ling for so long, and their relationship wasn't that great either. The bad blood between him and Sun Bumian was still there. The thought of those small round sunglasses and that smirking grin made Jian Changsheng clench his fists in anger.

"Where is he then?!" Jian Changsheng began cracking his knuckles. "Since he's also a member of the Twilight Society, this will be easy... Let him come out, and we'll settle the score properly!"

"He's already gone."

"Gone? Where to?"

"He said he was going to submit a registration form..." Spade 9 said, pulling out a candied hawthorn skewer from somewhere and handing it to Jian Changsheng. "But I have a feeling he just ran off, afraid you'd find him to settle the score after knowing the truth."

"Oh, right, this is his apology gift for you."

Jian Changsheng stared at the bright red candied hawthorn skewer, his mind momentarily unable to process it. "...Candied hawthorn?? This is supposed to be an apology? What about an actual apology?"

"Anyway, I've delivered the item. How you want to deal with it afterwards is up to you two."

Spade 9 couldn't be bothered to get involved in the infighting among these "6" numbered members. As an experienced person, he knew some things couldn't be reasoned with, so he simply returned to the living room and began brewing himself some tea.

Jian Changsheng stood at the doorway, looking at the candied hawthorn skewer in his hand. He was reluctant to throw it away for fear of waste, but eating it felt annoying. His expression was priceless.

Chen Ling walked back to the table and sat down, then took the initiative to ask:

"What's the story with this Diamond 6?"

"He..." Spade 9 hesitated for a moment. "This Diamond 6 has quite a mysterious background... I wasn't the one who brought him in; I only had contact with him during a few previous missions. I only know his name is Sun Bumian, and he's different from other Twilight Society members..."

"How is he different?"

"Other people who join the Twilight Society are usually discovered by veteran members and then recommended to the higher-ups... But this Diamond 6, it's said that he approached the higher-ups himself, stating his intention to join the Twilight Society."

"He actively sought out the Twilight Society?" Jian Changsheng walked into the room, his brows furrowed. "How did he find it? And what's his purpose for joining?"

"That, I don't know."

"No one knows which realm he came from, nor his past experiences," Spade 9 said slowly. "He's like a ghost, appearing out of thin air... We only know that he is a Theatrical Divinity, and his path is related to that red lion."

Spade 9 handed a freshly brewed cup of tea to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling took it, took a sip, and fell into thought.