<h4>Chapter 1166: Chapter 1166: Scaling the Cliffs Under Heavy Burden</h4>


    Xiao Xuan wrapped the strip of cloth around his wound.


    Leng Chan stood there, feeling a bit awkward upon seeing Xiao Xuan’s actions, and walked over with an apologetic tone, "I’m sorry."


    Xiao Xuan shook his head, then kicked the Sky Thief Rat to the ground and began rolling the bedsheet into a rope.


    He tied the Sky Thief Rat to himself.


    Leng Chan awkwardly smiled and said, "Can you manage?"


    Despite Xiao Xuan’s thin frame, he carried the Sky Thief Rat with ease, which surprised Leng Chan. She couldn’t help but think to herself: The Sect Leader’s side truly has some extraordinary masters.


    "Can you climb up on your own?" Xiao Xuan asked.


    Leng Chan nodded quickly. If Xiao Xuan could climb while carrying someone, she was sure she could do it on her own too.


    However, she found it hard to adapt to Xiao Xuan’s personality. Known as an ice beauty, she rarely spoke to others, and now she found Xiao Xuan even colder than herself.


    Little did she know, Xiao Xuan was a sniper by training, seldom speaking on missions, practically never speaking.


    Because during stakeouts, he was mostly alone, needing full concentration.


    "That’s good, be careful." Xiao Xuan said, and then he climbed onto the window, grabbing the outside drainage pipe and descending slowly.


    Seeing Xiao Xuan so easily descend, Leng Chan gritted her teeth and followed his lead, climbing down.


    Just as they were climbing out the window, the Sky Thief Rat’s phone in the room suddenly rang.


    Hearing this, Xiao Xuan reminded Leng Chan, "Hurry up."


    The phone rang for a while without anyone answering, and then someone called out from the front of the vi, "Hall Master, someone wishes to see you."


    The room remained silent, so the person called out again, "Hall Master, someone wants to see you."


    The person grew puzzled. In the past, no matter what the Sky Thief Rat was doing, he would answer his phone—be it hosting an event, he’d answer his brothers’ calls promptly.


    Today, he not only didn’t answer the call, but also did not respond to being called out loud here.


    After considering for a moment, he headed towards the Sky Thief Rat’s room. At the room on the second floor, he listened carefully but heard no sound inside.


    If there was an event, at least there would be heavy breathing, and if it was intense, rhythmic sounds of a bed could be heard.


    But now, not a sound was heard, which felt wrong since he knew his Hall Master wouldn’t be whispering with an assassin inside discussing life.


    He gently knocked on the door and asked, "Hall Master?"


    Still not a sound from inside, he panicked and kicked the door open with a sudden force.


    Inside, the room was a mess; the bedsheets were gone, and on the bed, there was a drop of blood.


    "Hall Master’s in trouble, where is everyone?" he yelled, then looked back to see the window was open.


    He went to the window, looked up, and saw two shadows climbing upwards.


    One of them looked odd, as if carrying something.


    "Hall Master?" he instantly reacted, and his mouth hung open in shock.


    Someone was climbing with a load on their back, an unbelievable sight if not witnessed.


    They hadn’t secured that back area, thinking it too treacherous for anyone to approach from behind.


    But now, he finally believed the saying: anything was possible, just as represented in Li Ning’s excellent advertisement.


    He took out his gun and fired two shots, shouting up, "Get down here immediately, or I’ll shoot."


    Of course, he was bluffing, knowing the Sky Thief Rat was on the man’s back, and any mistake could hit him.


    At this time, more people rushed inside and surveyed the area first.


    These people rarely had the chance to enter the Sky Thief Rat’s room and were curious about it.


    "Don’t just stand there gawking, the Hall Master was taken by those two, go chase them." He pointed at the figures on the mountain.


    Everyone was stunned upon seeing this; what was happening? Could they be monkeys to climb such steep terrain?


    "Hurry!" he shouted.


    Some eager ones had already jumped down, unaware of the uneven ground below, full of stones, leading to two twisting their ankles uponnding, and another breaking a leg, their screams echoing through the valley.


    "Useless bunch," he scolded, then started following the drainage pipe down.


    The others followed. One identally kicked the stomach of someone lying on the ground, causing chaos.


    Xiao Xuan climbed earnestly, showing no signs of being affected while carrying a person.


    Leng Chan struggled to keep up, biting her lip as she muttered, "You’re a real monster. Never knew how you trained before."


    Worried for Leng Chan’s safety, Xiao Xuan paused to wait for her. Once she caught up, he continued to climb up.


    "With your skills, you could expand to greater ces," Leng Chan remarked.


    Xiao Xuan abruptly stopped, proudly looked at Leng Chan, and said, "You’ve not seen my brother’s skills. When you realize his power, you’ll understand how content I am to follow him."


    Leng Chan was shocked by Xiao Xuan’s words, realizing now how little she knew about Xiang Yu.


    As Leng Chan stood there in a daze, she suddenly slipped, her body losing bnce as her other hand weakened, leaving her dangling precariously.


    Seeing her about to fall, Xiao Xuan quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her with force.


    "Hold on!" Xiao Xuan gritted his teeth as he yelled, quickly releasing Leng Chan.


    This pull allowed Leng Chan to regain bnce and grab onto the rocks firmly.


    Xiao Xuan almost fell too, due to the extra weight. Alone, he could easily move up and down.


    "Stop, don’t climb any further," came breathless voices from behind.


    Leng Chan threw a grateful nce at Xiao Xuan, but without time to thank him, he was already climbing up.


    Leng Chan climbed as well, kicking loose rocks down to hinder those pursuing them.


    Meanwhile, at the front of the vi near the fake mountain, Jin Guozhong and two others remained hidden, observing the surroundings.


    "Hall Master, what’s happening? Why does it feel so quiet around here?" one whispered.


    Jin Guozhong nodded, looking outside with a puzzled expression, "Not sure, heard gunfire earlier, something must be happening up front."


    "What now?" the person asked...