"Could this information be true? Did that Kou fellow really leave Heavenly Abyss Sacred City to cultivate elsewhere?"
At the same time.
Inside the Golden Cloud Trading Company in Heavenly Abyss Sacred City.
Golden Cloud Demon Venerable, who had kept a close watch on Wei Tu, finally learned this secret intelligence through a planted spy within the Chief Dipper Trading Company.
With his hands clasped behind his back and his eyes slightly narrowed, he looked down at a young alchemist in long robes kneeling before him.
"This information should be genuine. Though Demon Venerable Kou acts secretly... his seclusion these past years was meant to break through to the rank of seventh-tier alchemist in the Dao of alchemy."
"People can hide their tracks, but demonic herbs cannot."
"In recent years, this subordinate has noticed that Cai Qing, Chief Dipper Demon Venerable's daughter, has visited the Stone Prison Branch noticeably more often than before... One must know that the demonic herbs needed for Demon Venerable Kou's alchemy have always been supplied by her."
"Without some special reason, Young Mistress Cai could not have suddenly begun visiting the Stone Prison Secret Realm so frequently."
The young alchemist chose his words carefully as he replied.
"Cai Qing..." At the mention of this name, Golden Cloud Demon Venerable's gaze immediately deepened. His steps paused, and his expression seemed to gain a few more traces of contemplation.
Yet soon, as though he had thought of something, the cold baleful aura around him grew so dense that it nearly burst through his body. It made his green robes snap in the wind and dropped the temperature throughout the great hall by several degrees.
"Chief Dipper, that old fellow, is no one who makes mistakes lightly. There is a considerable chance that he deliberately leaked this intelligence...