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In the deepest shadow beneath the eaves, the delicate-looking woman's heart was pounding in her chest like a drum.
"What kind of eyes were those?! That was definitely no ordinary insight or X-ray vision... That ice-cold scrutiny went straight to the deepest part of the soul, as if every sin in this world would be dug out and examined... Tanhualang Chen Xiaojun, third on the Genius List, truly lives up to his reputation. Strange and unfathomable!"
"My disguise secret art, Soul Concealment Art, should... should be able to fool him, right? No, I have to prepare for the worst, just in case..."
Almost unconsciously, she pressed herself closer to the stone pillar, hiding in the shadows, her fingers twisting tight around the hem of her coarse cloth dress.
Just as she turned her back, thinking she had slipped into absolute safety within the darkness—
Chen Xiaojun's gaze casually swept over that shadowed area once more.
Deep within his eyes, the golden-red vortex of runes that had just withdrawn spun again for the briefest instant, like an illusion.
This time, it was an even subtler, more obscure insight, like Yin Yang Essence Qi flowing and merging, seeing through all falsehood in a flash and pointing straight to the source.
Even though she was hiding behind the stone pillar.
His gaze lingered on her for an almost imperceptible instant, then completely returned to calm profundity, without another ripple.
"Sixth Child," Chen Mu said, squeezing his eyes in a wink, "we're pretty much done wrapping things up here. Should Uncle Gu and I go interrogate that batch of 'spoils of war' next?"
Gu Yuanchao also chimed in, "That's right, Young Master, Fifth Young Master. I can keep an eye on the initial