Song Changsheng relied on the concealment properties of the black robe to weave freely through the crowd, shaking off every follower within his perception. He then cautiously circled the Market several more times before removing the black robe in a secluded place and returning to Treasure Seeking Pavilion, exceedingly careful...
Not long after he returned, a mysterious figure wearing a long robe covered in strange patterns and a silver human-face mask took a seat beside a window on the second floor of a tavern in the northwest corner of Treasure Seeking Pavilion.
Treasure Seeking Pavilion stood diagonally across from the window. His arm rested on the sill as a pair of coldly gleaming eyes quietly watched the street outside, no one knowing what he was contemplating.
The tavern waiter came before the mysterious figure and warmly asked, "Honored guest, what would you like?"
The mysterious figure turned his head, and the waiter's body instantly stiffened. His eyes gradually became veiled in a layer of blood-red light, only to return to normal in the blink of an eye.
"Bring me a pot of wine, whatever you have," the mysterious figure said hoarsely.
"Right away. Please wait a moment."
The waiter seemed not to realize what had happened and hurried downstairs to fetch the wine.
The mysterious figure drank his pot of wine until sunset before departing. Yet in the time that followed, the waiter would occasionally stand by the window, staring blankly outside.
If one looked closely into his pupils, one could still vaguely see threads of bloody light within them—strange beyond measure...
Song Changsheng waited for three days before receiving another message from Zhu Yiqun. This time, he had brought good news: the Rogue Cultivator senior who possessed the Heart Protection Pill had agreed to meet him.
However, the location