The entire Lihuo Palace branch poured out at once, swiftly searching every corner of Illusory Immortal City. They even combed through the hundred-li radius beyond the city, but how could they possibly find any trace of Niu Youde? Even a fool knew that after swindling someone, one had to run—and the farther, the better. Let alone a swindler bold enough to deceive Lihuo Palace; without a few tricks up one's sleeve, who would dare make a living in this line of work?
Though they found no one, the commotion had the people of Illusory Immortal City asking everywhere what exactly had happened for Lihuo Palace to mobilize with such fanfare. Then they saw quite a few Lihuo Palace disciples in the central plaza stopping people one by one for questioning, asking whether they had seen someone with such-and-such an appearance, named Niu Youde.
When they checked Nong Zhu's stall, he was utterly speechless. Others might not know Niu Youde, but if he claimed not to know him, that would be absurd. Still, he had no idea what good deed Yue Qianchou had done this time. Yet based on his understanding of Yue Qianchou, whenever there was a huge disturbance involving that kid, he was guaranteed to have done nothing good. So he repeatedly shook his head and said he did not know him.
Not knowing was one thing, but he could not help adding, "May I ask what happened?" A Lihuo Palace disciple snorted coldly. "Mind your own business. Don't ask what you shouldn't." Nong Zhu could only shut up.
Yet there was no wall in the world that did not leak wind. The miserable Huo Lianqing discovered that the losses were too great for him to answer to his sect. He could only hurriedly seek help from the major