Before long, the three little sparrows lay dazed in Wei He's hand, their bodies burning hot and turning somewhat strange. They wanted to fly, yet could not. It did not look like drunkenness either.
Wei He casually tossed the three sparrows away, lifted the wine jug, and turned to head back and find the others.
Suddenly, his steps halted.
In the clearing beyond the bamboo grove, a blue-green paper umbrella stood quietly.
A landscape and several white egrets were embroidered upon it.
Someone stood beneath the umbrella, gazing calmly at him.
"You saw it?" The person raised the edge of the umbrella, revealing a fair, delicate, handsome face.
"Of course." Wei He had not expected that the arms-trafficking matter had only just temporarily died down, and he would run into something like this again so soon.
His body suddenly swayed as he stepped aside to the left. A row of silver needles silently appeared in the bamboo trunk behind him.
"Trying to silence me?" Wei He froze. He had not even come to demand an explanation, yet the other party dared to brazenly attack him.
"Just testing my hand." The man smiled. "This is no good place. The bamboo grove is too small, and beyond it is the street."
"And when you and I came in just now, quite a few people saw us," Wei He added.
The other man's true capabilities were unknown, but judging from the force behind that row of silver needles, if Wei He had not been extremely familiar with ambushing others, he might not have evaded that strike.
Of course, whether the silver needles could pierce through protective force remained to be seen.
Still, it showed that this man was no weakling.
Most importantly, the man had clearly seen the Heavenly Seal Sect Inner Court