Along the way, Sun Li kept questioning him about his background.
Chen Sanshi answered every question.
"You haven't had it easy."
Sun Li's voice was like an icy spring. "If you achieve something in the future, I hope you won't forget your original intentions."
"I wouldn't dare forget them for a moment."
Chen Sanshi spoke sincerely.
"We're here."
He knocked on the door to his home.
A charming young married woman with a face like a lotus bud and a graceful figure appeared before them.
It was naturally Lan Jie'er.
"Shi Ge'er?"
Gu Xinlan noticed the woman beside him. "This must be a guest. Quickly, come in."
She bustled about inside and out, making tea and pouring water, then asked a neighbor to help buy pastries in town. From beginning to end, she never asked a single unnecessary question about who the woman was.
"Banner Commander Chen certainly has a beautiful and virtuous wife."
Sun Li sipped her green tea and changed the subject. "Before coming here, I heard Poyang County has been unsettled lately. First the Witch God Cult caused trouble, and then living people began disappearing. What do you know about this?"
The Witch God Cult.
Chen Sanshi understood.
It seemed the Lord Governor had sent his own daughter here because of the immortal treasure as well.
"Reporting to the Elite Selection Officer, people have recently been searching the city on patrol, but nothing has been found."
At most, in another three to five days, once he broke through to the Bone Tempering realm, he would investigate and figure out what was going on in the medicine valley.
"No need to keep calling me Elite Selection Officer."
Sun Li was stern, but her temperament was fairly straightforward. "Your aptitude and cultivation are both fine. When spring comes next