Dragon Calendar Year 19, December 28.
After parting ways with Xiao Luo, Nan Feng returned to Wu Kong City.
More than ten days earlier, Nan Feng had found someone at the East City Inn in Wu Kong City who called himself the "Nether Lord"—the mission to hunt down Long Yuan had been issued by him.
But that "Nether Lord" had been far too weak. Nan Feng had seen at a glance that he was a fake and had not thought much of it.
Now that he thought back on it, that fake Nether Lord had actually been full of suspicious details.
The fake Nether Lord had said that a man in a black robe had found him and commissioned him to issue the mission to hunt down Long Yuan.
Yet as far as Nan Feng knew, the Nether Lord had quite a few powerful subordinates. For example, there had been the three Water Phantoms who had first kidnapped Long Yuan, the assassin who had hunted Gao Hang, and the Netherbird who had never shown itself.
With so many powerful subordinates, why had the Nether Lord not used them?
Why had he instead posted missions in various cities, gathering a motley crew to hunt down Long Yuan and putting Dragon City on guard?
That did not seem quite right.
"Could it be that the mission to hunt down Long Yuan was never issued by Shadow of the Night?" Nan Feng pondered. "Other than putting Dragon City on high alert, issuing this mission serves no purpose at all. Shadow of the Night isn't that stupid."
Other than Shadow of the Night, who else wanted Long Yuan dead?
Nan Feng could only find the fake Nether Lord if he wanted an answer to that question.
Above Wu Kong City.
Invisible, Nan Feng floated