As Chen Wen left, a gaze remained fixed on him until he disappeared from sight.
Who else could it have been but Ji Tianfei?
Just then, a voice sounded from the shadows. "Should we investigate him?"
"Investigate what?" Ji Tianfei asked in return.
"For him to inquire about Xiao Zhongshan at a time like this is too strange," the voice in the darkness spoke again.
Ji Tianfei said calmly, "So what? We only do business. Everything else has nothing to do with us."
"But..." the voice in the darkness sounded once more.
Ji Tianfei said, "No buts. Everything else has nothing to do with us."
"Besides, how could the Xiao Clan be so easily stirred up? Just wait. This matter won't raise much of a wave."
"Understood." After falling silent for a moment, the voice in the darkness went quiet.
Half an hour later.
After asking around, Chen Wen finally arrived at the location of Hehuan Palace.
Before him stood a mountain peak that pierced the clouds, and halfway up the mountain sat a magnificent palace.
Connecting to the palace was a long flight of stone steps.
Quite a few people could be seen ascending those steps.
Behind every one of them followed several women.
From this sight alone, it was clear that the Cloud Merchant Association's information had not been wrong.
It had to be said, this was indeed somewhat tragic.
In order to establish ties with someone from the Xiao Clan, they sent their own disciples right to the doorstep.
Of course, he had no intention of interfering.
These were matters where one party was willing to fight and the other willing to take the blows. No one could say anything about anyone else.
Just then, a middle-aged man glanced at Chen Wen and said, "Fellow Daoist, why