Xu Nan ultimately did not have time to go to Pancake Inn and meet Jerome.
Because after parting with Ge Lei, he received a signal from Qin Lele.
The long-worried Xu Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Qin Lele, as the Treasure Chest God's Chosen One, had encountered so many fortuitous opportunities that she would not be too badly off no matter what predicament she faced, she was still a young girl. Xu Nan still worried about her safety sometimes.
Fortunately, her trip to Ninth Manor had not involved any danger. Although the Shadow Realm did not have a very good reputation, it was not actually that bad—its poor reputation was partly because people always feared wanderers who moved through the shadows; on the other hand, many people habitually blamed everything on the Shadow Realm.
Lost Paradise, for example.
And for reasons such as their own pride, the assassins of the Shadow Realm often disdained to argue.
Things thus became increasingly muddled, until outsiders felt only fear and contempt whenever the Shadow Realm was mentioned.
In truth, the wanderers were humans too. It was simply that the wanderers of Ninth Manor and other Shadow Realm organizations had discovered this spatial plane called the Shadow Realm, made use of it, and occupied it to develop their own forces.
Compared with outsiders' indifference, the wanderers were relatively more united internally. Though scheming against one another was routine for them as well, they would at least restrain themselves somewhat on their own turf.
This was also one of the reasons Xu Nan had felt at ease letting Qin Lele sell his information.
Since Qin Lele had passed Ninth Manor's review and become an official member, even if the manor's upper ranks discovered something, they should not make things too difficult for