Huang Ruoxing's words were rather artful.
Listen to that: they did not want those two treasures to fall into the netherworld, but they had not said that they wanted them either.
Tsk, tsk. Lu Zheng stroked his chin and decided to conceal for a while longer the fact that he and Shen Ying happened to possess those two treasures.
They would not be needed under normal circumstances anyway. If they ever were needed, he just had to remember to silence everyone involved.
Lu Zheng was a disciple of White Cloud Temple, and he had helped Huang Ruoxing more than once or twice. On top of that, Si Lingxi stood behind him.
Therefore, Huang Ruoxing could not possibly force Lu Zheng to stay, whether Lu Zheng made an excuse or not.
Thus, after seeing Lu Zheng off, Huang Ruoxing turned around, intending to fly back into the city—only to unconsciously halt in his tracks.
The thought that he might be sitting directly atop a Demon Cave Secret Realm made Huang Ruoxing feel an involuntary wave of revulsion.
But that was not even the most important part. The most important thing was that Lianzhou Prefecture still had nearly two hundred thousand commoners!
This was huge! Huang Ruoxing returned to the Lianzhou government office—the Directorate of Astronomy had temporarily requisitioned a side courtyard there while conducting business locally—and immediately reported the matter to the capital.
Though the matter had yet to be confirmed, Huang Ruoxing did not dare casually investigate Marquis Teng Manor. After all, if there truly was a grotto-heaven, and even a Demon Cave, then the two hundred thousand people of Lianzhou Prefecture would basically be finished.
Lu Zheng did not go to the Northern Region either. Instead, he returned to Sweet Rice County.
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