Shu Yu had taken the initiative to ask to leave Wanying City together with him, and Qin Fengming had not thought much of it at first. But when he saw that strange glint in Shu Yu's smile, his heart suddenly stirred.
"Immortal Fairy Shu, have you somehow provoked some formidable figure this time—someone even you can't easily shake off?" Qin Fengming asked indifferently as he looked at Shu Yu.
Qin Fengming knew Shu Yu's true nature well. Given the way female cultivators usually behaved, she naturally would not leave Wanying City while the excitement was still ongoing.
Yet she now wanted to leave Wanying City together with him. Without something strange behind it, that was truly hard to believe.
"Tsk, nothing like that. I was merely watched by several malicious cultivators when I went to the auction for you back then. Those pills belonged to you, after all. If those people are plotting against me, I would be the one suffering. Traveling with you will also let everyone find the true owner, won't it?"
The young woman wore an entirely matter-of-fact expression, and her words were delivered with righteous conviction.
Hearing the female cultivator's explanation, Qin Fengming could not tell whether it was true or false. Still, there was some possibility in what she had said.
Putting so many precious items up for auction was itself an excellent way to attract hatred. If someone with ill intentions had targeted Shu Yu while she collected the exchanged goods, it truly was something they had to guard against.
Qin Fengming released his divine sense and swept the area behind them with all his strength. His expression also grew somewhat solemn.
At that moment, cultivators were leaving Wanying City in an endless stream. Although the Pill Dao Convention had not completely ended, the