"I never thought it would be stolen, either. After what happened before, I strengthened the defenses. I locked the important items behind layer upon layer of protection and set up quite a few formations. Who could have known that just after I discovered someone had broken into the formation, the item was gone!" Zhao He said gloomily.
"Something this strange? They must have come from the underworld, right? To avoid me and enter the rear mountain of Heavenly Unity City, they should still be below the Immortal level. And to silently break through Heavenly Unity's grand formation... It must be Little Nephew, right?" I frowned. At present, only Little Nephew, that corpse-type creature, could accomplish all this.
"You already guessed it?" Zhao He asked in astonishment.
"The note in your hand—aren't those the crooked handwriting of a child?" I glared at him, reached out to summon the note, and examined it in my hand. The handwriting was indeed that of a child, crooked and wobbly like earthworms crawling about, with plenty of wrong characters and pinyin thrown in to make up the words. It said things like, "Uncle is a bad person who does nothing but bully Mommy."
That kid had really grown capable. He had even stolen things from Heavenly Unity. We guarded against people and ghosts, but had never imagined that a corpse-type creature could casually sneak in. It seemed this was more than just having an inside accomplice. Zhou Xuan's information network was impressive, too.
There were more people in Heavenly Unity now, so there were bound to be some disciples of poor character. It was impossible to judge someone's nature at a glance, but one still had to ask a few questions. After putting away the note, I asked about Zhou Xuan and Little Nephew's inside