Unusual Sign at the Cloud Summit

The grand talent testing went on for three straight days, only drawing to a close on the fourth.

White, who had been lingering outside New Ross Count's Estate all this time, reported two pieces of news to Jiebo.

"Not a single talented one appeared?" Jiebo said indifferently to White. "That's perfectly normal. The reason the Guide mission inspires such dread no matter what organization it is assigned to is precisely because of this."

Jiebo smiled. "Come to think of it, when I learned he had taken the Guide mission, I greatly admired him too. To this day, I've never touched that mission. It's thankless hard work."

White asked curiously, "From your tone, my lord, you seem quite familiar with him? Who exactly is he? Why do I have no impression of him at all?"

Based on what White knew of Jiebo, there were very few people he would speak of in such a manner. Yet among that small circle, she could not match a single face to the apprentice at New Ross Count's Estate.

"He concealed his appearance. As for who he is, you can investigate it yourself." Jiebo did not expose Angel's identity, not because he wished to keep it secret, but purely out of his own mischievous amusement.

White sighed and told Jiebo the second piece of news. "I learned from one of the servants at New Ross Count's Estate that he left the estate last night. His destination is unknown, and whether he will return is also unknown."

"He left?" Jiebo asked doubtfully.

"Yes. I kept watch outside the whole time, yet I never noticed when he left." Being unable to monitor the other party's movements left White deeply frustrated. But then her expression grew solemn, and she asked warily, "My lord, his whereabouts are now unknown.