Half a day later, Lin Bai left the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
After Lin Bai left, Si Yu went straight to the highest floor of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion. She lightly knocked on the door and said respectfully, "My lady emissary, I have an important matter to report!"
"Come in." A cold female voice came from inside.
Si Yu pushed open the door and saw an extremely alluring woman in a cheongsam standing by the window as usual, a cup of fragrant tea cradled in her soft, fair hands.
"My lady emissary, you once said that you were to be informed of everything concerning Dongfang Bai. Dongfang Bai came to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion again today," Si Yu said softly.
The cheongsam-clad woman raised a brow, asking with interest, "What does he want? To buy spiritual pills and miraculous medicines? Or rare divine metal? But it seems he lacks neither of those things."
Si Yu respectfully replied, "Neither. He came to inquire about someone. He only knows that person's name and knows nothing else."
The cheongsam-clad woman asked curiously, "What name?"
"A woman named Li Subai."
"He also said that so long as he could obtain news of this woman, he was willing to pay any price!"
Si Yu spoke in a soft voice.
Smack—
The instant Si Yu finished speaking, the teacup in the cheongsam-clad woman's hand fell straight to the floor and shattered into pieces.
Seeing this, Si Yu's heart jolted. She was faintly curious about exactly who this woman called Li Subai was—how could she make the Reaching Heaven Sword Sect's Sword Paragon worry so much, and make even the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion's inspector emissary lose her composure and drop her teacup upon hearing the name?
The cheongsam-clad woman also noticed her own lapse. With a light laugh,