Zhaoyue's Disappearance!
"Combining what we learned from the bounty hunter that day—that the remnants of Sword Lake had entered Badlands Prefecture—with the assassin from last night, whose swordsmanship was unparalleled, it doesn't take much thought to know that these people came from Sword Lake!" Hong Su told Lin Bai everything she had been thinking, word for word.
Lin Bai drew a deep breath and said quietly, "Pigeon Hall can give me the information this afternoon!"
What Lin Bai meant was simple: there was no need for her to investigate. Pigeon Hall could find out just the same.
"I know what Pigeon Hall is capable of. Once they receive your orders, they'll investigate the origins of this group in the shortest possible time!" Hong Su nodded without objection. She also knew that Lin Bai had established Pigeon Hall to collect information within Badlands Prefecture. Now that the Sword Alliance's informants covered the entire prefecture, finding out the origins of these assassins with exceptional swordsmanship would be an exceedingly simple matter.
Lin Bai put the Rose Mask back on, stood up, and said, "The house in Dongjia Alley has always been empty. If you have nowhere to stay in the Divine Capital, you can go there temporarily. No one will drive you away!"
With that, Lin Bai moved to leave the private room.
"I'm not leaving. I'll stay at Incline City Tower!" Hong Su said stubbornly and firmly.
"Do you have to be so willful?" Lin Bai asked coldly, his back to Hong Su.
"This is the only use I have left!" Hong Su replied coldly. "Lin Bai, I have no other talents in this life. I only know how to play the zither. I don't want to go to the estates of those princes and powerful officials and become some lowly