"Phew, Young Hero Xu, you finally came. Ever since a constable from the Six Doors died, Heroine Ke has been pushed into the eye of the storm. I was even nearly captured once myself."
After Cao Zhan led Xu Yue into the private courtyard of a Heavenly-class room and confirmed there was no one nearby, he began transmitting his voice to Xu Yue.
He could not be sure whether anyone was listening in, but with the secluded courtyard and voice transmission as double safeguards, there was no need to worry about eavesdropping unless an Outer Scenery expert was watching them.
And if an Outer Scenery expert truly was watching, then so be it. The gap between the Apertures Opened stage and the Outer Scenery stage was simply enormous.
"At first, we even suspected you had killed him to keep things quiet."
Xu Yue laughed heartily, then said to Cao Zhan,
"Here, the three of them can be considered teammates too. You know Miss Liu. There's no need to avoid them for certain matters."
Xu Yue then gestured toward Cao Zhan with his chin.
Only then did Cao Zhan react somewhat. Damn, why had three Miss Lius with completely different charms appeared? Wasn't this change a little too drastic?
However, since this involved big shot Xu Yue, he did not dare ask too many questions.
Having risen from humble beginnings through sheer struggle, Cao Zhan was perhaps the best in the entire team when it came to reading people's thoughts.
Thus, he could only overlook the awkwardness of the three beautiful maidservants' appearance. After greeting them awkwardly, he said to Xu Yue with a bitter smile,
"I'd rather be captured than use it. After all, with my combat awareness and techniques, even if I used it, I wouldn't be able to