The time was set for before midnight tonight.
The location was the City Lord's Mansion.
After Dugu Hongxuan and Dugu Yueli bid farewell to the City Lord's Mansion, they swaggered back to the inn under the watchful eyes of the mansion's people.
Qin Hongyi paced back and forth inside the inn room. Once he sensed the two of them gradually drawing near, he finally relaxed.
Their entry into Anqiu Immortal City had been a risky move to begin with, one Dugu Yueli had decided upon despite all objections.
If the City Lord's Mansion discovered something amiss and made a move... one tug on a hair could set the whole body in motion!
Dugu Yueli was young after all. Though she was clever... if anything truly went wrong, not to mention whether the Dugu Clan would spare him, even his own side would have no way to justify it.
"Phew—! Yueli, you returned much faster than your uncle expected. Did that Hu fellow from the City Lord's Mansion give you any trouble?" Qin Hongyi stepped forward, the worry between his brows undiminished as he asked anxiously.
"Uncle, don't rush. Sit down and let's talk slowly! Being anxious won't help!"
"Ah! You girl, you certainly have plenty of sly ideas... saying not to worry is easy enough, but for some reason, my heart is still in a panic!"
Dugu Yueli smiled and recounted every last detail of her conversation with Hu Chaozong in the City Lord's Mansion.
"That was all?"
"He didn't suspect your identity?" Qin Hongyi asked, his face full of disbelief.
He had expected a fierce confrontation, yet the City Lord's Mansion had not harbored the slightest suspicion toward Dugu Yueli's identity.
Could they really be that confident?
"No. If you don't believe me, ask Third Brother!"
"Ah, yes, yes!"