Miao Wan'er, the Miao family's third young lady, knew something that no one else did!
The people of Qingyuan City all believed that the many dignitaries and wealthy magnates had come to Qingyuan City to admire the paintings at the Mysterious Immortal Restaurant. Even Qingyuan City's County Magistrate and Deputy County Magistrate thought so. Yet Miao Wan'er knew that those dignitaries and magnates had not come to Qingyuan City merely to admire the Mysterious Immortal Restaurant's paintings!
Those top dignitaries and wealthy magnates had come to Qingyuan City because of a piece of news: Great Immortal Venerable Xuankong, the one who had filled the Seven Kingdoms' allied forces and the demons with dread, had once said that he would return to Qingyuan City after some time!
With that news, those top dignitaries and wealthy magnates had arrived in Qingyuan City several days earlier. Their purpose was naturally to meet Great Immortal Venerable Xuankong. If they could establish even the slightest connection with him, that would be even better! To those top dignitaries and wealthy magnates, that was their true purpose. Coming to admire the Mysterious Immortal Restaurant's paintings and show support for Young Master Huang Jiu's new enterprise were merely excuses for outsiders!
At that thought, Miao Wan'er's brows knit together as she suddenly thought of someone—Lin Qiang!
That Lin Qiang had not appeared for many days either, and he had vanished without warning.
Most strangely, Lin Qiang's disappearance had coincided exactly with the appearance of Great Immortal Venerable Xuankong at Chaokou Pass. It was far too bizarre! But she had known Lin Qiang since childhood, and she had never heard of him receiving any great opportunity or meeting any immortal. Great Immortal Venerable Xuankong could never be Lin Qiang! Besides, if Lin Qiang were Great Immortal Venerable Xuankong and