Cheng Shi did not linger in the alley.
Although he had contacted the Twilight Church, waiting there for his "subordinates" would have been far too undignified. Even a noble demigod should not accommodate mortals who wished to pay him a visit.
If these chaotic believers did not even have the means to find their own master, then the Twilight Church might as well stop calling itself a church and rename itself a circus. Every follower inside was a clown.
Chaos was being played by Deception in the first place, so it made sense when he thought of it that way.
But that was not the main reason Cheng Shi left. He did have an idea, though it could hardly be called a plan. Still, in this chaotic Tusnat, he had managed to find a direction.
He quickly left the area with Hu Xuan. As for where they were going, Cheng Shi honestly did not know the way. Fortunately, he still knew what the place he needed to visit was called.
"Do you remember Pelaya, the person you told me about? Do you know where her laboratory is?"
"Pelaya?"
Hu Xuan naturally remembered her. It was precisely because of this Grand Scholar's betrayal that the Bellicose Knights had been invited into Tusnat's inner city. However, Hu Xuan knew this part of history only in broad terms. Finding the exact location of the laboratory in a city engulfed by chaos was asking too much of her.
Hu Xuan shook her head and asked doubtfully:
"Are you still looking for the Gift of Scars?
"I heard Hu Wei and the others had given up. Apparently, someone had taken it by Muddling Through."
"..." Cheng Shi curled his lips. "No need to test me. It was me."
"I knew it was you." Hu Xuan