The Trial Was Turned Up a Notch in Difficulty

"By yourself?

What happened to the Erudite Scholar?"

After seeing the Blind Man off, Cheng Shi turned to Qin Xin once more. He finally had the chance to properly speak with this Memory believer who was suspected to be one of the founders of the Fire Keepers.

Qin Xin smiled faintly. He first glanced at the other corpse in front of Cheng Shi, then pointed toward the outskirts of town and explained:

"The scholar trusts me, so he decided to improve our efficiency again by having us split up and act separately.

He knows a little about the lava crystal mine, so he went there, while I stayed in town to look around."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Shi's expression instantly turned strange.

"He sent you away and went to the mine alone, and you weren't curious?"

"Of course I was curious. I secretly followed him for a short while. He was very cautious and seemed to notice someone was there, so he acted perfectly normally.

"You have to understand, this is a trial that requires trust. I couldn't waste time following a teammate for no reason, so after a while, having found nothing, I came back."

"You came looking for us?" Cheng Shi was slightly stunned. From Qin Xin's tone, it seemed he had been heading toward Cheng Shi and the Blind Man.

"That's right. Compared to the scholar's ulterior motives, I was more interested in finding out what had happened on your end. But now, I already know.

What a pity."

"..."

They were all incredibly shrewd. In their eyes, it seemed they didn't need to say anything at all. Just by taking a rough look at the scene, they could deduce the relationship between the two people present.

Cheng Shi was filled with admiration, but