Xu Yi followed Deputy Envoy Cen to Green Island, thinking Elder Qin had some secret information to share with him. But he didn't even get to see the man.
The moment he set foot on Green Island, a jade slip shot through the air toward him. Then that familiar, ethereal voice sounded again. "There are some interesting things in here, extracted from the three jade slips from the Yun family that you gave me. Consider it a reward for eliminating Elder Xia."
After that came a laugh, its emotion impossible to discern. "A fourth-rank soul sense. Interesting. Very interesting indeed." And with that, the voice fell silent.
Xu Yi and Deputy Envoy Cen exchanged glances. The former had no idea what had gotten into Elder Qin; the latter was thoroughly shaken. Though Deputy Envoy Cen was nominally Elder Qin's deputy, he often went years without seeing him.
Elder Qin had a mild, detached temperament and rarely issued instructions. It was only after Xu Yi, that peerless talent, appeared that Deputy Envoy Cen had gradually begun to have more contact with him.
But he could never have imagined that the Elder Qin he served could show human emotion. That unfathomable laugh had sounded almost haunting to Deputy Envoy Cen.
They left Green Island and returned to Bayi City, but Deputy Envoy Cen remained dazed and bewildered.
Xu Yi called to him several times before he finally came to.
"Oh? What is it, Brother Xu?"
Deputy Envoy Cen hadn't heard a word Xu Yi had said.
Xu Yi smiled. "I wonder, Brother Cen, whether you know anything about the Seven Absolutes Palace—and who the Vice Venerable is?"
Deputy Envoy Cen abruptly recalled the two terms the elders had cried out in alarm. They had clearly come from Official Gong, and had obviously