Master Lan really should still be alive. After all, he was already a true god. If he had fallen, given the bond between us, how could I not have sensed it?
Even so, when the mysterious "Duke of the Future" confirmed it, Yu Lian still breathed a sigh of relief.
"But I can only confirm that his life is not in danger. Nothing more," the Lawbreaker said.
In short, "Emperor Ilesel's disappearance" was now a confirmed fact. As for why the Serpent was certain that Master Lan was responsible, it was because they knew for a fact that the old master had arrived in the Celestial Domain on January 20.
"You actually managed to track my master?" Yu Lian asked.
If the Serpent had tracking capabilities like that, then they were even more dangerous than he'd imagined. They might really need to bring out the big guns.
"Master Lan stayed in a safehouse run by our organization on all eight of his visits to the Celestial Domain, including during your country's War of Independence," the Lawbreaker explained.
"..." Yu Lian truly hadn't known that his master had visited the imperial capital so many times.
"Actually, our organization operates safehouses in the Celestial Domain, Nefei, Huaxu, and a number of other important star systems. We simply provide friends in the underworld with a temporary refuge and place to stay. Master Lan must have guessed that the safehouses were run by our organization, but since he didn't ask, we didn't bring it up." The Lawbreaker remained sincere in his manner.
"Then this is the understanding shared by people of the underworld." The Lady looked very proud of herself.
"We had no particular grievances with Master Lan. We respected him."
All right, the Serpent really had no irreconcilable feud with his master. And