"Not here?" Bai Qi was puzzled too. She had contacted Mu Shang first and then Qiao'er, but she had never come here. After learning that Qiao'er had lost the key, she went to the Fourth Formation Base to find Lu Yin. She herself hadn't known Qiao'er wasn't here.
Lu Yin's expression remained calm.
The person Bai Qi had summoned was a Spirit Interpreter, only at the Bright Eyes Primary level and one of Qiao'er's followers. He said respectfully, "Master Mu's birthday is coming up soon. Sister Qiao'er went to prepare a gift for him. She isn't here."
Bai Qi was about to speak when Lu Yin spoke first. "When did she leave?"
The Spirit Interpreter didn't know Lu Yin, and with his cultivation, there was no way he could have seen what happened at the Fourth Formation Base. "A month ago."
Lu Yin's gaze turned cold. She'd been gone for a month, yet no one had told him. He said calmly, "I heard the key to the Coiled Knot Original Treasure Formation was lost?"
"That's right. Sister Qiao'er accidentally lost it," the Spirit Interpreter replied.
"Then how will you deal with it?" Lu Yin asked again.
The Spirit Interpreter didn't care. "Deal with it? We'll talk about that later. Sister Qiao'er is busy preparing Master Mu's birthday gift. How could she have time to worry about something like this?"
Bai Qi's expression darkened.
Lu Yin smiled. "That's right. It's just a lost key. It doesn't matter. Those people in New City were doomed to die anyway. If they die, so be it."
"That's what Sister Qiao'er said too," the Spirit Interpreter replied with a smile. "Those people were exiled by the Four Sides Heavenly Balance. They're all criminals, so it doesn't matter if they die. If they can die on