This courtyard looked as though no one had lived in it for years.
Verdant Green Maiden pushed open the door.
The yard was choked with weeds, and every piece of furniture was coated in dust. Their placement was somewhat disorderly as well.
It looked as if they had been terrified someone would come knocking and had fled!
"Heh..."
Verdant Green Maiden chuckled softly.
"They dare to act, but not to own up to it."
She took out the Turtle Shell and cast a divination.
Someone had concealed the Heavenly Secrets for them.
She could not divine it. Even standing here, drawing upon the traces of information left behind in this place, she still could not calculate their whereabouts! Yang Yuhuan's letter had said that the person who had instructed her to approach Verdant Green Maiden came from here.
Someone surnamed Li.
Li.
There were countless people in this world with that surname.
But...
If he were an ordinary person, Yang Yuhuan would not have specifically emphasized his surname.
"Perhaps I know who you are."
Verdant Green Maiden murmured.
"Run?"
"You can't run forever! If I can't find you in a year, then two years, three years—I'll keep looking. I'll definitely find you."
She was in no hurry.
And so, her search lasted ten years.
Ten years flashed by!
Verdant Green Maiden traversed all of Hebei, and in the end, found the person she had been seeking in Fanyang.
It was now the thirteenth year of Tianbao.
"You made me search for so many years. Your ability to hide is quite impressive."
Verdant Green Maiden looked at the person standing before her and smiled softly.
Upon hearing her words, the man's brows furrowed tightly. He watched her with a grave expression and demanded in a deep voice, "The world is vast,