Liu Yiyi knew very well that Feng Jun did not have many trusted confidants at Liba Beach.
Apart from that group of mysterious direct subordinates who called him "Boss," there were only a few people like Yun Buyao and Mi Yunshan. As for Du Wentian, Jing Qingyang, Mei Jiushan, and Mei Yeyu... they could only be considered guards or guest retainers. Even Qu Jianlei, the Red Phoenix Golden Core, was merely a bodyguard.
Liu Yiyi could tell that the people Feng Jun truly trusted were those direct subordinates of unknown origin. Though their cultivation was low, Feng Mountain Lord had no intention of sending them out to handle affairs and only urged them to cultivate.
So... was the real reason you wanted to gamble on stones because you lacked talent?
As she pondered this, another Early Emergence from Dust cultivator operating the Defensive Formation spoke up. "Elder..."
This was the kun cultivator Elder Qingji had brought along, named Lan Yun. She was a registered disciple of an outer court deacon and was at the Emergence from Dust, Third Layer. Qingji had borrowed her, and that outer court deacon had not even dared to utter a word of objection, merely smiling obsequiously and saying that Lan Yun would certainly obey the elder.
However, Qingji was not unreasonable either. She had said that if Lan Yun accompanied her on this trip, she would guarantee her advancement to Mid Emergence from Dust. Any opportunity Lan Yun encountered herself would naturally belong to her; Qingji only required that she not reveal what she experienced on this journey.
To Lan Yun, there was no need to demand secrecy—unless she no longer wanted to remain in the Golden Crow Sect. Moreover, her time in the Void had made her keenly understand why the elder wanted her