"He went to Pine Blossom Town." Kenping Yuelai answered with a smile.
"What's he going to Pine Blossom Town for?" the old mage continued asking.
Kenping Yuelai shook his head. "I don't know about that. He didn't tell me. All I know is that he's gone to Pine Blossom Town."
"Then why didn't you ask him?" the old mage said, looking at Kenping Yuelai. "For him to leave in the middle of the night, he must have some ulterior motive."
"Where would he get so many motives?" Kenping Yuelai said with a smile. "Maybe he just went there for a trip."
"How could that be possible?" the old mage said.
"From the moment he joined our party, I could tell that there was something unusual about him. He must be hiding a huge secret," the old mage said.
"You've been following him for so long, yet you haven't found out anything," the old mage said to Kenping Yuelai. "What did you two talk about along the way?"
Hearing the old mage's words, Kenping Yuelai smiled. "Nothing particularly special. We just chatted about everyday things along the way."
"What would two men talk about everyday domestic matters for?" the old mage said.
"What else was I supposed to do?" Kenping Yuelai said helplessly. "I couldn't exactly go up and ask him about his secrets. Besides, that would be far too rude."
"I'm a very polite young man now. I definitely wouldn't ask so directly," Kenping Yuelai said.
"Of course you couldn't ask so directly. That man isn't an idiot. Even if you asked him outright, he certainly wouldn't tell you," the old mage said.
The old mage thought for a moment before saying to Kenping Yuelai, "You should have probed around indirectly."
"I did probe around indirectly," Kenping Yuelai said with