Repaying a Life-Saving Favor

Ao Xin said to her, "Don't worry. He's being held somewhere no one can get into, and I haven't left this room these past few days."

Behind the house, the Masked Man had been eavesdropping the whole time, and he heard those words. He had been searching this place for traces of the Mediocre Death God. He had already flown two circuits around this area of the Dragon Clan, but there had been no sign of him. This place really was extremely hard to investigate. There were only a few dozen wooden houses, all of them looking very simple, with nothing suspicious about their exteriors.

He listened to Qin Xi and the others talking. The Masked Man held that mirror and listened there with extreme focus, waiting for Qin Xi and the others to reveal where the Mediocre Death God was being held.

But all he heard was Ao Xin say, "That place is very safe."

She did not reveal the location of the stronghold. He knew that the few of them would be leaving this place in the next day or two, and the Masked Man thought he definitely had to find himself a good opportunity to rescue the Mediocre Death God.

Qin Xi and the other two were talking inside the house, completely unaware of the situation outside, or that someone was already spying on them.

A day passed in great quiet, and the Masked Man proved to be very patient.

He simply watched Qin Xi, Di Qun, and Ao Xin in silence. He did not see the three of them go to the dungeon to check on the Mediocre Death God, nor did he see them come out of the house. They remained inside the room the whole time, discussing tomorrow's matters, or rather, what would come