He said in Qin Xi's direction, "All right, all right, I'm not listening to you ramble anymore. I'm going back to my room to rest."
After closing the door, Qin Xi looked out the window at the pitch-black world outside. It was only a little after four, yet it was already this dark. Night really did fall especially early in this place.
Qin Xi walked to the window and looked down at the street below. It was indeed just as the innkeeper had said—everything was shrouded in darkness, without a single figure in sight, and there was not even one vendor doing business anywhere.
Qin Xi felt this place was truly too strange. When Ouyang Qing arrived, the two of them would definitely have to find the people of the Fox Clan and carefully investigate this place in detail.
Qin Xi did not know when Ouyang Qing would come to meet up with them, but he could not allow himself to delay any longer now.
So after resting for the night, the next morning, just after breakfast, Qin Xi summoned Di Qun, Ao Xin, and the others into his room one after another.
He sat on a round stool beside the round table, drinking tea as he looked at Di Qun and said to her, "Go out and investigate today. See if there are any rumors. For such a strange existence as the Masked Man, if he has appeared, someone will definitely know."
Then he looked at Ao Xin and said to him, "Go to the edge of the town and investigate Ouyang Qing. Find out when they will arrive."
After the two of them had received their orders, they pushed the door open and left. Daoist Yang Mei was still sitting lazily on a stool, shielding his head with